Mediagazer: How local news outlets are working to recover from a year of trauma: collaborating, rethinking beats, making diversity and inclusion a reality, and more (Jane Elizabeth/American Press Institute)

8:25 AM ET, May 24, 2021

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Nexta Telegram channel founder Roman Protasevich arrested as Belarus, under orders from Lukashenko, sends fighter jet and forces Ryanair flight to land in Minsk — The dissident, Roman Protasevich, co-founded a Telegram channel that is a popular opposition outlet in Belarus.

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Ben Smith / New York Times:

Tension is rising at WNYC amid HR complaints about bullying and a formal complaint to the NLRB about an alleged campaign by the EIC against her internal critics — In public radio, there is either an epidemic of bullying or an epidemic of whining, depending on whom you ask.

Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:

CNN has terminated its contract with senior political commentator Rick Santorum after his racist remarks about Native Americans at an event last month — The former GOP senator lost his contract with the network after claiming there was “nothing” in America before white colonizers arrived.

Andi Ortiz / The Wrap:

Former Trump spokesman Jason Miller is ordered to pay Gizmodo Media Group $42K to cover legal fees after a second attempt at suing Gizmodo — Jason Miller, a spokesperson for former President Donald Trump, has been ordered by a federal judge to pay Gizmodo Media Group almost $42,000 …

Discussion: @sollenbergerrc, The Daily Beast, @jason_kint, @timobrien and Insider

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

The failure of local investors to block Alden from buying Tribune Publishing was a failure of civic leadership, especially by Chicago's class of plutocrats — It didn't have to turn out this way. — Local investors — especially in a prosperous town like Chicago — could have stepped forward …

Orlando Sentinel:
While a spokeswoman for Patrick Soon-Shiong said he abstained, Tribune officials said his ballots lacked a check in the “abstain” box and were tallied as “yes”

Discussion: @sulliview, @domknight, @markstenberg3 and @newsynick

Laura Wagner / Defector:

Both CNN's treatment of Chris Cuomo and the AP's treatment of Emily Wilder show media institutions siding with the powerful over the ethical — On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that Chris Cuomo, CNN's star anchor and brother of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, had participated …

Daniel Levitt / Inside The Newsroom:

Reporter says he left WSJ after being disciplined for violating company policy with his Substack Inside The Newsroom, even after he anonymized subscriber data — Hello folks, hope we're doing well. Today's newsletter is an emotional one, so bear with me.

Discussion: @zoesullnews, Talking Biz News, @niubi, @l_d_c_m, @jeongpark52, @alv9n, @thefighttowrite, @normative and @justinjm1

Jane Elizabeth / American Press Institute:

How local news outlets are working to recover from a year of trauma: collaborating, rethinking beats, making diversity and inclusion a reality, and more — More than a year after the global pandemic became official, local journalism still grapples with the fallout — not only from the coronavirus …

New York Times:

Interviews with 18 people reveal details of the Discovery-WarnerMedia deal, including stock structure change and an awkward talk with WarnerMedia's Jason Kilar — An early-morning meeting at a Greenwich Village townhouse, under the watchful eye of Steve McQueen, was part of a monthslong campaign.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Insider, @preetatweets, @darren_mooney, @reckless, @grynbaum, @ennisnyt, @katierosman, @edmundlee and @jeffjarvis

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

UK's Reach says it will pay back up to £4M to employees who took a pay cut at the start of the pandemic, after settling with some staff — Reach has agreed to pay back up to £4m to employees who took pay cuts at the start of the Covid-19 crisis between April and June last year.

Brian Morrissey / The Rebooting:

A look at the underbelly of subscriptions and direct-to-consumer models, which has publishers using “dark patterns” to avoid losing subscribers — This week, I explore the underbelly of the pivot to subscriptions: publishers using dark patterns to avoid losing “sleepers” …

Amelia Gentleman / The Guardian:

Associated Newspapers, which runs the Daily Mail, agrees to pay substantial damages to French actor Sand Van Roy after revealing she accused a director of rape — MailOnline published actor's identity as complainant in rape case against French director — Associated Newspapers …

Discussion: Sky News, @sandvanroy, @markwatts_1, Press Gazette and The Independent

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Full-time employment in local TV news increased 1.8% YoY to 28,000 in 2020, beating the previous high in 2009

Pew Research Center:
Study: 33% of US papers with Sunday circulations of 50K+ faced layoffs in 2020, vs. 24% in 2019; 18% of the most visited digital-native news sites faced layoffs

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Hollywood Reporter:
How the relationship between Hollywood and China has deteriorated in recent years amid US-China rivalry, as US studios' market share in China has plummeted

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Sadiq Shaban / Gulf News:
Prominent Israeli journalist Asaf Ronel says he has resigned from Haaretz after 15 years over its coverage of violence against Palestinian citizens in Jaffa

Discussion: @ashkan, @miqdaad, @nkulw, @asafronel and @jamesnorth7

Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Court filings show US seized $90,000 paid to a Utah man by several news outlets for footage of a woman being fatally shot during the Capitol attack

Discussion: @bradheath, @bradheath, @maggiejordanacn, @dlamontjenkins, @jannwolfe, @jannwolfe and Raw Story

Juan A. Lozano / Associated Press:
Texas carried out an execution on Wed. with no media present for the first time since 1982, raising concerns; officials said it was a mistake, are investigating

Discussion: @feddeathinmates and @mtarm

Bill Grueskin / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at Project Veritas' defamation suit against NYT over how a story in September portrayed two of its videos; a NY judge denied a motion to dismiss the case

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Clay B. Morris / Poynter:
Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure denial shows UNC is not committed to authentic learning, and it spits in the face of Black students, especially those in journalism

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Columbia Journalism Review:
A Harvard study of link rot of “deep links” in NYT.com articles from 1996 to mid-2019 showed that 25% were completely inaccessible

Discussion: @zittrain, Global Investigative …, @internetarchive, @imagesnippets, @jamescridland, @btsmu, @zittrain, @jdevalk, @marklittlenews, @jenit, @meereeneseknot and @sandricollins, more at Techmeme »

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Glenn Greenwald and The Intercept accuse each other of endangering journalists, and Intercept staff say he's cynically creating controversy for more subscribers

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Marina Hyde / The Guardian:
Fleet Street's condemnation of the BBC over the Bashir interview is hypocritical given UK tabloids' own terrible behavior around Diana and her family

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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Twitter will soon let US users with 1,000+ followers who've hosted three Spaces in the past 30 days apply to host Ticketed Spaces, with Twitter taking a 20% cut

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CNN:
President Biden says he won't let his DOJ seize phone records or emails from reporters, calling it “simply wrong”, following a CNN report on Trump's DOJ

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