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Julie Reynolds / Nieman Lab:
Alden and Tribune Publishing's board bent the rules for acquisitions, including misrepresenting Alden's cash and failing to disclose a secret investor meeting — The ink wasn't dry, but the hushed deal to finance Alden Global Capital's takeover of Tribune Publishing fell quickly into place in May.
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Sources: ~100 people nationally took buyouts at Tribune Publishing; all papers to cut pages by 20%, move deadlines by up to two hours, pause special sections — Tribune Publishing's newspapers including the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune this week found out what a new round …
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The Guardian, Chicago Tribune, Poynter and Robert Feder
New York Times:
Apple Daily says it will cease operations, with online and print editions ending today, after Chinese police froze its accounts and arrested executives — The police also arrested an editorial writer as part of an expanding national security investigation into the newspaper that has raised concerns about free speech.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
YouGov survey for Reuters Digital News Report: UK trust in the news media grew from 28% to 36% in a year; globally, trust grew 6 percentage points — The proportion of people in the UK who say they trust the news media from 28% to 36% in a year - with coverage of the coronavirus pandemic possibly playing a role.
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Patreon CEO Jack Conte on its relationship with Apple, App Store's 30% cut, supporting creators across platforms, competing with tech giants, and more — Today's guest on Decoder is Jack Conte, the co-founder and CEO of Patreon, a platform that allows people to pay …
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@reckless, @annehummert, @sopandeb, @taylorlorenz, @pbakaus, @iiiitsandrea, @ia, musically.com, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac and Creative Confidential
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
International coalition of consumer groups, digital and civil rights organizations, and data protection experts call for ban on “surveillance-based advertising” — An international coalition of consumer protection, digital and civil rights organizations and data protection experts …
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Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Survey of 2K+ Australians: 80% haven't read a newspaper or magazine in the past week, 52% say they're interested in news; print readership halved since 2016 — Number of people paying for news has not increased despite surge in consumption during Covid crisis
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@mathewi, @dannymk, @abcmediacomms, @daily_telecrap, @tommcilroy and @saffronhowden
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
UK government confirms it will study privatization of Channel 4, created in 1982 and currently required by law to reinvest profits in new shows — End of an era looms for British broadcasting as government pushes ahead with plans to sell the channel — Channel 4's four decades …
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Politico, @thattimwalker, Digital TV Europe, Deadline and Deadline
Axios:
News coverage of climate is intensifying with initiatives like Currently and Climate Central, as TV newscasts still focus primarily on extreme weather events — Climate-focused news initiatives are pushing media outlets to devote more coverage to the way climate change impacts extreme weather events.
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@sarafischer and The Phoenix
James Batchelor / GamesIndustry.biz:
Q&A with Walt Disney Games' SVP Sean Shoptaw and Disney & Pixar Games' VP Luigi Priore on opening Disney's IP to game studios of all sizes, and more — Walt Disney Games' Sean Shoptaw and Disney & Pixar Games' Luigi Priore on opening their vault of world-famous IP to studios of all sizes
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Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:
UK government says it will study plans to regulate US video streaming services, including Apple TV+ and Netflix, similar to traditional broadcast regulation — U.S. video streaming services including Apple TV+, Netflix, and Disney+ are likely to face tighter regulation in the U.K. as part …
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FierceVideo, AppleInsider, GOV.UK and Hollywood Reporter
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Biden said good reporters must be negative, a common misunderstanding of reporters' roles; the industry has many reporters who are decent, tough, and fair — Journalism has never been the most admired of professions, and in recent years the rap on its practitioners has only gotten worse.
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