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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Reuters Institute report: US ranks last among 46 countries for trust in media, with just 29% saying they trust the news; Finland has the highest trust at 65% — Just 29% of people surveyed in the U.S. said they trust the news, compared to 45% in Canada and 54% in Brazil.
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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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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, @sopandeb, @annehummert, @taylorlorenz, @pbakaus, @iiiitsandrea, @ia, musically.com, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac and Creative Confidential
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
NBCUniversal gives Peacock live streaming rights to some of the most high-profile events at Tokyo Olympics; gymnastics and track and field will stream for free — High-profile sports including gymnastics and track and field will stream for free, while men's basketball will stream on Peacock Premium.
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The Streamable, TVNewser, Awful Announcing, Cord Cutters News and @alexweprin
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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Forbrukerrådet, @edri, @edri and @edri, more at Techmeme »
Sahil Patel / The Information:
Source: nearly 40% of ads that air on YouTube in the US are now watched on TVs, up from 12% two years ago — Viewers of YouTube, who have long watched the popular video service on their phones and computers, are now increasingly watching it on television sets, according to new data shared with The Information.
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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@afreedma, @sarafischer, @axios and The Phoenix
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Editorial staff of the Washingtonian say they are forming a union with Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild and ask management for voluntary recognition — The editorial staff of the Washingtonian, a magazine based in Washington, D.C. is forming a union. — In a statement published on Wednesday …
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@marisakashino, @jamieson and The NewsGuild - CWA
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
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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@loudmouthjulia, @cartridgegames, @gibiz, @gibiz, @agenttinsley, @zoescaman, @cade_onder and @gibiz
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