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Analysis: after Trump left office, monthly traffic to outlets has declined across the ideological spectrum, from -43.8% for far-right to -27.3% for far-left — In the months since former President Donald Trump left office, media companies' readership numbers are plunging …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Fox News agrees to pay a $1M fine for “a pattern of violating the NYC Human Rights Law”; Fox also must remove secret arbitration clauses from hiring contracts — Fox News effectively admitted to a pattern of misconduct and has agreed to pay a civil penalty in New York.
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Facebook unveils Bulletin, its Substack competitor, with recruited writers including Malcolm Gladwell and Erin Andrews, won't take a revenue cut “at launch” — Facebook won't take a cut ‘at launch’ — Facebook is getting into the subscription newsletter game.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Amazon buys exclusive rights to celeb interview podcast SmartLess, hosted by Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes; sources say the deal is worth $60-80M — - Company will air new episodes before they appear elsewhere — Podcast features Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Bloomberg says clickthrough rate for Odd Lots newsletter is up 100% and open rate is up 50%, two months after beginning to offer subscriber-only content — The two words every publisher wants to hear? “Subscriber retention.” As publishers gradually shift their focus from attracting …
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Nat Ives / Wall Street Journal:
WPP's GroupM says it aims to spend $75M through Group Black, a collective to encourage marketers to spend on Black-owned media, including Shade Room and Essence — Group Black Inc. also intends to invest some proceeds in Black-owned media properties — Group Black Inc. …
The Daily Beast:
YouTube reinstates the channel of Right Wing Watch, a watchdog group that monitors far-right media outlets, saying it was mistakenly suspended — Right Wing Watch was banned while the right-wing extremists they merely exposed via the platform continue to publish misinformation on YouTube.
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Song Su-hyun / The Korea Herald:
A South Korean court has ruled that Netflix is obligated to pay network usage fees to mobile carriers; Netflix made up 4.8% of the country's traffic in Q4 2020 — A Seoul court's decision last week that effectively confirmed Netflix's obligation to pay network usage fees to mobile carriers suggests …
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The Korea Economic …, Fortt Knox, @sub8u, FierceVideo and TechCrunch
Associated Press:
Russian authorities raided the apartments of investigative journalists in connection to a story about the interior minister and a documentary on organized crime — MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities on Tuesday morning raided the apartments of several investigative journalists and their family members …
Rana Ayyub / Washington Post:
The Indian government is attempting to present journalists as instigators of violence as a journalist faces harassment and criminal charges over a tweet — During the virtual Group of Seven summit a couple of weeks ago, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed a joint statement to promote …
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The Objective:
The Objective, a nonprofit launched in June 2020 to critique journalism and highlight underrepresented communities, will take a three month break — The Objective launched in June 2020 to challenge systems of oppression in newsrooms for the sake of both journalists and the communities we cover.
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@blackamazon, @gabemschneider, @niemanlab, @objectivejrn, @hollypiepenburg and @markstenberg3
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
Amazon debuts Reading Sidekick, which reads physical and digital books aloud from a catalog of over 700, for Kids Plus on Fire tablets and Echo devices — Reading Sidekick is available on Echo devices starting today — Amazon has announced a new feature for its Kids Plus service …
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