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Axios:
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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@sarafischer, Mediaite, @clarajeffery, @andykroll, @jason_kint, @jenmercieca, @noahshachtman, @timodc, @wexler, @whcos, @alex_panetta, @ishaantharoor and @joshsternberg
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.
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Insider, @thedailybeast, @jeremynewberger, @melissajpeltier, @thedailybeast, @kevinddaly, @bluechoochoo and @oliverdarcy
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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Talking Biz News, @subspaceforce and @markstenberg3
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
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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@rightwingwatch, @oliverdarcy, @justinbaragona, Columbia Journalism Review, @thetattooedprof, @evan_greer, @mhbergen, @mhbergen, @mikeelgan, @evan_greer, @jessienyc, @ashtonpittman, @evan_greer, @originalspin, @egavactip, @robertmaguire_, @clearing_fog, @johnnymcnulty, @ggreenwald, @jesselehrich, @goodasyou, @ryanlcooper, @ehananoki, @parkermolloy, @krystalball, CyberDisobedience, Insider, CNBC, Reclaim The Net, The Wrap and Boing Boing
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. …
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 …, FierceVideo, Fortt Knox, @sub8u and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
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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CNN, @mikeisaac, @annehelen, @mikeisaac, @annehelen, @annehelen, @kantrowitz, @donie, @kantrowitz, @brianstelter, @clarajeffery and @ebboyd, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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Radio Free Europe/Radio …, The Guardian, @guilherme_amado, DW.COM, @globalfreemedia and The Moscow Times
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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@nicdawes, @keitholbermann, @mitalisaran, @hamidmirpak, @ranaayyub, @jamescrabtree, @carin__fischer and @washpostpr
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.
Discussion:
@blackamazon, @gabemschneider, @niemanlab, @objectivejrn, @hollypiepenburg and @markstenberg3
Nicole Lee / Engadget:
Sen. Ron Wyden proposes the Protect Reporters from Excessive State Suppression (PRESS) Act, to safeguard journalists' data from the government — proposed a new bill, called the Protect Reporters from Excessive State Suppression (PRESS) Act, that would protect journalists' data records from being seized by the government.
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Washington Post, @ronwyden, @jameeljaffer, @devlinbarrett and MediaPost
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