Mediagazer: A look at the product box programs offered by InStyle, The Cut, Eater, and Group Nine, as more publishers launch them as worthwhile revenue streams (Sara Guaglione/Digiday)

12:25 PM ET, November 22, 2021

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Fox News contributors Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes resign from the network in protest of Tucker Carlson's streaming special on the January 6 Capitol mob — Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes, stars of a brand of conservatism that has fallen out of fashion, decide they've had enough.

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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

Alden Global Capital announces an offer to acquire Lee Enterprises for $24/share, a ~30% premium to its stock's Nov. 19 closing price — The hedge fund has developed a reputation for slashing staff in newsrooms and other departments and selling off real estate at outlets it owns.

Jennifer Meierhans / BBC:

Spotify removes shuffle play as the default option on albums for premium users, so tracks play in the order artists intended, after Adele requests the change — Adele has persuaded Spotify to take the shuffle button off all album pages so tracks play in the artist's own order.

Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review:

Investigation shows how Facebook and Google fund misinformation globally by paying millions of dollars in ad revenue to the operators of clickbait pages — A month after the fall of the democratic government. — In 2015, six of the 10 websites in Myanmar getting the most engagement …

Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:

Jessica Lessin says The Information has 225,000 “active users”, including paid subs and newsletter readers, as it prepares to launch a weekend lifestyle edition — Website aimed at Silicon Valley proves value of subscription model for journalism

Discussion: Talking Biz News, @mohamed, @clockwerks, @aservais1, @pressgazette, @annaknicolaou, @markdistef, @jakesherman and @rafat

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Nielsen says it will overhaul its commercial ratings in 2022, with plans to measure audiences for individual ads — Nielsen has a new proposal for TV networks that have been threatening for months to find other means of measuring their audiences: Stick with the yardstick you already use.

Discussion: MediaPost, Ad Age, Radio & Television …, Hollywood Reporter, Adweek, @bristei, Deadline, Advanced Television, @bristei, @bristei, @bristei and @nina_metz

Sara Guaglione / Digiday:

A look at the product box programs offered by InStyle, The Cut, Eater, and Group Nine, as more publishers launch them as worthwhile revenue streams — InStyle and The Cut created their first product boxes for sale this month, as this line of business at Eater and Group Nine reaches their one-year anniversaries.

Discussion: @simonowens

Nicole LaPorte / Fast Company:

A look at Spotify's podcast investments, including its push into advertising and video, as it appears poised to dominate the industry — With 3.2 million podcasts on its platform and more monthly active users than Apple, Spotify is the new heavy in podcasting. It's just getting started.

Discussion: TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »

Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify's Findaway acquisition will turn it into an audiobook producer, distributor, and retailer, while becoming the app for consuming all audio

Discussion: @evan_greer, @simonowens, @ashleyrcarman, @adrs, @joshhunt, @alphachromeyayo and Podcast Movement, more at Techmeme »

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

Thirty journalists fired from the Kyiv Post earlier this month launch Kyiv Independent, promising to use reader donations before adding commercial activities — Thirty journalists who were abruptly fired from the Kyiv Post this month have started their own publication and promised to block …

Discussion: The Fix, @pressgazette, @thefixmedia and @olgatokariuk

Moiz Syed / Source:

Interview with Moiz Syed, formerly of The Intercept and ProPublica, on the lack of empathy among newsroom managers, the “straitjacket of objectivity”, and more — “Journalists are encouraged to hold the powerful accountable, but never to proclaim the larger moral lessons of their work.”

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

Paul Dacre is re-appointed EIC of DMG Media, an advisory role that won't involve day-to-day editing, less than three weeks after leaving the role — Former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre is returning to his advisory editor-in-chief position at Mail publisher DMG Media, just three weeks after leaving the same role.

Discussion: The Guardian, @andyoakes, @direthoughts and @mrjohnnicolson

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

A look at projects like The Voguverse and companies like Pixel Vault that are trying to build media franchises around their NFT collectibles — There's a long way to go — In the online auction market OpenSea, you can pay around $600 to buy a portrait of a robot in streetwear — and, if you're lucky, a stake in a new media empire.

Discussion: The Thndrhs Nifty and hi, tech.

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Jeff John Roberts / Decrypt:
Royal, which wants to help musicians create and sell NFTs, share royalties with fans, and more, raises $55M, following a $16M seed in August

Discussion: @jeffjohnroberts

Jim Morrill / The Assembly:
Profile of Asheville Watchdog, which produces investigative reporting in North Carolina with accomplished, volunteer journalists who “retired” to the mountains

Discussion: @theassemblync, @barry_yeoman, @jimmorrill, @john_drescher, @coreyhutchins, @colmorrisdavis and @carolleonnig

Renju Jose / Reuters:
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest's Minderoo Foundation will help 18 Australian small news publishers negotiate collectively with Google and Facebook

Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
A voter turnout group says Facebook served 36.8% of their conversion ads to iOS users after Apple's ATT change, down from 63.6%

Discussion: @somospostpc, @codinghorror, @carnage4life, @issielapowsky, @protocol, @issielapowsky, @voterformation, @tatendacheryl, @issielapowsky, @saramorrison, @issielapowsky and @issielapowsky

Peter Kafka / Vox:
James Andrew Miller's new book reveals that some HBO execs pushed for selling subscriptions directly to consumers in 2005, and some wanted to buy Netflix

Discussion: @jasonhirschhorn, @ritholtz, @gadyepstein, @carlquintanilla, @kbandersen, @tsuvik, @jkosner, Baraja de oro and @pkafka

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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Chernin Entertainment has hired bankers to explore its options, including a sale of a stake in the business or other equity partnership

Discussion: @benmullin, @phkeane, @benmullin, @claireatki and @benmullin

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York appeals court judge rejects the NYT's request to unblock it from publishing or seeking Project Veritas documents; the next hearing is on November 23

Discussion: @joshgerstein, @eriqgardner, @jesselynradack, @ggreenwald, @maxkennerly, @williamturton, @iwanttotalk_now, @gaberusk, @mmasnick, @pnjaban, @janemayernyer, @mathewi, @pressfreedom, Associated Press and Washington Post

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
The US DOJ says Iranian hackers breached a media company in fall 2020 and tested how to create false news content; sources say Lee Enterprises was targeted

Discussion: @dnvolz, Metacurity, @dkiesow, @dnvolz, @rossacrosswi, @dnvolz, @airspaceiowa, @roncharles, @justinhendrix, @andreasharsono, @justinhendrix, @dnvolz and @dnvolz

Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Gothamist, the news site of radio station WNYC, deleted four articles in October that used language from Wikipedia, Salon, and NYT without credit

Discussion: @jonscollins, @awinston, @jimog, @nypr_union, @nypr_union, @nypr_union, @davidleighx, @marcatracy, @lexandrapinel, @nypr_union and @katie_robertson, Thanks:@ologhaiofmordor

Edmund Lee / New York Times:
Filing: shareholders vote December 2 on BuzzFeed's SPAC merger, with stock trading as soon as December 6; Q3 net loss was ~$3.6M on revenue of $90M, up 20% YoY

Discussion: Press Gazette, BuzzFeed, @kerrymflynn, @edmundlee and Editor and Publisher

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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson are retiring, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's chief legal officer, will replace Adams in March

A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
US and Canadian authorities warn that Chinese hackers are using the Brickstorm malware to install backdoor access within unnamed government and IT entities

Shashwat Chauhan / Reuters:
The US CFTC announces that spot crypto asset contracts will begin trading for the first time on CFTC-registered futures exchanges

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