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Mark Jacob / Local News Initiative:
A look at the changes in Chicago's news ecosystem, as nonprofit news assumes a prominent role and public radio station WBEZ becomes a formidable player — With Nonprofit News on the March, There Are Plenty of Concerns, but Also New Feelings of Optimism — Chicago journalism is undergoing …
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Shamus Toomey / Block Club Chicago:
Nonprofit outlet Block Club Chicago receives a three-year, $1.6M grant from the American Journalism Project and Chicago Community Trust matches another $450K
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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
The Associated Press will launch a photojournalism NFT marketplace built by blockchain tech provider Xooa on January 31, with sales used to fund its journalism — It's offering collectors ‘exclusive, historic, and stunning visual content’ — The Associated Press, or AP …
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American Press Institute:
American Press Institute announces Michael D. Bolden as its new executive director and CEO, starting February 14 — The American Press Institute, an affiliate of the News Media Alliance dedicated to helping news publishers navigate and adapt to organizational and industry change to sustain journalism …
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Internal memo: Spotify shuts down Spotify Studios, also known as Studio 4; former employees say the podcast studio operated as a “junk drawer” for projects — The Studio 4 team, aka Spotify Studios, is being laid off — This story is part of a group of stories called
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David Cohen / Adweek:
The Markup partners with Mozilla's data sharing project Rally on Facebook Pixel Hunt, a study to investigate Meta's data collection and tracking practices — Firefox users who opt into ‘Facebook Pixel Hunt’ will use tools in the Rally browser extension
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Lorenzo Tondo / The Guardian:
Profile of Italian outlet Fanpage, which started as a Facebook Page, attracts millions of readers with award-winning investigative scoops, and employs 67 — What started as a Facebook page is now an investigative news operation with millions of readers a day
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
After CDC objections, ABC posts the full interview with CDC chief Dr. Rochelle Walensky, which it had edited to remove crucial information about COVID-19 deaths — CDC Chief Dr. Rochelle Walensky took heat from the right and the left over an interview that turns out to have been edited …
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New York Times:
NYT freelancer to be tried Wednesday in Zimbabwe on charges he helped NYT reporters enter the country illegally; government said its case was on “shaky ground” — The reporter, Jeffrey Moyo, has been accused of helping two Times journalists enter Zimbabwe from South Africa using bogus credentials …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Candle Media, the company led by Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs that bought Hello Sunshine, acquires Faraway Road Productions and a stake in Will Smith's Westbrook — Candle Media, a new media rollup company backed by Blackstone and led by former Disney executives Tom Staggs and Kevin Mayer …
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Gabriel Snyder / Off the Record:
Justin Smith's plan to chase an elite global audience is a great pitch for sponsors, but a tough editorial product for Ben Smith to deliver — Justin Smith and Ben Smith's announcement brings back memories of the promise — and pitfalls — of an earlier global media startup.
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Comcast and ViacomCBS appoint Monty Sarhan as CEO of the joint venture streamer Sky Showtime, which will launch in 20 European markets this year — Comcast and ViacomCBS have appointed a CEO for soon-to-launch JV streamer Sky Showtime. — Monty Sarhan, who has been Comcast Cable's SVP …
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Alex Richards / mirror:
UK court awards Premier League a minimum £157M payout in case against PPTV, which bought Chinese broadcast rights for £564M and never paid — The Premier League terminated its deal with PPTV, owned by the Suning Holding Group, in September 2020, after failing to receive a penny of its record £564million deal
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