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Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
How Barnes & Noble, with book sales up 14% from pre-pandemic, went from a threat to industry anchor by letting store managers choose books to promote and more — To independent booksellers, the enormous chain was once a threat. Now it's vital to their survival. And it's doing well.
Natalia Antelava / Coda Story:
Independent reporters and outlets covering Afghanistan, Ukraine, and other regions say Meta's overly broad content moderation policies are limiting their reach — “Your account has been suspended.” — “You cannot post or comment for 3 days” — “You can't go live for 63 days”
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Alyssa Meyers / Morning Brew:
Spotify's recent Podsights and Chartable acquisitions are raising concerns over the availability of third-party podcast metrics for advertisers and publishers — Some say it significantly reduces the number of third-party measurement options available. — When Spotify announced its acquisition …
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Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
Analysis shows how the Russian media uses Fox News content to bolster Russia's claims about Ukraine, from blaming NATO to pushing conspiracy theories on biolabs — The conservative network has appeared hundreds of times in Russian media. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Ian Johnston / Financial Times:
Ukrainian independent media is finding success on Patreon; The Kyiv Independent, which has raised $1.5M on GoFundMe, has ~7,000 patrons, making $73K+/month — Use of funding platform by smaller publications is emblematic of wider trend in media sector — Olga Rudenko, editor of The Kyiv Independent, has had a punishing six weeks.
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Richard J. Tofel / Second Rough Draft:
Legacy local newspapers should eliminate national news and use the freed-up money and space to produce more local content, making themselves more distinctive — Thinking about the problem of local news from the supply side — Welcome to Second Rough Draft, a newsletter about journalism in our time …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Most broadcasts on BBC Three, which relaunched as a live TV channel in February to focus on young viewers, are failing to attract more than 100K viewers — Most broadcasts fail to attract more than 100,000 viewers, according to official ratings — When BBC Three relaunched …
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Ken Doctor reflects on the first 18 months of local digital outlet Lookout Santa Cruz, which has 13 employees and a revenue mix of 60% ads and 40% membership — We called it the 3 a.m. Club. — We converged in Denver in mid-October last year, between Covid scares.
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Tarpley Hitt / Gawker:
Food site The Counter claims a lack of “sufficient future funding to keep publishing”, but filings show $5M+ of assets in 2021 and $1.8M+ of expenses in 2020 — On Thursday, Kate Cox, the editor-in-chief of the food site The Counter, published a piece called “The Hardest Story To Write.”
Tom Hals / Reuters:
The New York Times sues an anti-immigration author for the cost to defend itself against his 2020 defamation lawsuit, a first under NY's expanded anti-SLAPP law — The New York Times sued an anti-immigration author for the cost of defending itself against defamation in the first lawsuit …
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Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Reader's editorial union says co-owner Len Goodman has blocked its sale to become a nonprofit and asked to appoint more board members to retain control — Len Goodman, honor your word and free the Reader. — In February, the Tribune published an op-ed in which Invisible Institute …
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Michael Warren / CNN:
The Republican National Committee votes unanimously to withdraw from participating in the Commission on Presidential Debates and says the commission is “biased” — The Republican National Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to withdraw from its participation in the Commission …
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Analysis: news publishers raised nearly $12M from selling NFTs since March 2021; Time Magazine earned the most with $10M+ and The New York Times made $560K — News publishers analysed by Press Gazette have sold nearly $12m (£9m) worth of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) since March 2021.
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