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7:55 PM ET, April 17, 2022

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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”
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
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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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.”
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Kate Cox / The Counter:
The Counter, a nonprofit newsroom that investigated the forces shaping how and what Americans eat, will cease publication on May 20 after nearly seven years
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 …
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.
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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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 …
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 …
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.
Al-Monitor:
Prominent Algerian newspaper Liberte shuts down after three decades, citing its “economic situation”; Liberte is owned by the country's richest man, worth $3.8B  —  Prominent Algerian newspaper Liberte printed its last issue on Thursday, three decades after it was established …
 
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The Moscow Times:
Roskomnadzor blocks The Moscow Times' Russian-language site for publishing a “false report” on riot police officers refusing to fight in Ukraine
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A year after Facebook launched podcasts and other audio tools for creators, sources say Meta has shifted its focus to metaverse events and online shopping