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Kevin Rector / Los Angeles Times:
Journalists covering abortion rights protests in Los Angeles on Friday say police used physical force to deny them access, ignoring newly expanded protections — Independent journalist Tina-Desiree Berg was standing on a sidewalk filming the arrest of an abortion rights protester …
Javier Garza Ramos / Nieman Reports:
A reporter in Mexico describes how “gringo style” shootings, like the random lone shooter events in the US, are covered in Mexico, where they rarely occur — What American gun violence looks like to reporters who have to deal with a very different kind of threat
Discussion:
@jamesgeary, @niemanfdn, @ajcorchado, @niemanreports and @niemanfdn
Andrew Kersley / Press Gazette:
Analysis: since 2018, UK consumer trust in The Times has dropped from 63% to 43%, while the BBC fell from 75% to 55%, and The Telegraph declined from 55% to 36% — The Times, The Telegraph and the BBC have suffered the biggest drops in trust among UK news media over the past five years, according to one annual survey.
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@mrwbw, @thattimwalker, @pressgazette, @mediaguy19, @pressgazette, @tttmediaxr, @drevanharris, @pressgazette and @pressgazette
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
A profile of trans Twitch streamer Clara Sorrenti, known as Keffals, who has over 3,000 subscribers paying $4.99 per month for her news and politics streams — Known online as Keffals, Clara Sorrenti's streams are one of the few spaces in media where people can hear the news from a trans person
Discussion:
@keffals, @jordanuhl, @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz and @brendangahan
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges Netflix faces in developing an ad-supported version, as some say they are surprised by its interest in programmatic advertising — As Netflix plots an advertising-supported version of its popular TV service, executives at the company have been on a listening tour with many of the biggest advertising companies.
Discussion:
Metro.co.uk, @francoolivera and @lucas_shaw
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Analysis: print circulations of the top 25 US newspapers fell 12% YoY on average for the six months to March 2022, with the WSJ down 11% YoY and NYT down 9% YoY — The largest US newspaper circulations fell 12% in the year to March 2022, new figures obtained by Press Gazette show.
Discussion:
@nickfeely and @pressgazette
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at Chris Licht's political ties and early moves as CNN chairman and CEO, as the longtime ratings obsessive tries to position CNN as above partisanship — In 2010, Chris Licht, then the executive producer of MSNBC's Morning Joe, suffered a brain aneurysm and, as he later put it in a memoir …
Discussion:
@cjr, @jon_allsop and @jon_allsop
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
PwC M&A survey for media and telecom: deals for the 12 months ending May 15, 2022, totaled 1,014, up 28% YoY, with a record $469B value, but the pace has slowed — Media and telecom M&A activity was lively in the first half of 2022 with deals for the 12 months ending May 15 totaling 1,014 …
Sports Business Journal:
Sources: F1 renews its ESPN US media rights deal through 2025, rejecting Amazon and Comcast, for around $75M-$90M per year, up from the current $5M per year — F1 has agreed to renew its rights deal with ESPN through 2025, sources told SBJ. The three-year deal still doesn't have a signed contract …
Adam Johnson / The Column:
Police PR departments often invite local news to cover training simulations to sell the “community” on the idea that use of force is inevitable and preferable — Technology that allegedly “trains” officers for “split-second” “life or death” decisions is far more about P.R. than preventing violence.
Discussion:
@sarahlazare, @drriley_writes, @adamjohnsonnyc and @adamjohnsonnyc
Davey Alba / Bloomberg:
Source: in February, Meta started an official internal process to shut down CrowdTangle, but paused the plan as the EU's Digital Services Act gained traction — On May 17, as several states held their primary elections, Jesse Littlewood searched the internet using a tool called CrowdTangle …
Discussion:
@corinne_podger, The Signal, @penamerica, @rebekahktromble, @jesselehrich, @haleybragg17, @dangillmor, @sylviavarnham, The Checklist, @ciaranoconnor, @ciaranoconnor, @sanjanah, @_maargentino, @dellcam, @shayan86, @daveyalba, @tsgiles, @daveyalba, @daveyalba, @domdelport, @allisonlcarter, @adriana_lacy, @elisethoma5 and Waivly
Seth Smalley / Poynter:
YouTube faces criticism for a failure to enforce quality standards, a lack of communication, and more during an International Fact-Checking Network conference — The tech giant has been under particular scrutiny since the international fact-checking community sent a critical open letter to its CEO in January
Discussion:
Reclaim The Net, @poynter, @poynter and MediaPost
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