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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
UK broadcasters, radio stations, digital platforms, outdoor ad companies, and others are set to lose revenue due to an ad blackout during the Queen's funeral — Block on adverts around coverage will hit broadcasters hard and could cancel out payday for newspapers from extra sales
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@jeffjarvis, The i Paper, @scottygb, @lewizrs, @danmcdaid, @jonnelledge, @hannaflint, @financialtimes, @jessiegender and @edmoore
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K.J. Yossman / Variety:
Paramount-owned Channel 5 was the only UK broadcaster not to show any royal-related coverage during the Queen's funeral, instead showing The Emoji Movie — While BBC One, BBC Two and ITV broadcast the funeral live and Channel 4 showed a documentary on the Queen, Channel 5 instead broadcast …
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Bill McKibben / New Yorker:
Vermont's new and legacy local news sites, radio stations, and newspapers show that the decline of serious local journalism is not as inevitable as some imagine — Investigative journalism matters—and so does community journalism. — An extensive analysis conducted in 2020 by ProPublica …
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@niemanlab, @sesmith, @aaronpcalvin, @sarabethberman, @jwehrens, @newyorker, @mikaelalefrak, @azirulnick, @stormskijournal, @dankennedy_nu, @seanwoods12, @wcshaw, @bendangl and @billmckibben
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
The 5th Circuit federal court's ruling to uphold the Texas social media content moderation law is based on a misrepresentation of how Section 230 actually works — from the batshit-crazy dept — As far as I can tell, in the area the 5th Circuit appeals court has jurisdiction …
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@greg_doucette, @steve_vladeck, @ngrossman81, @ericowensdc, @lawsuitsdevin, @jkempcpa, @jholbo1, @xor, @rumpfshaker and @mmasnick
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Joe Schneider / Bloomberg:
A US federal appeals court upholds the Texas social media content moderation law, lifting an injunction that blocked it and remanding it back to the lower court
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@berinszoka, @jeffjarvis, @nycsouthpaw, @dangillmor, @kt_so_it_goes, @publicknowledge, @kristaachavez, @berinszoka, @berinszoka, @lawfareblog, @katie_rcfp, @evacide, @popehat, @mmasnick, @caseymattox_, @berinszoka, @berinszoka, @adamkovac, @berinszoka, @berinszoka, @ericowensdc, Wall Street Journal, CNN, The Register, Politico, Public Knowledge, Protocol, Washington Post, Lawfare, Chamber of Progress and The Hill
Politico:
Sources detail growing pains at LA Times relating to its billionaire owner Dr. Soon-Shiong, as he and his family face allegations of meddling with coverage — This past May, a young reporter for the Los Angeles Times working a weekend shift filed a 190-word story about people suspected …
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@awalkerinla, @jonnypeltz, @danteatkins, @harrispolitico, @dlippman, @jmbooyah, @semaforben, @dlippman, @jetjocko, @samstein, @suhaunah, @awalkerinla and @alexnazaryan
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
A look at falling traffic and advertising at local news sites, with regional papers seeing the worst of it, and how publishers are rethinking digital strategies — With advertising down and newsprint and delivery costs rising, reduced traffic puts pressure on an already ailing industry.
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@spj_tweets, Better News, @rodmickleburgh and @ampress
The Hollywood Reporter:
Streaming is transforming documentary filmmaking by paying subjects, scrunching timelines, and introducing techniques from reality TV, which many find worrying — As streaming transforms the once-sleepy nonfiction space into a money-making juggernaut of hit series, cool parties …
Will Pritchard / The Guardian:
The UK's independent radio stations that consoled listeners during lockdowns and sustained musicians, like Worldwide FM and Threads, struggle under rising costs — Gilles Peterson and other station bosses explain how the passion projects that sustained music scenes and consoled listeners …
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@grahamblaydon, @wf_pritchard, @wf_pritchard, @samliddicott, @wf_pritchard, @wf_pritchard and @chalravens
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Sources detail Apple's dilemma over releasing Emancipation, the $120M Civil War drama starring Will Smith that wrapped earlier in 2022, after his Oscar's slap — The Civil War drama “Emancipation” finished filming early this year. Now, Apple faces a quandary on what to do with the movie.
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Protocol, @theferocity, Numlock News, @erikaharold, @ljmontello, @brockm, @kevinlevin and Mediaite, more at Techmeme »
Dylan Byers / Puck:
CNN's revamped morning show led by Don Lemon reveals linear media's hard new reality: in a post-Maddow, post-Cuomo world, it's no longer all about primetime — CNN's new morning show concept, led by Don Lemon with Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, is a “mass appeal play” …
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@tvgrimreaper, @pucknews, @eugene_scott, @owillis, @joanespositochi, @protecttruth_, @jayrosen_nyu and @ericschultz
Marvin Olasky / Current:
World's former EIC writes about his November 2021 resignation, after the Christian outlet's board launched an “opinion section” to embrace Trumpist conspiracies — The recently resigned editor-in-chief of World has a story to tell—and a warning to offer
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@jaredoliphint, @claremalone, @katelynbeaty, @famstudies and @aaron_renn
Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
Association of American Publishers: book industry sales rose 12.3% YoY to $29.33B in 2021, including ebooks down 5% to $1.97B and audiobooks up 12.8% to $1.75B — Final sales numbers for 2021 from the Association of American Publishers show a 12.3% increase in industry sales …
New York Times:
A look at Jomboy Media, a sports outlet that avoids toxicity and polarization on social media, has 64 staffers and nearly 24 podcasts, and raised a $5M Series A — Jimmy O'Brien's videos breaking down major events turned Jomboy Media into a big business, but O'Brien still sees himself as a fan.
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@yankeesgf, @zschonbrun and Barrett Media
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