Mediagazer: A look at LA Public Press, a nonprofit local news site that publishes three to five original stories weekly and pays eight full-time staffers the same $84K/year (Sophie Culpepper/Nieman Lab)

4:05 PM ET, March 19, 2024

Top News:

Natalie Korach / The Wrap:

In a memo, Gannett Chief Content Officer Kristin Roberts says the publisher will stop publishing AP content on March 25 “to invest further in our newsrooms” — The company will end its legacy AP premium subscription beginning March 25, and “redeploy more dollars toward our teams”

Discussion: Media Nation, @benmullin, Eric Deggans on LinkedIn, @marcuslhill, @_brianhanna, @bymikedavis, @kystokes, @seiffertdon, @therealjay_gee, @mikemcgannpa, @benmullin, @davidfolkenflik, @joelmathis.bsky.social and @davidfolkenflik

Becky Quick / CNBC:

George Lucas backs Bob Iger in the proxy battle between Disney and activist investor Nelson Peltz; sources say Lucas is Disney's largest individual shareholder — - Filmmaker and Hollywood legend George Lucas is endorsing Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger in the bitter proxy battle launched by activist investor Nelson Peltz.

Deadline:

Prime Video unveils a slate of 69 new Indian original TV shows and films, and says India had the highest percentage of Prime Members stream Prime Video in 2023g — India has driven subscribers to Amazon than any other country bar the U.S. over recent years, according Head of Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios Mike Hopkins.

Discussion: The Streamable, Variety, Bloomberg, WORLD SCREEN and @lucas_shaw

Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:

A look at LA Public Press, a nonprofit local news site that publishes three to five original stories weekly and pays eight full-time staffers the same $84K/year — “I don't think there's a circumstance where if you can just twist the dials the right way it's going to unlock lots and lots of earned revenue from a big subscriber base."

Discussion: @suhaunah

Committee to Protect Journalists:

Poland has reportedly detained four Ukrainian journalists who were investigating Poland's trade with Russia; two were detained on February 27 and two on March 7 — Polish authorities should refrain from detaining members of the press reporting on topics of public interest …

Discussion: @farnakyboy

Graciela Mochkofsky / New York Times:

The cost of a journalism education has become an insurmountable barrier for just the kind of people the industry needs most; j-schools need to go tuition free — Many uncertainties haunt the field of journalism today — among them, how we can reach our audience, build public trust in our work, and who is going to pay for it all.

Discussion: Newmark J-School, @vermontgmg@threads.net, @clarajeffery@threads.net, @craignewmark, @risj_oxford, @cathyarnst, @sarah__bartlett, @jeremycaplan and @niketa

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:

EU DMA hearing: a Meta lawyer says Meta offered to cut its EU monthly subscription for Facebook and Instagram from €9.99 to €5.99 to address regulatory concerns — Meta Platforms (META.O) has offered to almost halve its monthly subscription fee for Facebook and Instagram to 5.99 euros …

Discussion: MediaPost, Annemarie Bloemen-Patberg on LinkedIn, Ars Technica, Channel NewsAsia, The Verge, BGR, Digital Markets Act, @ttoboyle, TechCrunch, @kayjebelli and @kayjebelli, more at Techmeme »

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Baltimore Banner CEO Bob Cohn says the outlet is planning a geographical expansion, has 44K subscribers, and half of 2024 revenue will come from subscriptions — - He previously led subscription expansions as president of both The Economist and The Atlantic.

Discussion: @kyoshino and @dicktofel

New York Times:

Trump sues ABC and George Stephanopoulos for defamation over Stephanopoulos's on-air remarks that Trump had been found liable for raping E. Jean Carroll — The lawsuit stems from the anchor's recent contentious interview with Representative Nancy Mace. — Former President Donald J. Trump filed …

Washington Post:

Drone footage and interviews with witnesses and colleagues raise questions about Israeli justification for striking two members of an Al Jazeera crew — JERUSALEM — On Jan. 7, the Israeli military conducted a targeted missile strike on a car carrying four Palestinian journalists outside Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.

Discussion: Anna Kalinowska on LinkedIn, @chargrille@progressives …, @ZhiZhu@newsie.social, @AnarchoDoggo@kolektiva.social, @arictoler, @mehdirhasan, @leloveluck, The Daily Caller, @davidjoachim, Voice of America and Committee to Protect …

Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:

Spotify: in 2023, 66K artists received $10K+, up from 57K in 2022, with 50%+ from non-English speaking countries, while 11,600 got $100K+, and 1,250 got $1M+ — - Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) — Every year, Spotify updates its Loud & Clear website with new data about its music payouts.

Discussion: Observer, Variety, @eldsjal, @duboff, @spotifyartists, CMU, Associated Press and Spotify

Jesse Whittock / Deadline:

Paramount+ plans to roll out its ad tier in Canada in April and Australia in June 2024, and to launch its Premium plan in Europe this month, starting in France — Paramount+'s international ad-tier plans are coming together. — The streaming service's Basic (with ads) …

Discussion: The Wrap, Reuters, Broadband TV News, The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount+ and WORLD SCREEN

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