Mediagazer: A look at the use of satellite imagery for investigative journalism by outlets including Reveal, Bellingcat, The New York Times, and ProPublica (Robert Simmon/Global Investigative …)

12:05 PM ET, April 21, 2024

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Michael Msika / Bloomberg:

PE firm Blackstone offers ~$1.5B to purchase Hipgnosis, about 7% higher than the bid made earlier this week by Concord to which Hipgnosis' board had agreed — - Competition heats up for Blondie, Kaiser Chiefs catalog owner — Hipgnosis already recommended Apollo-backed Concord's offer

Discussion: City A.M., Digital Music News, Music Business Worldwide, Financial Times, Variety, CMU and Billboard

John Koblin / New York Times:

Antenna: 29M+ people, or ~25% of US streaming subscribers, canceled 3+ services over the last two years as Americans increasingly jump between services — Many more people are jumping from one streaming subscription to another, a behavior that could have big implications for the entertainment industry.

Discussion: David Vogler on LinkedIn, @sportstvratings, Cosmin Ene on LinkedIn and Christian Grece on LinkedIn, more at Techmeme »

Robert Simmon / Global Investigative Journalism Network:

A look at the use of satellite imagery for investigative journalism by outlets including Reveal, Bellingcat, The New York Times, and ProPublica — Almost 25 years ago, The Washington Post reported on the first picture delivered by the brand-new Ikonos satellite.

Discussion: @gijn and @gijn

Emma Roth / The Verge:

Post.News, the news-focused social platform launched in 2022 that offered micropayments to publishers, is shutting down after failing to grow “fast enough” — Post News, a Twitter alternative that emerged in the wake of Elon Musk's takeover, is shutting down.

Discussion: @kalihays1@threads.net, @crumbler@threads.net, @J12t@social.coop, TechCrunch, @lessin, @bluesky, Media Nation, @josh@josh.tel, @polotek@social.polotek.net, @cardamomaddict@mstdn.ca, @stop@threads.net, @Hey_Beth@sfba.social, @SteveThompson@mastodon.social, @hellodavidryan@threads.net, @NevadaWolf@birds.town and @timothyjchambers@threads.net, more at Techmeme »

Clara Aberneithie / Press Gazette:

A look at The Cool Down, a climate-focused news outlet that makes $5M in programmatic advertising per year and aims to increase it to $12M per year in 2025 — The Cool Down is the fastest-growing top 50 news website in the US. — A US news website taking a positive approach to coverage …

Stephanie Kaloi / The Wrap:

New York passes a first-of-its-kind employment tax credit plan to support independent news outlets in the state, offering $30M in yearly credits for three years — The plan aims to support independent news organizations with three years of funding — The New York state Legislature passed …

Discussion: The NewsGuild, Rebuild Local News, @stevenwaldman, Editor and Publisher and @stevenwaldman

New York Times:

How TikTok has influenced US culture and shaped Hollywood, news, music, shopping, political campaigns, national security, and more — Has there ever been an app more American seeming than TikTok, with its messy democratic creativity, exhibitionism, utter lack of limits and vast variety of hustlers?

Discussion: @thedragonfeeder, @sapna, @abedian_amiri, @nytimes, @actionhero, @nunez_anna, @rutgerscomminfo, @jordynjournals, @jordynjournals, @dealbook, @nytimes and Reuters, more at Techmeme »

Ruth La Ferla / New York Times:

Graydon Carter opens a physical store called Air Mail Newsstand in NYC, as an extension of his digital newsletter Air Mail, selling books, magazines, and more — Shoe horns, lampshades and CBD-infused elixirs are among the goods Graydon Carter is selling at a new newsstand-style shop in New York.

Discussion: @nbj914, Harrison Vail on LinkedIn and Showbiz411

Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:

The Trump campaign has denied press credentials for several reporters, often after tough questions or articles; in 2016, it denied them for entire news outlets — Reporters from The Washington Post, Axios, and Vanity Fair have recently been rejected, though blanket bans, à la 2016, don't appear to be happening.

Discussion: @civex, @mlcalderone and @curtishouck

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Filing: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav's 2023 compensation package was worth $49.7M, up 26.5% from the year prior, with $23.1M in stock awards — David Zaslav, president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, had a 2023 pay package worth $49.7 million, up 26.5% from the year prior …

Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:

Interviews with over a dozen current and former WAMU staffers and contractors show management's contradictory, unclear messaging about its closure of DCist — The star-crossed marriage of Washington's NPR member station and a feisty digital news publication came to an abrupt end in February.

Discussion: @southpaw_radio@threads.net, @kcivey@mastodon.social, @wesleylowery, @acdha@thepit.social, @combs@mastodon.art and @srepetsk@dmv.community

Lola Fadulu / New York Times:

Nicholas Welker, leader of a white supremacist group who admitted to posting a death threat against a Brooklyn journalist, is sentenced to 44 months in prison — Nicholas Welker admitted posting the death threat, which was meant to to silence coverage of the extremist group he led, prosecutors said.

Discussion: New York Daily News, @pressfreedom, @egavactip, Brooklyn Eagle and US Department of Justice

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Charlie Smart / New York Times:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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Sharon Knolle / The Wrap:
Sesame Workshop writers reach a tentative deal with management, narrowly avoiding a strike; the 35 WGA members will vote to ratify the deal in the coming days

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Nathan Grayson / Aftermath:
The New York Times' thriving games business prompts others to try to replicate its success, such as with Hearst's acquisition of Puzzmo, but games coverage lags

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Liam Scott / Voice of America:
The USAGM names former Washington Post journalist Michael Abramowitz as the director of VOA, overseeing 48 language services reaching ~354M people weekly

Discussion: Freedom House, New York Times, @VOANews@mastodon.social and USAGM

Earlier Picks:

Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
At a town hall, GB News CEO announced job cuts affecting 40 roles, its first major round of cuts after its 2021 launch; GB News had 295 staffers in May 2023

Discussion: @jimcognito2016, @brucel, @sirpeterpurvis, @petebritish, @brucelawson@social …, @smartin and The i Paper

Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Inside the turmoil at UK-based nonprofit newsroom Open Democracy, whose leadership team says it could have been insolvent by June without 40% cost cuts

Discussion: @jdowsea, @martinjdocherty, @adamramsay, @pressgazette and @pressgazette

Megan Specia / New York Times:
RSF: London has become a “hot spot” of transnational threats against Iranian journalists, including from Iranian government, its proxies, and opposition groups

Discussion: Reporters Without Borders, Nikos Panagiotou on LinkedIn, Reporters Without Borders and r/Journalism

Sharon Goldman / Fortune:
A look at LinkedIn's Collaborative Articles, a collection of over 10M work-related Q&A articles, as many users claim the tips are low-quality and AI-generated

Discussion: @sharongoldman, @alexcristache, Feisal Nanji on LinkedIn and Ken Y. on LinkedIn

Wall Street Journal:
UK ICO internal draft: Google's Privacy Sandbox must do more and leaves gaps that can be exploited to undermine the privacy of users who should remain anonymous

Discussion: The Information, @eff@mastodon.social, @jason_kint and @jason_kint

From Techmeme:

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft outlines security principles and goals tied to executive compensation packages, following a scathing US Cyber Safety Review Board report in April 2024

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:
Russian national Alexander Vinnik, one of the operators of crypto exchange BTC-e from 2011 to 2017, pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering

Reuters:
Sources: Fei-Fei Li raised a seed round for a “spatial intelligence” startup using human-like visual data processing to create AI capable of advanced reasoning

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