Mediagazer: Internews survey of 25 exiled news outlets: all but two are financially dependent on philanthropic or institutional funding, 28% are fully funded by donors (Hanaa' Tameez/Nieman Lab)

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
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Austin Fuller / Current:

NPR CEO Katherine Maher will not attend a US House committee hearing on May 8 looking at alleged NPR bias due to a schedule conflict, but offers to appear later — NPR CEO Katherine Maher will not attend a U.S. House committee hearing Wednesday aimed at looking into alleged ideological bias at the organization.

Discussion: @davidfolkenflik, @renee.diresta@threads.net, Fox News and @davidfolkenflik

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:

A historical look at Pulitzer winners shows the decline of local and regional newspapers and the growth in online news outlets, especially at the local level — For the first time ever, more online news sites produced Pulitzer finalists than newspapers did.

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:

A look at Chicago's Invisible Institute, a nonprofit newsroom with about a dozen journalists incorporated in 2015 that won two 2024 Pulitzers — The Invisible Institute, a nonprofit newsroom with roughly a dozen journalists, was recognized for local and audio reporting.

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Max Tani / Semafor:

Memo: Business Insider Global Editor-in-Chief Nich Carlson is stepping down and will become an editor-at-large focused on longer-term projects — The Scoop — Business Insider's global editor-in-chief is stepping down as the company begins a search for his replacement.

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Natalie Korach / The Wrap:

Dotdash Meredith unionized workers ratify contracts with management after negotiating since 2021; the deal covers ~160 staffers at People and other magazines — The three-year deal covers approximately 160 staffers at People, Entertainment Weekly and Martha Stewart Living

Discussion: @meredithunion and @nyguild

Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:

Internews survey of 25 exiled news outlets: all but two are financially dependent on philanthropic or institutional funding, 28% are fully funded by donors — On World Press Freedom Day last week, the International Consortium of Investigative Reporters said in a statement that …

Discussion: @niemanlab, @internews and Internews

Karissa Bell / Engadget:

Substack announces Substack Creator Studio, a program to support 10 US-based video creators to “turn their TikTok channels into Substack shows and communities” — The company says its plans are unrelated to a potential TikTok ban. — Newsletter platform Substack is ramping …

Discussion: Christina Loff on LinkedIn, Washington Post, On Substack and On Substack

Pew Research Center:

Survey: 48% of US adults prefer websites or social media for local news; 15% paid for local news in the last year; 63% believe local outlets do well financially — As news consumption habits become more digital, U.S. adults continue to see value in local outlets — Table of Contents Table of Contents

Discussion: @pewresearch, @pewresearch, @mattdpearce, @knightfdn, @jenrubin9@threads.net, @jackshafer, @dustysneakers_@threads.net, Sarabeth Berman on LinkedIn, @iohn.bsky.social, Nieman Lab and Poynter

Kate Knibbs / Wired:

A look at Musi, a free music streaming app popular among high schoolers that uses YouTube to source music, opening Musi up to legal action from record labels — Musi's free music streaming app is a hit with thrifty teens. The app claims to tap content on YouTube, but some in the music industry question the legitimacy of that model.

Discussion: @knibbs, @extremeknibbs@threads.net and 9to5Mac

Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:

Ricky Strauss, who has been head of marketing at Apple TV+ for 16 months, is leaving; he earlier was president of content and marketing at Disney+ at its launch — Ricky Strauss is leaving Apple TV+ after a 16-month stint as Head of Marketing. — In his role, he was involved …

Discussion: Variety, @rarebre3d, The Wrap, Puck and 9to5Mac

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Meta announces an update to its AI ad tools, which can now make full new images, not just backgrounds, and claims it's adding strong guardrails to prevent abuse — Meta is rolling out an expanded set of generative AI tools for advertisers, after first announcing a set of AI features last October.

Discussion: Facebook, Ad Age, Hadar Dor on LinkedIn, VentureBeat, Neowin, Social Media Today, Bloomberg, The Media Leader and Search Engine Land, more at Techmeme »

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