Mediagazer

10:25 PM ET, January 19, 2020

Top News:

Danielle K. Kilgo / The Conversation:

Study of 2017 Texas newspaper coverage: anti-Trump protests and women's marches got more coverage and more favorable framing than anti-racism protests — The new decade is just days old, but in one respect it is already shaping up like the last one: with mass protests around the world.

Discussion: @rohanv, @lindsaypalmeruw, @nikkiusher, @coreyhutchins, @s_m_i, @journalismfest and Nieman Lab

CNN:

Three Capitol Hill press orgs issue statements supporting CNN's Manu Raju after Sen. Martha McSally's “liberal hack” remark, calling it “inappropriate” — New York (CNN Business)The Capitol Hill press corps on Friday rallied behind Manu Raju, CNN's senior congressional correspondent …

Discussion: @senmcsallyaz, New York Times, @mkraju, @kyledcheney, @digiphile, @pressclubdc, @bryanbehar, Mediaite, @jaketapper, @paulwaldman1, @danpfeiffer, @jaketapper, @gunnergale, @yashar, @peterbakernyt, Washington Post and Talking Points Memo

Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Senate impeachment trial press restrictions force reporters into pens and prevent them from the common practice of interviewing senators in the Senate basement

The Intercept:

Court docs: after a search warrant, Facebook gave Puerto Rico private info from student news outlets; some fear it was a politically motivated search for crimes — As seven University of Puerto Rico students prepare to face trial in February for participating in a nonviolent protest more than two years ago …

Discussion: @bruno_j_navarro and @theintercept, more at Techmeme »

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:

A look at MediaReview, a proposal to create a machine-readable standard for presenting visual misinformation with categories like “missing context” and “edited” — One thing you learn when you start fact-checking is that, while some things are clearly true or false, there's a lot that falls in between.

Discussion: American Press Institute

Catherine Adams / Nieman Lab:

Newsrooms in Europe, inspired by the US' Pop-Up Magazine, are experimenting with live news formats, like presenting unpublished stories, in theaters — Audiences want proximity and, perhaps more than ever, humanity. Telling stories in a real physical space can be an antidote to the virtual epidemic.

Discussion: @marklittlenews, @spj_tweets, @popupmag, @econhardship, @toholdaquill, @litrep_nyu and @lauraelizdavis, Thanks:@sdp

Politico:

Researchers: France Libre 24, a far-right site which looks like a French news outlet and has ~150K visitors/mo, is run by a group of Polish far-right activists — Research conducted by EU DisinfoLab and POLITICO prompts backers of France Libre 24 to disclose their ties to Poland.

Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:

Facebook removes a network of several dozen Pages that were coordinating posts defending a Trump impeachment probe figure, which BuzzFeed first revealed in Nov. — Some of the pages describe themselves as representing groups of supporters of President Trump from different states

Discussion: @rebeccaballhaus, @passantino, @rebeccaballhaus, NPR, @kylegriffin1, @rebeccaballhaus, @karenkornbluh, @rebeccaballhaus, @jason_kint, @craigsilverman and @slpng_giants

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Instagram removes the IGTV button from its home page; Sensor Tower: IGTV's standalone app was downloaded 1.1M times in the US since its launch in June 2018 — TikTok saw 80X more installs — At most, 7 million of Instagram's 1 billion-plus users have downloaded its standalone IGTV app in the 18 months since launch.

Discussion: @harrymccracken, @corinne_podger, @branded78_ and @joshconstine, more at Techmeme »

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Spotify in early talks to buy The Ringer, founded by Bill Simmons, which has a podcast network that had revenue of $15M+ in 2018 — The Ringer, founded in 2016 by former ESPN commentator Bill Simmons, has over 30 podcasts — Spotify Technology SA is in talks to buy sports …

Discussion: @ricmac, @pkafka, @bonettiespn, @kerrymflynn, @markdistef, Vox, @damanr, @pkafka, @pkafka, @pkafka, Vulture, @smartfootball, @jackallisonlol, @pkedrosky, @james_dasilva, @tomgara, @goldman, @jacksondahl, @katienotopoulos, @mgsiegler, @dieter, @cianaf, @cwarzel, @nwquah, @cheriehu42, @byianthomas, @pkafka, @mskimberlychin, @webbarr, @jfberke, @pkafka, @edmundlee, @pkafka, @alexweprin, The Wrap, Variety and Awful Announcing

Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide:

SoundCloud's filing in the UK shows its 2018 revenue grew 19% YoY to ~$127M, with operating losses dropping to $38.7M — If there's one stat that says everything about the recovery of SoundCloud in recent years, it's this: in calendar 2017, the company turned over circa $102m.

Discussion: Your EDM, more at Techmeme »

John Koblin / New York Times:

In 2019, ~130 original nature shows aired, more than previous three years combined; BBC America Saturday viewership rose 35% after shift to wildlife programming — Wildlife's global, family appeal, when the environment is “the issue of the age,” gives Netflix and its rivals a rich supply of new content.

Discussion: @ismaelnafria, @jessphoenix2018, @jimwindolf, @jameskaiser_ and @koblin

New York Times:

Oprah confirms Russell Simmons pressured her to drop support for a documentary about women who accused him of rape or assault — Ms. Winfrey acknowledged that Russell Simmons pushed her to abandon a documentary about his accusers, but said her own concerns led her to pull support.