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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Nonprofit news survey: total revenues of $325M+ and 2,200 journalists, half of the organizations generated more than $500K in 2017, and one third topped $1M — As local newspapers and their reporting and editing staffs continue to shrink, a perennial question has become even more relevant …
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Center for Cooperative Media, @niemanlab, Institute for Nonprofit News, Current and Nieman Lab
Washington Post:
Review shows ads from mainstream brands like the Girl Scouts still appear on fringe sites because of automated buying, effectively funding extremist content — Jihadi rapists. Muslim invaders. Faked mass shootings. Pizzagate. — Somebody browsing highly partisan websites in recent weeks …
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@craigtimberg, @chronotope, @geoffreyfowler, @jason_kint, @warrenleighttv, @lizzadwoskin, @slpng_giants, @abtran, @cwarzel and @newsguardrating, more at Techmeme »
Chloe Melas / CNN:
Vincent Favale, a CBS SVP, has been placed on leave after claims he used sexual and homophobic language; two sources say he retaliated after they complained — (CNN)A CBS executive has been placed on leave after multiple individuals spoke to CNN accusing the senior vice president of talent …
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The Wrap, TV Tattle, @cnnross, MarketWatch and Variety
Middle East Eye:
Turkish officials say Saudi journalist Kamal Khashoggi is in custody in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, a claim denied by a Saudi official — Saudi official meanwhile denies that Jamal Khashoggi is still in the building which Turkish security forces have surrounded
Discussion:
The Guardian, Washington Post, @postopinions, @middleeasteye, Committee to Protect … and Al Jazeera English
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Journalist and Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi disappeared on Tuesday after visiting Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul to obtain a doc he needed to get married
Discussion:
@nytben, @karenattiah, @camanpour, Middle East Eye, @mariemrmasmoudi, @kimmasters, @middleeasteye, @jrezaian, @shane_bauer, @davidakaye, @middleeasteye, Washington Post, @rulajebreal, @middleeasteye, @kenroth, Al Jazeera English, @melissajpeltier, @justin_d_martin, @jomanacnn, @lindseyhilsum, @andreaprasow, Al Jazeera English and Jason Rezaian
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Facebook blocks advertisements mentioning LGBT themes and words like “gender-neutral” for being political, says majority of rejections were in error — The advertisements all seemed innocuous at a glance. — A ribald sendup of fairy tales hosted by a comedian in Los Angeles.
Discussion:
Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
Pandora and SoundCloud announce that Pandora will take over advertising placement and sales for SoundCloud in the US starting in 2019 — (Reuters) - Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc and music-sharing service SoundCloud said on Wednesday that Pandora will take over handling the U.S. advertising for SoundCloud.
Discussion:
Radio & Television … and Variety
Melina Delkic / New York Times:
How three New York Times reporters spent over a year combing through 100K+ documents and interviewing people to uncover the source of Trump's wealth — Three reporters spent over a year digging through more than 100,000 pages of documents and chasing down key sources familiar with President Trump's father and his empire.
Joe Eskenazi / Mission Local:
Layoffs loom at San Francisco magazine, part of the Modern Luxury chain, as owners seek higher profits through a leaner magazine budget — FORMER EDITOR: “I KNEW THE WRITING WAS ON THE WALL.” — Over the past several years, San Francisco Magazine has, consistently, told some of the best-researched …
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@byrosenberg, @jamblinman, @alex_e_orlando, @elcush, @josh_koehn, @cbloggy, @mat, @jeremylybarger, @jackiekpix, @jonsteinberg31, @darwinbondgraha, @gwendolynawu and @katiasav
Karl Bode / Motherboard:
Report: after years of steady decline, BitTorrent usage is once again growing, thanks to the fragmentation of streaming services with exclusive content — BitTorrent usage has bounced back because there's too many streaming services, and too much exclusive content.
Discussion:
Engadget, The A.V. Club, @karlbode, @kevincarson1, @imrejele, @derektmead, IndieWire, @theblacknerd, Polygon and The Next Web, more at Techmeme »
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph is putting most of its politics, business, and rugby coverage behind a paywall, as it cuts back on free content — Title increases amount of ‘premium’ content as it seeks to pull in more paying readers — The Telegraph is to put the vast majority of its politics …
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Editor & Publisher
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Publishers are wary of Apple News given the company's secretive culture, disdain for advertising, and the fact that big traffic doesn't translate to more money — You can't blame publishers for being wary when a giant Silicon Valley tech platform comes to them promising big new audiences and (someday) a way to make money off them.
Discussion:
AppleInsider, @niemanlab and 9to5Mac
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
CBS reporter Bianna Golodryga has been named a co-host of “CBS This Morning” — CBS reporter Bianna Golodryga has been named a co-host of “CBS This Morning,” the network announced in a statement Wednesday. She will join up with the show's current hosts Gayle King, Norah O'Donnell and John Dickerson.
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