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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
New York Media, parent company to New York magazine, will launch a paywall for its sites in the last week of November with $5/month or $50/year subscriptions — Information may want to be free, as an aphorism had it in the early days of digital media. But these days, increasingly, journalism wants to be paid for.
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The Guardian, Folio, @karaswisher, @caro, @jeffjarvis, @poniewozik, @rafat, @kevin_reiss, @elongreen and MediaPost
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Police report of protest at Tucker Carlson's house contradicts his account as it concerns spray-painting of his driveway without mention of damage to his door — The people who shouted threatening chants at the residence of Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Wednesday night did more than just unsettle a family.
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@drrjkavanagh, ThinkProgress, Variety and @brianbeutler
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Susan Wojcicki / YouTube Creator Blog:
YouTube CEO warns of unintended consequences of EU's Article 13 and says YouTube may have to block videos in the EU to avoid liability under the new directive — This op-ed originally appeared in the Financial Times. — Creativity has long been a guiding force in my life …
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The Verge, Deadline, @susanwojcicki, Business Insider, MediaPost and Boing Boing, more at Techmeme »
Rani Molla / Recode:
Smart speakers' effect on audio: NPR's listening hours from speaker owners up 15% YoY, podcast listeners skip ads less, Spotify users likelier to listen daily — Until we invent something that wouldn't be possible without voice, we're just repurposing online content for our ears.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
After Trump denied Jim Acosta a press pass, networks and WH reporters were left with a choice to protest the move or do nothing, and both options have drawbacks — The CNN chief Jeff Zucker gave his troops unexpected orders the day after President Trump snatched the press credential away from Jim Acosta …
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Poynter, @ashleyfeinberg, @schafer42, @peterbakernyt, @erinjonesin2016, @jimrutenberg, @postscottwilson, @jayrosen_nyu, @benmullin and New Yorker
David Beard / Poynter:
A look at how the San Francisco Chronicle and the LA Times newsrooms are responding to the fires on the heels of the election and the Thousand Oaks shooting — The Poynter Institute's Morning Mediawire breaks down and delivers the most important stories you need to start your day.
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@audreycoopersf, CNN, Los Angeles Times and CBS Los Angeles
SportsBusiness Daily:
Despite speculation, neither Fox Sports nor NBC Sports bid on Fox's 22 regional sports networks last week by the deadline; it's now unclear who did submit bids — Fox Sports and NBC Sports stay on sideline for the sale, leaving the media industry to wonder who's in.
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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: the owner of the Daily Mail is drawing up plans to make an offer for the i, a newspaper currently owned by Johnston Press — The owner of the Daily Mail is plotting to buy the i in a move that would expand its share of the national newspaper market during a period of turbulence for the UK's biggest publishers .
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The Drum, HoldtheFrontPage, Press Gazette, The Guardian, Reuters, Sky News, MorningstarUK, Author stories, City A.M., The Times & The Sunday Times, BBC and Telegraph
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Netflix executives say they want to experiment with lower-priced subscriptions in countries with lower per-capita income in pursuit of growth in Asia — - Streaming service wants to experiment with prices, CEO says — Service has announced 17 new shows from five Asian countries
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Reuters, The Verge, Variety, Observer, Engadget, FierceVideo and Fast Company, more at Techmeme »
Alex Heath / Cheddar:
Snap VP of Content Nick Bell, who joined the company in 2014 to lead Discover, says he's leaving amid a planned reorg under Chief Strategy Officer Jared Grusd — Another longtime Snap executive is jumping ship. — This time it's Nick Bell, Snap's VP of Content, who told employees that he's leaving on Monday.
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Recode, @kurtwagner8, Variety, Adweek, @carnage4life, @mat, Tubefilter and The Wrap, more at Techmeme »
Wall Street Journal:
A look at the tug of war between the data driven tech team and the relationship-oriented Hollywood team at Netflix — As the company plunges deeper into originals, its L.A. wing is doing the once-unthinkable: overriding the metrics — Netflix Inc.'s executives were torn.
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Business Insider, @sub8u, @memles, @filmmakermag, @trevornoren, @asharma and @jbflint
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Roger Ailes didn't want Fox News tied to one GOP politician and dissuaded Hannity from attending a Tea Party event in 2010, a control absent at the network now — NEW YORK — On election night at Fox News Channel, big red news alerts lit up the small courtyard outside Studio F where Bret Baier …
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@johnmcquaid and @daviduberti
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