Mediagazer: Lesley McKenzie, deputy editor of C Magazine, has been named as managing editor of Variety, reporting to Editor-in-Chief Claudia Eller (Chris Roush/Talking Biz News)

1:15 PM ET, April 1, 2019

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Peter Kafka / Recode:

A year after his announcement that Facebook would feature less news, Zuckerberg says he wants to create a tab to surface quality news, could pay publishers — The Facebook CEO floated a “news tab to surface more high-quality news,” and said he's willing to write checks to support it.

Nick Statt / The Verge:

One week with Apple News+: it is great value for those who enjoy reading magazines but its design and news delivery mechanisms are messy and inconsistent — There's a lot to evaluate about Apple's new News Plus subscription service, including if it's a good deal for the media business …

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Frederic Filloux / Monday Note:

By joining Apple News+, the US magazine industry could lose 50% of its revenue per reader, with ARPU dropping from $120 per year per reader to $59 — Apple digital kiosk is a terrible deal for the news industry. No wonder most newspaper publishers won't join. 1 . The math, from the industry perspective

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Tom Jones / Poynter:

Q&A with Poynter president Neil Brown on coverage of the Mueller report and triteness of the idea that the report should prompt a reckoning in the media — The Russian investigation is over. Robert Mueller's report has been turned in. And now we begin another investigation: How did the media do in covering this story?

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ComScore's CEO Bryan Wiener and President Sarah Hofstetter step down after less than a year in those positions, citing differences with the company's board — CEO Bryan Wiener and President Sarah Hofstetter will depart — ComScore's top two executives have abruptly left the company …

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Karen Rundlet / Knight Foundation:

Knight Foundation announces funding for three groups that help news providers: $3.5M for Institute for Nonprofit News, $1M for LION, $1.5M for News Revenue Hub — On March 31, Knight announced a $6 million investment in three organizations helping create a strong support system for local newsrooms across the country.

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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:

The Financial Times says it has reached 1M paying readers, with digital subscriptions accounting for 75%+ of its circulation — The Financial Times has reached a paying readership of 1m in a new record for the newsbrand that it says has come a year ahead of schedule and on the back of a “strong business performance”.

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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:

The BBC is taking over broadcaster UKTV in a ~£200M deal and licensing its natural history and wildlife shows to Discovery for its new global streaming service — Corporation will also license natural history shows such as Blue Planet to US pay-TV giant

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Jenni Monet / Columbia Journalism Review:

The US' legacy press has no beat devoted to covering its 573 tribal nations, to which ~2.6M people belong; an Indigenous journalist should be assigned to one — When Senator Elizabeth Warren remarked during a recent campaign event that Native Americans should be “part of the conversation” …

Discussion: @jennimonet, @jfkeeler, @cjr and @bluecorncomics

Willa Paskin / Slate:

While Sean Hannity promotes “deranged” factual interpretations on Fox News, Rachel Maddow's show also indulges in conspiracy theories around Mueller and Trump — I tuned in to Maddow's show after the Mueller investigation ended. It has not been pretty.

Discussion: @ggreenwald, @greta, @greta, @greta, @greta, @ggreenwald, @scottadamssays and @greta

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

Lesley McKenzie, deputy editor of C Magazine, has been named as managing editor of Variety, reporting to Editor-in-Chief Claudia Eller — Variety has hired Lesley McKenzie as managing editor to oversee the entertainment industry news organization across print, digital and video.

Maya Kosoff / Columbia Journalism Review:

Reporters covering the ongoing aftermath of the Parkland shooting face a difficult assignment, striking the balance between editors' demands and victims' trauma — Last week, more than a year after a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida …

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