Mediagazer: Source says Medium has 200K-400K paying subscribers, which at $50 per user amounts to a minimum of $10M per year from subscriptions alone (Alex Heath/Cheddar)

5:05 PM ET, May 22, 2019

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Alex Heath / Cheddar:

Source says Medium has 200K-400K paying subscribers, which at $50 per user amounts to a minimum of $10M per year from subscriptions alone — For Medium CEO Ev Williams, building a profitable business isn't an immediate concern. — “We're focused on building revenue and building a subscription business …

Discussion: @rafat, @alex, @annehelen, @trengriffin, @alexeheath, @flyosity and @jragazzo, Thanks:@jonsteinberg

Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:

Ev Williams says Fox News is more powerful and destructive than Twitter and the posting of false claims is part of the tradeoff of an open platform like Medium — Toronto (CNN Business)President Donald Trump is a “master” of Twitter, according to the company's co-founder Ev Williams.

Discussion: Mediaite, @ev, @kyleorl, @pkafka, @ev, @ev, @ev, @ev, @ev, @cnn, @karenmcgrane, @donie, @haroldpollack and Boing Boing

Evan Sernoffsky / San Francisco Chronicle:

Under fire for raid on Bryan Carmody's home, SF's Police Chief claims Carmody took part in a criminal conspiracy to steal an internal police report — Under fire for a raid on the home and office of a freelance journalist who refused to identify a confidential source, San Francisco Police …

Discussion: @demianbulwa, Los Angeles Times, CNN, @flargh, @cassandrarules, Talking Points Memo, @maggienyt, @hknightsf, @bykowicz, @mathewi, @keegan_hamilton, @freedomofpress, @reporter_savino, @demianbulwa, @jamesqueallylat, San Francisco Police … and Editor & Publisher

Thomas Peele / Mercury News:
Judge orders return of San Francisco journalist Bryan Carmody's equipment, delays consideration of legal questions about the search until June

Discussion: @bryanccarmody, New York Times, New York Times, @davidgreene, @alextarquinio, @apwestregion, Dan Noyes, @yashar, @yashar, @dannoyes, @dannoyes, @yashar, @boutrousted, @yashar, SPJ News and CNN

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

Avaaz study finds extensive far-right disinformation networks on Facebook ahead of EU elections; Facebook says it removed 77 Pages and 230 accounts in response — A multi-month hunt for political disinformation spreading on Facebook in Europe suggests there are concerted efforts to use …

Discussion: Wired and @mikenelson, more at Techmeme »

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Study: despite News Feed changes, “junk news” from known sources of disinformation in EU get 1.2x-4x the engagement of professional news sources on Facebook

Discussion: @lmneudert, Nieman Lab, @patbagley, @sarapweber, The Computational …, @thegrugq, @polbots, @peterjukes, @peterjukes, @benimmo, @fabiochiusi and CNBC

Max Willens / Digiday:

The Guardian launches an investigative series, Toxic America, and seeks $150K in donations to increase its coverage of toxic chemicals in 2019 — The Guardian has discovered that American readers are willing donors, and the news publisher hopes that a bigger focus on investigations …

Discussion: The Guardian and @niemanlab

Garett Sloane / Ad Age:

Roku launches tool that uses data from its 29M users to show advertisers how many more people they could reach by shifting budgets from linear to OTT TV — The over-the-top streamer is releasing a new measurement tool meant to entice ad budgets away from traditional TV

Discussion: TechCrunch, Multichannel News, AdExchanger, Broadcasting & Cable and MediaPost

James Walker / Press Gazette:

Brexit Party says ban on Channel 4 reporters has been lifted; Channel 4 News denies claims reporters “repeatedly lied” to gain access to a secure area at rally — The Brexit Party has lifted its ban on Channel 4 News after a meeting between the broadcaster and the party's chairman this morning.

Discussion: @marinahyde, Poynter, @bendepear, Channel 4 News, @daaronovitch, @bendepear, @andywigmore, @davidlammy, @brexitparty_uk, indy100, paulwiltshireblog and Press Gazette

James McAuley / Washington Post:

Prominent French journalist summoned by police for reporting on corruption in Macron's government, triggering further concerns about press freedoms in France — PARIS — French police summoned a senior correspondent from France's Le Monde newspaper for questioning following a series …

Discussion: @jameskmcauley and Yahoo News

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:

A look at the challenges faced by fact-checkers at Vishvas News, Facebook's largest Indian-language fact-checking contractor, as India's election nears its end — Join us on WhatsApp for special coverage of India's election. Sign up here. — The world's largest election has become something …

Discussion: @saritharai, @sherryaske, American Press Institute, @mathewi and @pelstrom

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

Press Secretary Sarah Sanders last appeared in the White House briefing room on March 11, but has appeared at least 12 times on Fox News since that date — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders didn't make much news Wednesday morning when she spoke with the “Fox & Friends” crew about current affairs.

Discussion: Fox News

The Irish Times:

The Times Ireland announces it will cease publication of its print edition and cut staff from 20 to 3 for continued work on digital products — Irish print edition of UK newspaper to cease publication with small number to continue working on digital product

Discussion: Press Gazette, RTÉ, @martindoyleit, @fdelond, @trickstersworld, @juneshannon, @peterodwyer1 and @theharrymcc

Michael Novinson / CRN:

Google says it's experiencing indexing issues that may cause stale search results; users searching for fresh news from sites including NYT or WSJ get no results — The bug has prevented new content from being indexed in Google search results, and is most obvious when using the ‘past hour’ search filter.

Discussion: @googlewmc, SlashGear and Search Engine Land, more at Techmeme »

Andrew R. Chow / TIME:

Georgia hosted 455 film and TV productions in 2018, but some workers fear a loss of jobs after some directors pull projects to protest an anti-abortion bill — This week, the director Reed Morano was supposed to fly to Georgia to scout locations for a new show for Amazon Studios called The Power.

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Rewire.News, @alexalisitza, IndieWire, @ericbalfour, /Film, The Wrap, Page Six, The A.V. Club, Los Angeles Times, Variety and The Week

New Jersey Herald:

The New Jersey Herald, which has operated in North Jersey since 1829, is being sold to GateHouse Media — NEWTON - The New Jersey Herald, in operation since 1829, is being sold to GateHouse Media. — In announcing the pending sale to Herald staff Thursday morning, Ralph Oakley …

Discussion: @nikkiwentling, @mattdpearce, @cjjanovy and @joelmmathis

Joel Mathis / KLC Journal:
Case study of dwindling newspapers in Kansas: interviews with leaders at McClatchy, Ogden, and GateHouse, in which GateHouse's CEO denies its model is predatory

Discussion: @ngerik, @will_bunch and @morganatopb

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