Mediagazer: Q&A with Mandy Jenkins, GM of the Compass Experiment, McClatchy's project to build three sustainable local news sites, funded by Google News Initiative (Christine Schmidt/Nieman Lab)

8:05 PM ET, June 11, 2019

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Jack Shafer / Politico:

The newspaper industry doesn't need a special antitrust exemption to help it compete with Google, Facebook; the papers are largely to blame for their downfall — The newspaper industry has crawled up Capitol Hill once again to beg for an antitrust exemption it thinks it needs in its fight …

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Publishers, lobbying for laws around the world that will help them extract payments from platforms like Google for linking to news, are ruining the internet

Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin:
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Rani Molla / Vox:

Mary Meeker releases her Internet Trends 2019 report, showing US ad spending up 22% in 2018, with issues ahead for targeted ads due to GDPR and privacy concerns — Here are all the slides, plus analysis. — It's the holiday season for data nerds: That is, Mary Meeker is delivering …

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Washington Post:

Sources: Zuckerberg contacted Pelosi to discuss viral misinformation, but she has not engaged, frustrated by how Facebook handled a manipulated video of her — Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg contacted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in recent weeks to discuss …

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Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review:

In the US, NPR is the only major media outlet with a full-time public editor; CJR announces appointment of four public editors for NYT, WaPo, MSNBC, and CNN — Last week at Columbia, CJR hosted more than three dozen public editors from around the world, gathered together for their annual meeting.

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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:

Q&A with Mandy Jenkins, GM of the Compass Experiment, McClatchy's project to build three sustainable local news sites, funded by Google News Initiative — “A lot of this is taking advantage of what Google has to offer as a partner. They're tracking all of these interesting trends all the time …

Discussion: The Compass Experiment, Poynter, @niemanlab, @shanbow, @ckrewson, @jimbrady, @kensands, @marklittlenews, @mjenkins, @maghielse and MediaPost

Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:

US Congressman introduces bill seeking to make it easier for written news organizations to claim nonprofit status — A bill filed by U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Calif., would make it easier for “written news organizations” to claim nonprofit status, “allowing them to focus on content instead …

Discussion: @dfmworkers and Congressman Mark DeSaulnier

Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:

Profile of Tucker Roberts, son of Comcast's CEO, who oversees the cable giant's expansion into esports, including the Overwatch League's Philadelphia Fusion — When the Philadelphia Fusion plays, the team president, Tucker Roberts, likes to stay in the dugout, alongside the coaches and bench players.

Discussion: @comcstspectacor, @chafkin, @silviakillings, @gerryfsmith, @jonsteinberg, @felixgillette and @austincarr, more at Techmeme »

Mollie Leavitt / The Idea:

Interview with Washington Post editors on their new travel vertical, By The Way, which is launching on June 18 for people who want to “feel like a local” — We spoke with Amanda Finnegan and Emilio Garcia-Ruiz from The Washington Post about By The Way, a new travel product the Post is launching on June 18.

Discussion: Washington Post and @amateurleader

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Digiday Media adds a third brand, Modern Retail, after the launch of Glossy in 2016; subscription revenue for the company is projected to reach $2M+ in 2019 — Digiday Media, the eleven-year old digital media trade publication, is adding a third brand called “Modern Retail,” …

Discussion: Digiday, @bmorrissey, @digitalshields, @hilarymilnes, @lmoses and @rafat

Brian Stelter / CNN:

NYT says it will stop publishing political cartoons in its international edition starting July 1, has been considering its decision for more than a year — A month and a half after The New York Times errantly published an anti-Semitic cartoon in its international edition …

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:

Academics introduce Grover, an AI system that writes convincing fake news based on user inputs and can help researchers detect other AI-made disinformation — “To know your enemy, you must become your enemy.” — One of the biggest problems in media today is so-called “fake news,” …

Discussion: arXiv.org, @allen_ai, GeekWire and @ingridlunden

David Uberti / VICE News:

Inside the financial and management troubles at LGBTQ magazine Out, which has repeatedly failed to pay freelancers and nearly went bust during Pride Month — With the World Pride celebration in New York looming later this month, a slow-moving disaster at Out magazine, a glossy title …

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