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Edmund Lee / New York Times:
NYT Q3: operating profit up 17.9% YoY to $44M on revenue of $428.5M with 273K new digital-only subscriptions, for a total of 4.9M print and digital subscribers — Readers continue to shower The New York Times with money. Advertisers, not so much. — The publisher added 273,000 …
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Researchers: Albany Daily News and City of Edmonton News, two local news sites in the US and Canada with millions of pageviews, are part of an ad fraud scheme — Since 2004, more than 2,000 newspapers have closed in the United States, and many local news outlets are struggling to build a digital business.
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@craigsilverman, @pdmcleod, @mathewi, @slpng_giants, @craigsilverman and @craigsilverman
Peter Szekely / Reuters:
Florida county board says it will revisit the decision to reject its library system's request for a digital subscription to NYT, following backlash — (Reuters) - Responding to a public furor, a Florida county board on Tuesday said it would revisit its decision to reject its library system's request …
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Tampa Bay Times, @anthony, @hbraum and Boing Boing
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Will Bunch / Philadelphia Inquirer:
Deadspin's staff revolt feels like part of a dramatic change for US labor, as workers seek a more moral workplace — As veteran Philadelphia journalist Dan McQuade — best known for turning a night out at a comedy show into the beginning of the end of Bill Cosby — watched his colleagues …
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@dapper_feller, @dhm, @will_bunch and @dhm
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Louisa Thomas / New Yorker:
G/O's demand that Deadspin stick to sports is foolish, as much of what happens in sports is a result of power, money, and the culture in which athletes operate
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Slate, VICE, bookforum.com, @nick_kapur, @ethangach, @pkafka, @kerrymflynn, @ashleyfeinberg, @michaelroston, @alyssakeiko, @ashleyfeinberg, @j_fuller, @adampasick, @ryanlcooper, @pdavis_llc, Adweek, CNN, @michaelluo, @eleanor_mueller and @lainnafader
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
NBC needs a transparent, external investigation of its failure to air Ronan Farrow's reporting about Harvey Weinstein — In recent weeks, NBC has made a loud and clear statement about its values: — Profits matter more than journalism, ratings more than truth. — The official words, of course, say something different.
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@sulliview, @greta, @lynnrschrader, @johnlgoodman, @janicedean, @digiphile, @ckrewson, @megynkelly, @_toddstone and @mollyjongfast
Judd at Popular Information / Popular Information:
Avaaz: false stories on Facebook had 158M views in 2019, greater than before the 2016 election, with 86M views in the last 3 months, up 3x over the prior 3 — An explosive new study reveals that political misinformation is running rampant on Facebook as the 2020 election approaches.
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@scclemons, @juddlegum, @juddlegum, @juddlegum, @juddlegum, @juddlegum and VICE
Reveal:
Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting reveals that it has been fighting a lawsuit from Planet Aid for the past three years, which has cost it $7M+ — In 2016, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting began publishing stories resulting from a wide-ranging investigation into Planet Aid …
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@scot_blog, @freedomofpress, @christacir and @katiejmbaker
Jem Aswad / Variety:
The Fader says it has fired its head of content Eric Sundermann after an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct — Eric Sundermann, head of content for The Fader, was fired by the company after an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct that initially emerged on Twitter.
Kiley Roache / Bloomberg:
Freedom House report concludes global internet freedom declined for the ninth consecutive year; AI advances are fueling a boom in surveillance of social media — - Freedom House says AI opens up new ways for mass surveillance — U.S. score drops amid increased monitoring of social media
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NBC News, @bpolitics, The Next Web, @carlzimmer, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, DW.COM and CNET, more at Techmeme »
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Conservative Drudge Report-style aggregators claim traffic has risen since Drudge has been accused of anti-Trump bias, but none seem near Drudge's ~80M MAUs — The president's supporters are furious at the aggregation king. Now upstart rivals want a piece of the action.
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@willsommer and @thedailybeast
Bobby Finger / Jezebel:
A look at Bon Appétit's YouTube channel, which has expanded to become a Food Network-type destination with series centered around hosts' specializations — My father got me into food thanks to his alchemic ability to turn a simple assortment of unappealing produce and expired dried spices …
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Ofcom says Jonathan Oxley will become interim CEO as Sharon White steps down this year; sources say Melanie Dawes will be named CEO after general election — Most senior woman in the civil service chosen by UK media and telecoms regulator — Ofcom has chosen Melanie Dawes …
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Press Gazette, Ofcom and @marksweney
Dylan Byers / NBC News:
Sources: Zuckerberg remains open to some ideas about how to control political ads, including limiting the ability of candidates to microtarget users — Banning microtargeting has the support of Ellen Weintraub, chairwoman of the FEC, which regulates how money is raised and spent in elections.
Nicholas Quah / Hot Pod News:
Members of the podcasting industry anonymously discuss common issues in the field: inexperienced leadership, poorly managed ad sales, accessibility, more — Over the past month, we've been running a call for opinions built around a fairly straightforward question: “What are you most frustrated by?”
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Nieman Lab, @amahnke, @nwquah, @roseveleth, @jbenton and onairfest.com, more at Techmeme »
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