Mediagazer: Survey in Germany, UK, US, China, India, South Korea, and Germany: 16% of people pay for news, those under 34 are likelier to pay for news than people over 55 (Sarah Scire/Nieman Lab)

5:15 PM ET, April 3, 2020

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H.G. Watson / JSource:

Canadian fast-food chain Mary Brown's Chicken & Taters partners with Postmedia to drop newspaper paywalls in April, part of an effort to serve the public — Fried chicken chain partnership lets newspaper company drop paywall in April — We live in unprecedented times.

Discussion: Nieman Lab, National Post, @perreaux, @jbenton, @hg_watson, @briandijkema, @mountroyalaudio, @laurahowellsnl, @michellemanafy, @benjaminmillar and @graemedmoffat

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New Zealand Herald:

Bauer Media New Zealand, publisher of some of the country's most popular magazine titles, shuts down; about 300 people have lost their jobs — New Zealand's biggest newsstand magazines have folded, as Bauer Media NZ abruptly closed its doors permanently as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.

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Pew Research Center:

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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:

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CampaignUK:

Cannes Lion, a major awards festival and conference in the ad industry, has been canceled after initially being postponed to October — Neither festival nor awards will take place this year. — Cannes Lions has announced it is cancelling the annual Festival of Creativity …

Discussion: Ad Age, Mumbrella, @arvindhickman, MediaPost, Forbes, CNBC, Cannes Lions Festival 2020, @tobyrolla, @paulmarkbailey, @creature_dan, The Drum and Ad Age

Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:

Survey in Germany, UK, US, China, India, South Korea, and Germany: 16% of people pay for news, those under 34 are likelier to pay for news than people over 55 — The kids are all right, according to a new World Economic Forum report. Young people (ages 16 to 34) are twice as likely to pay …

Discussion: American Press Institute and World Economic Forum

Axios:

Sources: new WH chief of staff discussed hiring Pentagon spokesperson Alyssa Farah or Trump campaign spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany as a new press secretary — White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has privately discussed bringing on Pentagon spokesperson Alyssa Farah or Trump campaign …

Discussion: @jonathanvswan, Raw Story and @jonlemire

Steve Waldman / Columbia Journalism Review:

Report for America cofounder's ideas for local news: easing conversion to nonprofit, deconsolidating papers, treating local journalism as a public service, more — Discussions of how to save local news now need to balance two awkward realities. On the one hand, local news organizations need urgent help …

Discussion: Poynter, @torystarr3, @cjr, @howardmortman and @stevenwaldman

Sarah Whitten / CNBC:

Disney plans to furlough some non-union employees in its parks, experiences, and products unit starting April 19, will pay for health insurance during furlough — - Disney will furlough its non-union park employees starting on April 19. — During the furlough, employees …

Discussion: /Film, /Film, Multichannel News, Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, The Wrap, @scottgustin, @markwillard85, @callmenapkins, @zachhayesyt, @scottgustin, @scottgustin, @scottgustin, The Hill and Deadline

Syed Raza Hassan / Reuters:

Pakistan re-arrests four men, whose convictions for the 2002 murder of journalist Daniel Pearl were overturned by lower courts, as it prepares an appeal — KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities ordered on Friday four men, including a British militant, convicted of the 2002 murder …

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

A deep dive into the deal between Apple and Amazon which lets the retail giant process some payments in Prime Video app, and the motivations of both companies — Benjamin Mayo, writing for 9to5Mac yesterday: … I've been digging into this since the news broke, and I think it's even more significant than Mayo suggests.

Discussion: Multichannel News, The Verge, MediaNama and @tigesavage, more at Techmeme »

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