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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Google News Initiative launches The Journalism Emergency Relief Fund to aid small and medium-sized local news publishers globally — Google has launched a global emergency relief fund for local news publishers to help them during the coronavirus (Covid-19) downturn.
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Elaina Plott / New York Times:
Sources: in early March, Trump discussed hosting a daily, two-hour radio show from the White House but dropped the idea so as not to compete with Rush Limbaugh — President Trump said he envisioned a show running two hours a day, according to White House officials, and would do it were it not for the risk …
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon will cut commission rates for its affiliate program starting April 21; amount of drop dependent on category, rates for grocery products dropping 5% to 1% — - Amazon on Tuesday told members of its affiliates program that it will cut commission rates beginning April 21.
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Kali Hays / WWD:
Memo: LA Times is furloughing some non-union, business-side employees up to 16 weeks, and some editorial staff and managers will get pay cuts from 5% to 15% — A company executive told staff that the coronavirus has caused an “unprecedented” decline in revenue for the paper.
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Guardian Media Group expects £20M revenue shortfall over the next six months, will furlough 100 non-editorial staff, suspend pay rises, and cut execs pay by 20% — The Guardian Media Group has said it expects revenues to be down by £20m over the next six months as it announced …
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Taboola, Parse.ly, Chartbeat data: COVID-19 traffic to news sites peaked in mid-March and traffic has now gone down, though it remains higher than average — Audience numbers now look more like a standard busy news week than a global pandemic that's captured the world's attention.
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Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Memo: Valence Media lays off staff, cuts pay due to COVID-19 and as part of revamping at Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Vibe; source: media unit lost 100+ jobs — New York (CNN Business)The media industry continues to see widespread cuts as Valence Media slashes jobs across several of its brands …
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Zoe Schiffer / The Verge:
Medium's opaque moderation of user-created content related to COVID-19 has allowed misinfo to spread, making it harder to tell fact from fiction on the platform — The platform empowers voices — and misinformation — On March 20th, an article about the novel coronavirus started to spread.
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Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
WH press corps reporters discuss risking their health to attend daily press briefings that have provided the most direct access to the president in modern times — The White House briefing room is a low-ceilinged claustrophobic space. Built on top of a swimming pool where Franklin Delano …
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Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
Germany drops antitrust proceedings against Sky and Dazn over alleged collusion during Champions League bidding, citing the pandemic as a factor — Authorities say the coronavirus crisis was a factor in dropping an investigation into alleged collusion case, saying “a lot has changed” in the sports rights market amid the pandemic.
The Daily Beast:
After Trump's COVID-19 briefing on Monday became free airtime for a Trump attack ad, staffers fume at networks' decision to air the propaganda video live — After Monday's briefing became free airtime for a Trump attack ad, news staffers once again wondered why anyone should carry the rally-like events live anymore.
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism:
Survey on consumption of COVID-19 news: news orgs are the most widely used source of info and people trust news orgs more than their government in US and Spain — Dr. J. Scott Brennen — 5. Trust in different sources and platforms. 6. Concerns over misinformation |
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