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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Elliott Management is financing a patent lawsuit by interactive-video company Eko, which it will take an equity stake in, against Quibi — Elliott, run by billionaire Paul Singer, will fund the suit by interactive-video company Eko and take an equity stake
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Axios, The Streamable, Multichannel News, Variety, Deadline, @benmullin, MediaPost, New York Post, @wsj, The Verge, @raju and @benmullin, more at Techmeme »
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
How Politico, NYT, NBC's Nightly News, and a freelance journalist in SF are producing projects that inform kids about the pandemic without scaring them — “Grownups, we have our various coping mechanisms and ways of processing this strange new reality. We have our Zoom calls and our alcohol and our memes.
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Digiday, @hanaatameez, @nytimespr, @niemanlab, @saffronhowden and @tracischweikert
Ben Smith / New York Times:
A look at the growing role of news unions, now with more diverse leaders and class consciousness, and their potential to shape publisher-platform relationships — Cheered on by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others, a new generation is making gains on everything from layoff protections to gender-neutral pronouns.
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Devex:
The economic fallout of the pandemic on news orgs worldwide makes global efforts like the $1B/year International Fund for Public Interest Media even more vital — It's hard to think of a time in recent history when access to trustworthy information has been more important.
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@luminategroup, @antelava and @bbcmediaaction
Aidan Connaughton / Pew Research Center:
Five takeaways from global surveys on press freedom: those with more education value a free press, most people say the press is doing a good job, and more — Since the United Nations proclaimed May 3 World Press Freedom Day in 1993, the day has been used to celebrate the fundamental principles …
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Poynter Institute launches a COVID-19 chatbot on WhatsApp that uses information from 100+ independent fact-checkers in 70+ countries to debunk falsehoods — You can now debunk thousands of coronavirus-related hoaxes with a few texts on WhatsApp . — Poynter Institute …
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Poynter, TechCrunch and RAPPLER, more at Techmeme »
Carl Miller / BBC:
Investigation by BBC and ISD think tank into the COVID-19 “infodemic” on Facebook finds right-wing misinformation had far more interactions than the WHO and CDC — “What if [they] are trying to kill off as many people as possible” reads one Facebook post.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ESPN, scrambling to fill its programming grid, strikes a deal to show six live regular-season games per week from KBO League, S. Korea's baseball organization — With U.S. sports shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic, ESPN is turning to interational options.
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Study of UK's flagship TV and radio news programmes in March shows 2.7 male experts were interviewed for every female expert, a three-year high imbalance — Study shows imbalance of 2.7 men for every woman on radio and TV programmes in March — Almost three times as many male …
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@deeyah_khan and @rogerkline
Conor Gallagher / The Irish Times:
Ireland's National Union of Journalists releases a rescue plan for embattled Irish media industry, including calls for a 6% “windfall tax” on tech giants — Media firms getting public cash should have 25% employee representation on board - NUJ — Technology giants should be subject …
Billboard:
SoundCloud is launching its own Twitch channel with a slate of original programming that includes panel conversations, music sets, and more — SoundCloud is launching its own channel on livestreaming platform Twitch, with a slate of original programming that includes panel conversations, music sets and more.
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The Verge and Music Business Worldwide
Zoe Schiffer / The Verge:
Profile of theCHIVE, an apolitical men's website built on frat culture and styled in the pre-#MeToo era, as it expands into a TV streaming service for bars — The website defined frat culture in 2010, but can it survive a decade later? — Boobs are back. They probably never left.
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@edzitron, @wyatttoday, @emilyboxing, @ashleyfeinberg, @philnotphil, @a_webster, @caseynewton, @reckless and @zoeschiffer
Meggie Gates / Consequence of Sound:
Pop artists are embracing a future where TikTok, Twitter, and Twitch dictate what's memeable and successful, with Lil Nas X, Drake, and Lizzo leading the pack — The fate of a pop artist now belongs in the hands of Twitch, Twitter, and Tik Tok — You may barely remember the Harlem Shake videos …
Columbia Journalism Review:
An overview of the News Ecosystem Mapping Project, which offers researchers a granular look at the local news landscape in NJ to help understand disruption — Local journalism has become more important than ever. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, researchers were seeking new ways …
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@ellgood, @cjr, @thensim0nsaid, @mattderienzo, @editorpublisher, @chanders, @jbenton and @emilybell
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
NYT launches online campaign encouraging people to support their local newsrooms with a searchable database of for- and nonprofit local news orgs in the US
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