Mediagazer: Reuters digital news report based on surveys of 80K+ people in 40 countries: more people are paying for news, many prefer sources with “no point of view”, more (Laura Hazard Owen/Nieman Lab)

5:35 PM ET, June 16, 2020

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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:

Report: just 15% of UK left-leaning voters say they mostly trust news media, down from 46% in 2015, trust is down 20%+ overall in UK; BBC is most trusted org — Overall trust down 20 points since 2015, and ‘silent majority’ want ‘neutral and detached’ news

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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:

Reuters digital news report based on surveys of 80K+ people in 40 countries: more people are paying for news, many prefer sources with “no point of view”, more — The percentage of people paying for news online continues to increase — and people may even pay for more than one subscription.

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BBC:

Report finds 11% of people under 25 use Instagram for news compared with 12% for Twitter, predicts Instagram will overtake Twitter next year as a news source — Photo-sharing app Instagram is set to overtake Twitter as a news source, research suggests. — The 2020 Reuters Institute Digital …

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Nicholas Quah / Hot Pod News:

On Monday, Axios will launch a daily news podcast called Axios Today, hosted by Niala Boodhoo with ten-minute episodes every weekday morning before 6am ET — Word of Axios making a push into the ever-competitive genre has been around for a while, dating back to a NBC News write-up from March, but we're getting final details today.

Discussion: Nieman Lab, @sarakgoo and @myhlee

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Disney consolidates its ad tech teams under one unit, housed under its direct-to-consumer arm, streamlining ad campaign management across its brands — Disney has consolidated all its advertising technology teams under one unit led by former Hulu advertising lead Jeremy Helfand, executives tell Axios.

Discussion: Axios

Andreas Wiseman / Deadline:

Universal resumes filming of Jurassic World and will spend an additional ~$5M on coronavirus safety protocols — EXCLUSIVE: Universal's Jurassic World: Dominion is set to be the first major studio movie to re-start filming proper in the UK, we can reveal. Cameras are due to roll the second week …

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Kristen Hare / Poynter:

Community-centered nonprofit newsroom The Oaklandside, a Berkeleyside sister publication, officially launches with $1.56M in funding from Google News Initiative — The Oaklandside is a nonprofit newsroom that's already covered the pandemic and protests — Oakland's newest newsroom wasn't supposed to launch until today.

Discussion: Nieman Lab, The Keyword, The Oaklandside, @oaklandside, @oaklandside, @kristenhare and @berkeleyside

Rachel Abrams / New York Times:

The AP apologizes for supplying newspapers with a Jefferson Davis quote as part of its Today in History feature; it will no longer run Thought for Today quotes — The wire service, which serves more than 2,000 newspapers, published a quotation from the leader of the Confederacy on his birth date.

Discussion: @rebekahlsanders and Talking Points Memo

Wall Street Journal:

Staffers across US newsrooms seek changes on diversity, hiring, and coverage; sources: at WSJ, 150+ journalists sent letter to top execs expressing concerns — Staffers at several media outlets are pressing for changes on diversity, coverage and pay transparency

Discussion: @alejandrolazo, @benmullin, @jayrosen_nyu, @mhackman, @jayrosen_nyu, @wesyang, @mims, @hshaban, bookforum.com, @asharma and Talking Biz News

Lucinda Southern / Digiday:

Some publishers are prioritizing subscription volume, often by offering discounts, over immediate revenue, lowering the value of each subscriber — Like a lot of media trends spinning out of the pandemic and disconnecting legacy business norms with new in-market realities …

Discussion: @sarahmarshall, @joinsubtext, @simonowens and @media_evan

Benedict Evans:

Analysis: while US newspaper ad revenue has collapsed since the 2008 financial crisis, newspapers have been losing marketshare of ad spend since the 1950s — There are two ways you can talk about newspapers. You can talk about the ‘third estate’, and newspapers' role in culture, politics …

Discussion: The Browser, @ckrewson, @pandemic_times, @jarroddicker, @benedictevans, @mdudas, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis and @benedictevans

Olivia Solon / NBC News:

Dozens of Tunisian, Syrian, and Palestinian activists and journalists say their Facebook accounts have been deactivated recently on the pretext of terrorism — “Facebook doesn't care. It closes our accounts on the pretext of terrorism. We are against terrorism and violence," one journalist said.

Discussion: @aprilaser, Business Insider, @mmasnick, @sa0un, @klillington, @airwars, @wiczipedia, @sivavaid, @evan_greer, @mslods, @bruno_j_navarro, @g_healy_, @oliviasolon, @oliviasolon and @oliviasolon, more at Techmeme »

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