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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Forbes will launch a newsletter service, initially hiring 20-30 journalists to start paid newsletters, splitting revenue 50/50 and giving salaries and benefits — Forbes is launching a newsletter platform that will allow journalists to launch their own paid newsletters and split the revenue …
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Fox News launches a new 7PM opinion show tonight with six hosts in rotation: Bartiromo, Kilmeade, Trey Gowdy, Katie Pavlich, Rachel Campos-Duffy, and Mark Steyn — Fox News has lined up six rotating hosts for its new 7 p.m. opinion program aimed at feeding the appetite of conservative viewers in the hour.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Fox stipulated that its settlement for hyping rumors about Seth Rich be kept secret until Nov. 3, showing how Fox is entwined with Trump-camp disinfo efforts
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
ViacomCBS says it will launch Paramount+, its expanded rebrand of CBS All Access, on March 4 in the US and Latin America — ViacomCBS has set March 4 as the launch date for Paramount Plus, the company's effort to join the direct-to-consumer streaming revolution alongside its larger rivals.
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Reuters:
Turkey bans ads on Twitter and Pinterest for not appointing local representatives as mandated by social media law, says their bandwidth will be cut 50% in April — ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Ankara has imposed advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest after they failed …
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Al Jazeera, @rasmus_kleis, @chey_cobb and The Indian Express, more at Techmeme »
Elle Hunt / The Guardian:
Less than a year after Bauer Media's abrupt closure, New Zealand's magazine industry is being reborn under new ownership and new titles sparked by the pandemic — After the withdrawal of Bauer Media last year, the industry appeared to be on its death bed - but not for long
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@mrsclosemedia, @blackamazon, @elle_hunt and @cristianbonetto
David Cohen / Adweek:
Content discovery platform Taboola rolls out Stories in beta, letting publishers add the format directly to their websites or mobile articles — Content can be added directly to publishers' websites or mobile articles — Content discovery platform Taboola became the latest platform …
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@adamsingolda, @bmorrissey, What's New in Publishing, @spencerreiss, @kerrymflynn and Mumbrella, more at Techmeme »
Denise-Marie Ordway / Journalist's Resource:
Study of 46,218 US national TV news program transcripts from 2005 to 2013 shows the most time was given to members of Congress with the most extreme views — Major network and cable TV news outlets have given the most airtime to members of Congress with the most extreme views …
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@joshuadarr, @journoresource and Journal of Communication
New York Times:
Shareholders in advertising giant Omnicom and Home Depot have filed resolutions asking to investigate whether company ads contribute to hate speech and disinfo — Companies have struggled to keep their ad dollars from going to online outlets that promoted fraudulent theories about the 2020 election.
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Ad Age and @johnbattelle
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Association of American Publishers: from January to October 2020, ebook sales were up 16.5% YoY to $956M and audiobook downloads rose 17.3% YoY to $554M — The pandemic has been a boon for the book industry, but specifically, it's helped to revive the ebook industry, and push the audiobook industry to new heights.
Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Newsrooms are distributing protective equipment, like body armor and gas masks, and holding safety trainings to prepare reporters for Inauguration Day — New York (CNN Business)At the end of December, Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau Chief Kimbriell Kelly was looking at getting Moleskine notebooks as gifts for her staff.
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Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider:
Apple Podcasts launches Apple Podcasts Spotlight, wherein editors choose a specific show to feature for the entire month — Apple has launched a new initiative to promote worthy podcasts, with Apple Podcasts Spotlight seeing editors select one podcast to feature for the entire month.
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Stitcher Blog and 9to5Mac
Calla Wahlquist / The Guardian:
US, in a submission to an Australian parliamentary inquiry, urges the country to ditch its “extraordinary” plans to make Google and Facebook pay for news — The US in a submission to a Senate inquiry favours a voluntary code rather than government regulation
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Nieman Lab, @manjusrii, @rasmus_kleis, @deniseshrivell, B&TB&T, Yahoo Finance and ABC
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