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André Leon Talley, US Vogue's former editor-at-large and a rare Black fashion editor, has died at 73 — Called “a creative genius,” he was the rare Black editor at the top of a field that was mostly white and notoriously elitist. — André Leon Talley, the larger …
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Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Edelman: 67% of people globally said media purposely tries to mislead, up eight percentage points from 2021; US and Australia saw the biggest drops in trust — A majority of people around the world are concerned that they are being lied to by journalists, according to the latest trust survey from PR firm Edelman.
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Axios, American Press Institute, @taraemcg, @axios, @jimvandehei and Edelman
David Roeder / Chicago Sun-Times:
Chicago Public Media's board approves the Chicago Sun-Times acquisition, set to close on or about January 31, which will convert the Sun-Times into a nonprofit — The noncash transfer will not be final until contracts are approved, but both media organizations said they hope to close on the deal by the end of the month.
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Axios Pro launches with three newsletters, costing $599 per year for each or $1,799 for All Access, including two more newsletters launching in the spring — The smart brevity publisher Axios launched its first paid subscription product Wednesday morning, a series of three newsletters covering investment …
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@kerrymflynn, @markstenberg3, @kerrymflynn and @emilyrpeck
Clive Cookson / Financial Times:
The Royal Society finds social media sites banning misleading content is ineffective and can drive misinformation to “harder-to-address corners of the internet” — Risks of removing information rejected by the mainstream outweigh benefits, according to the Royal Society
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@mattnavarra, @daveleeft, @royalsociety and @originalspin, more at Techmeme »
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Filmhub, which lets filmmakers distribute their work to over 100 streaming channels, including Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV, raises a $6.8M seed led by a16z — As the streaming market grows, so has the demand for content. But even though it's now easier than ever for filmmakers to create …
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nexttv.com and @devindra
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube says it's winding down YouTube Originals after six years and will only fund programs that are part of its Black Voices and YouTube Kids Funds — YouTube is getting out of the business of originals: The Google-owned video giant said it is winding down its original productions team after more than six years.
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
YouTube's global head of original content, Susanne Daniels, is leaving on March 1 after almost seven years
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Deadline, Los Angeles Times, Hollywood Reporter, Media Play News and The Wrap
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Dr. Rebecca Whittington, Reach's first online safety editor, on her background, the abuses journalists face, and creating good reporting systems — “What's really struck me is the variety of issues I've seen reported in recent weeks. Not one of them has been the same."
Sara Fischer / Axios:
A group of philanthropies invests $20M+ to launch an independent nonprofit news operation in Houston with about 40 journalists late this year or early next year — Three Houston philanthropies are coming together to launch an independent nonprofit news operation in Houston, executives tell Axios.
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Columbia Journalism Review, @davidfolkenflik, Daily Herald, @davidfolkenflik, @travisbubenik, @froomkin and @sarafischer
Jamie Grierson / The Guardian:
BBC DG Tim Davie says license fee freeze will leave a £285M gap in funding by 2027, which would mean “less services and less programmes” — Tim Davie says six-year licence fee settlement will mean fewer programmes and services — The BBC will be forced to axe …
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@blackamazon, London Evening Standard, @jimwaterson and @leejbbc
Sara Fischer / Axios:
RocaNews, which delivers news via Instagram, raises a $4.4M seed and acquires River News, an app that provides news stories via a TikTok-like video feed — RocaNews, an Instagram news brand with 1 million followers, has raised $4.4 million in a seed round led by Ori Allon, the co-founder and executive chair of Compass Real Estate.
Jack Shafer / Politico:
The mission statements and manifestos of journalism startups, from Grid to Puck, promise to remake journalism but fail to articulate a unique message — The entrepreneurial spirit rages beneath the breastbone of your average journalist, rivaled in intensity only by his scorn for his bosses.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Markup says it has 30 employees, two newsletters totaling 14K subscribers, and had $6.8M in 2021 revenue, up from $4.2M in 2020, aided by a $2.5M Ford grant — The Markup, a nonprofit newsroom that focuses on data-driven tech investigations, had $6.8 million in revenue in 2021 …
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