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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
2022 Digital News Report: the number of people who say they avoid the news has increased in 46 countries since 2017, doubling in Brazil to 54% and the UK to 46% — The pandemic brought a bump in news consumption that now seems to be fading away, Oxford's Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism …
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Nic Newman / Reuters Institute for the Study …:
YouGov survey for Reuters 2022 Digital News Report finds renewed falling trust, more news avoidance, TikTok and Telegram growth for news, and growth in podcasts
YouGov survey for Reuters 2022 Digital News Report finds renewed falling trust, more news avoidance, TikTok and Telegram growth for news, and growth in podcasts
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Seth Rich's parents say their trust in people has been shattered, after Fox News, Lou Dobbs, Sean Hannity, and more weaponized conspiracies about his death — The fatal shooting of a young Democratic Party aide named Seth Rich early in the morning of July 10, 2016, brought incalculable loss to his parents.
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Source: CNN president Chris Licht proposed that staffers use “Trump election lie” or “election lies” instead of “the big lie” for Trump's false election claims — New CNN president Chris Licht discouraged staff from using “the big lie” …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Nielsen plans to add data on consumer reactions to ads to Nielsen One, including successful purchases, website visits, and more — Nielsen has for decades been known as the company that counts people. Now it wants to start counting their reactions. — The media measurement giant …
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Bloomberg:
In a note to staff, Spotify says it will slow hiring growth by 25%; Spotify hired 2,000+ staff from 2019 to 2021 bringing its headcount to 6,617; stock up 7%+ — Spotify Technology SA will slow hiring growth by 25%, the latest sign of how fears of a recession are weighing on the economy.
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Dennis Young / SFGATE:
Fox Sports edited out the first pitch by trans Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider at Saturday's Giants game, instead airing taped video of a NASCAR driver's pitch — On Saturday, Oakland resident and trailblazing “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider threw out the first pitch at the Giants game for Pride Day.
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Financial Times:
Some analysts and rival bidders say they are baffled by Disney passing on Indian Premier League streaming rights while paying $3B for traditional TV rights — US media group loses IPL streaming rights but pays $3bn to air the sport on traditional TV — As leading global media groups lined …
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Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
Google says 1.5B people watch YouTube Shorts every month; TikTok said it had 1B MAUs in September 2021, growing to an estimated 1.6B MAUs in March 2022 — Alphabet's Google discloses Shorts monthly viewership for first time amid heightened competition from TikTok and Instagram Reels
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Study: local Facebook groups, described by some users as “toxic” and “racist”, supplanted local newspapers as the main source of information in UK news deserts — Report says people often find online groups more informative than underfunded traditional media
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Marty Swant / Digiday:
Walmart-owned Sam's Club overhauls its ad network, including adding a self-service platform to let advertisers buy sponsored product ads — As retailers increasingly invest in ways to let advertisers reach consumers on their online properties, Sam's Club is the latest to give its ad network a major overhaul.
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Reuters:
Reports: two suspects confessed to killing and dismembering British journalist Dom Phillips and his traveling partner, Bruno Pereira, who went missing in Brazil — Two suspects have confessed to killing and dismembering British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira …
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Chandelis Duster / CNN:
Activists and journalists unveil a sign for Jamal Khashoggi Way, a street segment outside Washington's Saudi embassy, a month before Biden's Saudi Arabia visit — (CNN)A portion of a Washington, DC, street will memorialize murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi …
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