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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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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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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.


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” …


Study: local Facebook groups that some describe as “toxic” and “racist” have supplanted local newspapers as the default source of information in UK news deserts — Report says people often find online groups more informative than underfunded traditional media
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@rolandmcs, @richardosley, @iancarterim, @hannahhiles, @groundhopper23, @harrytaylr, @sophiasleigh, @dbanksy, @arvindhickman and @paulwiggins


Japan passes an amendment making “online insults” punishable by up to a year in prison, after the suicide of a reality TV star who had faced social media abuse — Tokyo (CNN)Japan's parliament on Monday passed legislation making “online insults” punishable by imprisonment amid …
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Nielsen plans to update Nielsen One with data on how consumers react to ads, including making a purchase, opening a website, visiting a showroom, and more — Nielsen has for decades been known as the company that counts people. Now it wants to start counting their reactions.
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Adweek and Inside Radio


How American Airlines and Delta run their in-flight “streaming services”, curate content, manage licensing, and help streamers attract future subscribers — Airlines are giving them a place to win over new viewers. — Ekrem Dimbiloglu spends his days helping decide what people watch …
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@kelseymsutton and @kerrymflynn


Spotify CEO tells staff the company plans to slow hiring by 25%; Spotify added 2,000+ staff from 2019 to 2021, bringing its headcount to 6,617; stock is 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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@kamaron and Billboard, more at Techmeme »


Fox Sports edited out the first pitch by trans Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider at Saturday's Giants game, airing a tape of a NASCAR driver's pitch instead — 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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@dpyoung13, @stevekopack, Sports Illustrated and New York Post


Activists and journalists unveil a street sign for Jamal Khashoggi Way, located outside of 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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Some analysts and rival bidders are baffled by Disney losing five-year streaming rights for the Indian Premier League 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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@lucas_shaw, Bloomberg and @annaknicolaou


Google says 1.5B+ people watch YouTube Shorts every month; TikTok had 1B+ MAUs in September 2021 and third parties estimated almost 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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Variety, Bloomberg, @thygesen_allan, @mhbergen, @glenngabe, @xpangler and CNET, more at Techmeme »