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New Jersey Digest:
The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's largest newspaper, plans to end its print edition on January 30, 2025, citing growing costs and a shrinking demand for print — The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's largest newspaper, will stop publishing its print edition on January 30, 2025, transitioning fully to a digital format.
Washington Post:
CCDH: of 283 X posts in 2024 with false election claims that Community Notes members had responded to, only 20 had notes with enough votes to be publicly shown — X's crowdsourced fact-checking program has been hailed as a bold idea for social media. Research shows it's failing at a critical moment.
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Neel Dhanesha / Nieman Lab:
A decade after the Serial podcast launched, public radio executives say they think true crime podcasts can bolster interest and support for their organizations — Amid the downturn in audio, some executives think the public radio model — with a dash of true crime — might provide a way forward.
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@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social, Nieman Lab and Nieman Lab
Mike Allen / Axios:
Sources: NBC News plans to promote Way Too Early host Jonathan Lemire as the co-host of the “Morning Joe” 9am hour in January 2025 — - His Red Sox obsession gives him plenty to banter about with Scarborough and co-host Willie Geist — along with Liverpool soccer, “Star Wars,” presidential biographies and table tennis.
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Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Australia's ABC Chair Kim Williams says pursuing “digital titans for a fair cut of the revenues drained from mainstream journalism” is a “democratic imperative” — Kim Williams says funding local news and public interest journalism is crucial in a world where 'the distortion …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon invests in Spotter, a creator platform that counts MrBeast as a client and provides capital and tools to creators, as part of a wider partnership — Spotter, which counts MrBeast, Deestroying, and Dude Perfect as clients, will give the tech giant new ways to monetize content …
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Variety:
Barcelona-based Grup Mediapro launches a €1B sports rights brokering fund, targeting established and emerging sports — Grup Mediapro, the Barcelona-based global holding including The Mediapro Studio, is launching and will manage a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) sports rights brokering fund …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
The LA Times has lost 10,000 to 18,000 subscriptions, or up to 4.5% of its subscribers, since owner Patrick Soon-Shiong axed the paper's Harris endorsement — Subscribers keep deserting The Washington Post after it announced it would not endorse any candidate in the race for the White House.
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Source: WaPo subscription cancellations hit 250,000 on Tuesday, or 10% of subscribers, since October 25, based on the number of cancellation emails sent out — Reader backlash against decision not to make presidential endorsement rolls on despite Bezos defense of decision
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Consumer Reports gets a $5M investment from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to conduct new investigations into cyber harms, AI systems, privacy concerns, and more — Consumer Reports has received a a new investment of $5 million from Craig Newmark Philanthropies that will accelerate its vision …
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Jeff Jarvis / Columbia Journalism Review:
Journalists and liberal critics blast the NYT and other US news outlets for “sanewashing”, false equivalence, and more, and call for sharper political reporting — From sanewashing to false equivalence, many readers have had it with their favorite news publications. Editors would do well to listen.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
An amended FCC filing shows that Skydance CEO David Ellison will hold 100% of the Ellison family's voting interests in the combined Paramount-Skydance company — Prior documentation indicated that Oracle founder Larry Ellison would be majority owner of National Amusements Inc.
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