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Thursday, February 4, 2016
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A Boston public radio station is redesigning its site to make audio “a first-class citizen online”
But: “I’ve tried to be really disciplined about not calling this process just a redesign,” WBUR’s executive editor for digital Tiffany Campbell said. “We’ve built a brand new platform.” By Shan Wang.
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Sports Illustrated’s new app has video “baked into every channel”
“Video is one of the highest priorities we have. We wanted to make it front and center.” By Joseph Lichterman.
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What We’re Reading
The New York Times / Sydney Ember
The New York Times is looking for cost reductions →
Executive editor Dean Baquet and David Leonhardt, who led the Upshot, are going to lead an effort to set the newsroom’s strategy. "We need to develop a strategic plan for what The New York Times should be, and determine how to apply our timeless values to a new age," Baquet wrote in a memo.
Politico / Ken Doctor
Sheldon Adelson tightens his grip on the Las Vegas Review-Journal →
A new publisher has appeared overnight at the paper, a new editor will be installed as soon as Friday, and, sources tell me, stories involving new owner Sheldon Adelson are being reviewed, changed or killed almost daily.
Robert Feder
“The eventual merger of the Chicago Tribune and the Sun-Times would appear inevitable” →
That’s Robert Feder’s take on Michael Ferro’s investment in Tribune Publishing.
WSJ / Lukas I. Alpert
Tribune Publishing gets cash infusion →
“Merrick Media LLC, which is owned by Chicago-based investor Michael W. Ferro Jr., has acquired 5.2 million newly issued shares of Tribune Publishing for $44.4 million, Tribune Publishing announced Thursday. Merrick is now the largest single shareholder with 16.6% of the company's shares.”
The New York Times / Sydney Ember
The New York Times now has 1.1 million digital subscribers →
The Times brought in $197 million in digital advertising revenue in 2015, an 8 percent increase from 2014. Digital-only subscription revenue was $193 million last year, a 14 percent increase from the prior year.
The Wall Street Journal / Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg
Southern-focused niche magazine Garden & Gun defies industry slump →
Roughly 72 percent of its subscribers live in the Southeast or Southwest, with an average household income of $332,000. Subscriptions and ad pages sold are both up.
The Los Angeles Times / James Rufus Koren
Digital First Media to bid for the Orange County Register →
“That move could set up a three-way bidding war for the Register among Digital First, Freedom Communications insiders and Tribune Publishing, the Chicago-based parent of the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union Tribune.”
From Fuego
Sheldon Adelson tightens grip on Review-Journal —www.capitalnewyork.com
NICAR 2016 Lightning Talks —lightningtalks.ire.org
Michael Wolff on Digital Media’s Favorite Analyst: Often Quoted … and Often Wrong —www.hollywoodreporter.com
The 2016 Presidential Campaign – a News Event That’s Hard to Miss —www.journalism.org
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