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Monday, December 5, 2016
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Voice of San Diego is spearheading a team to help other smaller news outlets build membership programsThe centralized News Revenue Hub is helping a pilot group of five news organizations — Honolulu Civil Beat, InsideClimate News, The Lens, NJ Spotlight, and Politifact — with everything from technical installation to email targeting. By Shan Wang. |
What We’re Reading
The Business of Fashion / Chantal Fernandez
As publishers continue to consolidate, Hearst combines editorial teams at multiple titles →
Hearst will combine the beauty, fashion and entertainment departments at print titles Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Redbook, Woman’s Day and Good Housekeeping, starting in January, a strategy similar to Time Inc’s grouping of titles into thematic categories over the summer.
Digiday / Ross Benes
Ad tech profits from ads on fake news — and preventing ads on fake news →
Some vendors are capitalizing on the zeitgeist by developing products that block ads from reaching fake news websites. Do these products provide real value, or are just another PR stunt?
Politico / Ken Doctor
Behind The New York Times’ surge to 2.5 million subscribers →
“On a number of individual days since the election, more than 10,000 new subscribers have offered up their credit cards – which would be almost 20 times the rate of subscription sign-ups just a year ago.”
BuzzFeed / Craig Silverman
How the bizarre conspiracy theory behind “pizzagate” was spread →
A false tweet, 4chan, amplification from right-wing and fringe blogs and pro-Trump sites run by Macedonians — all ending in a real North Carolina man entering the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria with an assault rifle "to self-investigate 'Pizzagate.'"
Local Matters
Local Matters is a weekly newsletter that curates local watchdog reporting around the country →
“So, we’ll do the digging for you. After reviewing hundreds of front pages from newspapers in all 50 states throughout the week, we'll send out our favorite stories every Sunday.”