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Monday, March 11, 2019
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The New York Times wants to know your religion, marital status, Insta handle, hobbies, areas of expertise…But only for journalistic purposes — not to target advertising. By Christine Schmidt. |
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Trump wants to kill federal funding for PBS and NPR (again); it won’t happen, but it’s still damagingFraming public media as a partisan issue encourages people to think of it through a political lens instead of as users and consumers. By Joshua Benton. |
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Sahan Journal wants to be a “one-stop shop” for immigrant news in Minnesota“We are not doing a good job with having a diverse angle of coverage, which is different from diversifying the actual staff.” By Laura Hazard Owen. |
What We’re Reading
Los Angeles Times / Stephen Battaglio
ESPN launches ‘Daily Wager’ as sports betting goes showtime →
“Other sports networks are already on the bandwagon. ESPN rival Fox Sports 1 has been running a daily wagering show since September. WarnerMedia's digital sports website Bleacher Report announced last month that it is building a studio inside Caesars Palace in Las Vegas where it will produce gaming-related content.”
The Hollywood Reporter / Jeremy Barr
Vox Media will introduce a membership model “later this year” and experiment with paywalls →
“‘Believe it or not, I’m extraordinarily optimistic,’ Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff said Saturday. ‘CEOs shouldn’t be CEOs if they don’t believe that.’ But he did make clear that the business landscape is challenging. ‘I’m optimistic,’ he said. ‘Now, I’m also realistic.'”
Columbia Journalism Review / David Uberti
BuzzFeed and the digital media meltdown →
Jonah Peretti: “There was a period when everyone was trying to outrun each other, and now it's a period of outlasting. Then, on the other side of that, there will be a period of long, sustained growth as a profitable establishment business. That's the cycle that we're going through.”
Global Editors Network / Caroline Brizard
How Stanford’s Big Local News project collects, cleans, and shares data with local outlets →
“Big Local News trained more than 100 journalists on how to analyse the data and numerous stories have been published. We are in the midst of releasing the next step in that project — more than 200 million records, this time around with data on police traffic stops in 50 U.S. cities.”
Digiday / Kerry Flynn
“An unwillingness to assume sufficient responsibility”: Tech regulation takes center stage at SXSW →
“We feel like there are good actors and bad actors. Yeah, someone should probably step in and deal with the bad actors.”
Philadelphia Inquirer / Editorial Board
What we lose when we lose local news →
“Between 1996 and 2005, about 300 local newspapers closed nationally. Those municipalities saw an increase in the cost of borrowing. When there is a robust journalism market in a city, it is harder to mismanage funds — because the city will be called out for it.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Alex Pareene
Behind the behind-the-story stories →
“The last version of the ‘how we did it’ piece, and by far the most annoying, seems designed to cultivate not merely an audience or subscriber base, but a ‘fandom.'”
The Verge / Julia Alexander
By recategorizing Marvel actress “Brie Larson” as a news-worthy search term, YouTube squashed the trolls →
“A YouTube spokesperson declined to comment on when a certain topic — like Brie Larson versus Captain Marvel — is designated as news. But The Verge confirmed this is part of YouTube's ongoing campaign to ensure that when people use YouTube as a way of looking for news on a topic, the company relies on authoritative sources first and foremost.”
AdExchanger / Alison Weissbrot
Google is building a podcast app and wants to include audio in its web search results →
“If a person searches for ‘Radio Lab’ on their phone, for example, one result will link out to the show on Google's podcast app. Starting this week, Google will make podcast search results even more granular by returning specific episodes, rather than overall shows.”
Associated Press / Dave Bauder and David A. Lieb
The gap of local news in Waynesville, Missouri →
“For painful, personal reasons, Pulaski County Sheriff Jimmy Bench wishes the Daily Guide was there to report on the December death of his 31-year-old son, Ryan, due to a heroin overdose. It would have been better than dealing with whispers and Twitter. ‘Social media is so cruel sometimes,’ Bench said.”
Variety / Brian Steinberg
NBC News readies its free streaming service for a May launch →
“CBS News in 2014 launched CBSN, a video-streaming service that now has its own group of programs, including a morning show. ABC News Live aims to give viewers a peek at whatever image and action producers feel is the most compelling at any given time of day. CNN has begun offering live feeds of important moments of coverage as well as new series from anchors like Brooke Baldwin and Dana Bash.”