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Friday, April 26, 2019
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“I felt like it was a betrayal, and we had raised funds on false pretense”: The Correspondent’s first U.S. employee speaks out“They’re really good at the PR thing, and it really feels like gaslighting. They were like, ‘Well, we never promised a U.S. newsroom.’ I was like: Wait, did I just imagine all this?” By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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Luminary says it’s not copying your podcast files and it’s no longer screwing with your stats — but it is killing all your show-notes links on purposeThose links to your donate page or Patreon signup are “security concerns.” By Joshua Benton. |
What We’re Reading
Financial Times
The Financial Times and LA Times enter a syndication deal where LAT readers get 4 free FT articles a week →
“The move supports the FT's expansion in the US, a key strategic goal as the FT's paying readership grows beyond one million.”
The Daily Beast / Maxwell Tani
Time Magazine’s digital staff demands to join the union →
“In a statement provided to The Daily Beast, Time magazine digital staff said only employees who prove they spend 30% of their time working on print are currently allowed to join the Time magazine union.”
News Co/Lab / Dan Gillmor
McClatchy launches story-level feature to boost journalistic transparency →
“In recent weeks McClatchy has been testing — and has now deployed — what it calls the ‘background card’ feature, which makes it trivially easy for journalists to embed transparency and invite engagement with readers in online stories. Reporters and editors have been explaining who they are, how they do their work, and why they do it.”
Bloomberg / Gerry Smith
Local news in America is dying. Can charity save it? →
“The City is one of about 200 nonprofit newsrooms nationwide whose 2,200 journalists try to make a living by greening so-called news deserts — large swaths of the country that have been left uncovered as one local paper after another dies.”
Medium / Gabe Rivera
Commemorating Lyra McKee, our friend and colleague of 7½ years →
“The lesson here for all of us who work collaboratively online: seize the many daily opportunities to touch colleagues in a positive way. This was second nature to Lyra.”
The Improper Bostonian / Wendy Semonian Eppich
City magazine The Improper Bostonian is shutting down after 27 years →
“While this news might be surprising, the company has had a great run and we're hopefully leaving this incredible city better and brighter since our inception in 1991.”