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Monday, June 3, 2019
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Here’s The Salt Lake Tribune’s plan for securing 501(c)(3) statusNow it’ll take the IRS judging whether a nonprofit newspaper needs to stick to hard news of civic importance — or whether it can cover Jazz games too. By Christine Schmidt. |
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In the former Soviet Union, old press habits die hard, especially on environmental issuesIncluding “fake news” spreading on Facebook. By Eric Freedman. |
What We’re Reading
Wall Street Journal / Patience Haggin
U.S. advertisers spent 53 percent more on podcast ads in 2018 →
Last year’s $479.1 million in podcast ads is still quite shy of TV’s anticipated $70.8 billion ad spend this year, and digital advertising’s $129 billion.
TechCrunch / Anthony Ha
Paid newsletter platform Substack now has community discussion threads →
The company recently added support to build (paying) loyalty for podcasters, too.
MediaIte / Colby Hall
Reviewing The New York Times’ new TV show, The Weekly →
“The tone and style of the show are very much on brand for the Times … but almost too on the nose. Yes, there is the terrific writing, gorgeous visuals and world-class photography one comes to expect from the Times. But if there were a line that separated a familiar feel and a cloying New York Times self-parody, The Weekly gets right up to the line.”
The Membership Puzzle Project / Ariel Zirulnick
Here’s the next batch of grantees experimenting with membership →
The project’s deadline for future grantees is June 20.
Twitter / Jason Jedlinski
Here’s the Washington Post’s hybrid newsroom structure →
With its own separate strategy layer.
Boston Globe / Mark Shanahan
“I wanted to do something useful”: How a local judge rebuilt his local newspaper →
“By 2014, when Rutberg was contemplating his next step, the Eagle had lost much of its luster. Alden Global Capital had gained a majority stake in MNG Enterprises and made even deeper cuts. Overnight, it also boosted the price of an annual Eagle subscription from $180 to $300.”
Billy Penn / Danya Henninger
The Philadelphia Media Network is condensing and rebranding, redirecting Philly.com to the Inquirer →
“The Inquirer brand is fully absorbing its sister entities — at least online… The Daily News, which has existed side-by-side with the Inquirer under the same umbrella since the 1950s, will live on in print only.”
The Atlantic / Taylor Lorenz
A history of creators vs. influencers →
“While older people might sneer at the term influencer, to teens, it's an aspirational job title.”
Wall Street Journal / Brent Kendall and John D. McKinnon
The Justice Department is gearing up for an antitrust investigation of Google →
“The FTC created high expectations in its earlier Google investigation, but the company emerged largely unscathed.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Corey Hutchins
How Nielsen designations create “orphan counties” for local news →
“TV viewers in some orphan counties have pleaded with their political leaders for years to do something about the lack of in-state TV news. Members of Congress have tried to help fill home-state broadcast gaps with tweaks to federal law, but Nielsen's national media market map still looks like a paper target blasted with buckshot.”
Digiday / Kerry Flynn
Meredith has doubled Pinterest impressions in the past year →
“In a May 2019 Digiday+ survey of 179 publishing executives, only 39 said they actively used Pinterest to distribute content — making Pinterest the least widely used platform in the survey.”