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Wednesday, June 5, 2019
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The Boston Globe’s move into Rhode Island is a bet that the last newspapers standing will have a bigger footprint“We saw opportunity in Rhode Island where quite honestly great newspapers like the Providence Journal were seeing significant cuts and that market is particularly engaged in news.” By Christine Schmidt. |
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Americans think “made-up news” is a bigger problem than climate changeRepublicans are much more likely than Democrats to identify made-up news as a “very big problem.” They are also more likely to say that they see it “often,” and they are three times as likely as Democrats to blame journalists for creating it. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
What We’re Reading
The Information / Alex Heath and Jon Victor
Facebook plans to give control of its upcoming cryptocurrency to an outside foundation →
“A move meant to encourage trust in the digital payment system and reassure financial regulators.”
LA Times / Julia Wick
Who are the mystery investors buying some of California’s last family-owned newspapers? →
“Local news is a notoriously rough business. I can't help but root for anyone brave or stupid enough to keep investing in it. But, as a journalist, I'm also acutely aware of how much influence an owner can have over a paper, and how much communities deserve to know the full picture, including who actually owns their local paper.”
Table Stakes Europe
WAN-IFRA launches Table Stakes Europe, a program for local and regional newspapers →
It’s based on the Table Stakes program in the U.S., and it’s receiving funding from Google.
BuzzFeed News / Rosie Gray
These reporters lost their jobs. Now they’re fighting back against big tech. →
“John Stanton, a longtime congressional correspondent and former BuzzFeed News Washington bureau chief, and Laura Bassett, a former culture and political reporter for nearly 10 years at HuffPost, have teamed up to launch a new initiative called the Save Journalism Project. “
The Double Shift
How women at The New York Times worked for — and got — a better parental leave policy →
“Erin Grau was a New York Times employee who wasn't satisfied with ‘good enough’ parental leave. So, along with a determined group of women, she fought to make it better for everyone at her company.”
Digiday / Lucinda Southern
The Economist is exploring how video can drive subscriptions →
In September, as part of a project funded by the Google News Initiative, The Economist will launch a weekly exclusive YouTube series, provisionally called "The Truth About…." Each episode will be roughly 10 minutes long and take a more in-depth look at a topic that Economist journalists are covering. The series is planned to run until March.”
NPR / Scott Neuman
Australian police raid public broadcaster over leaked defense documents →
“The Australian Federal Police on Wednesday raided the headquarters of the country’s public broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corp., in connection with a story the network broadcast in 2017 detailing misconduct by Australian special forces in Afghanistan.”
The Verge / Nick Statt
YouTube decides that homophobic harassment does not violate its policies →
“YouTube has at last formally responded to an explosive and controversial feud between Vox writer and video host Carlos Maza and conservative YouTuber Steven Crowder. The verdict: YouTube says Crowder did not violate any of its policies, and that Crowder's YouTube channel will stay up, despite his repeated homophobic slurs directed at Maza in videos posted to YouTube.”
WWD / Kali Hays
Bustle Digital pulls new group editor from Elle Magazine →
Elle’s executive editor Emma Rosenblum will “fill the newly created position of editor in chief for [Bustle’s] lifestyle group, which includes Bustle, The Zoe Report, Elite Daily and Romper.”