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Friday, July 12, 2019
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What We’re Reading
Associated Press / Jay Reeves
The longtime editor who wrote a pro-KKK editorial in his Alabama newspaper is officially out →
Goodloe Sutton has sold The Linden Democrat-Reporter and retired as of July 1. “He doesn't even have a key anymore,” the new local owner said.
WWD / Kali Hays
WSJ Magazine is introducing a stand-alone title in China, focusing on high-end men’s fashion →
“The News Corp. property is launching its first WSJ China issue next month through a five-year licensing deal with Huasheng Media, but unlike the model in the U.S., it will be a stand-alone monthly magazine sold on newsstands and sent to subscribers.”
Colorado Media Project / Nancy Watzman
Here are the Colorado news organizations who will explore a joint “Epic Pass” marketing and membership pilot →
“The ultimate question we'll be exploring together: can we develop a joint marketing and membership program that engages community and broadens support for newsrooms?”
Columbia Journalism Review / Jeff Hemsley
Social media giants are restricting research vital to journalism →
“During the 2016 election, for a given comment on a candidate's Facebook page, we were able to collect the comment, the time of the post, the screen name of the poster, and how many times it had been liked and shared. Since Facebook's API changes, we cannot see who the poster was. Other changes have been larger and more destructive.”
Digiday / Lucinda Southern
How Schibsted “saves” unsubscribers →
“The main objective is to keep customers from churning in a customer-friendly manner. That is a tricky balance as customer satisfaction and business profitability don't necessarily correlate.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Camille Bromley
How magazines made Asian America →
“With events such as this, Banana is already a prominent voice in New York's Asian-American community. But it doesn't claim to represent the voice of Asian America—its focus is narrowly on style and culture, and its print run is 1,500 copies per year. Ho and Tso didn't create the magazine to follow in footsteps of Hyphen or Giant Robot; instead they looked to Vice, Dazed, and ID as models.”
The Verge / Ashley Carman
Podcasters need listening data, so Nielsen is going to call people’s homes to ask for it →
“Nielsen's podcast survey will be conducted with 30,000 people twice a year. As clients pay to join, they can then have their shows included in the next survey batch.”
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Local public media stations will soon be able to get more training in major giving →
CPB is funding the development of a new course (to the tune of $500,000) for station leaders.
Vanity Fair / Claire Landsbaum
Is there actually a problem with being at peak newsletter? →
“Ultimately newsletters are just like any other type of writing: salable. The illusion that they exist in a rarefied bubble, away from the melee of the rest of the internet, just makes them a better product.”
New York Post / Keith J. Kelly
Starbucks will stop selling newspapers in September — because people are reading them too much →
“Starbucks has been selling the papers in its stores for nearly two decades, starting with the Times in 2000 and expanding to add the Journal and USA Today in 2010. But many Starbucks customers take them off the rack, read them while they finish their lattes, and then either leave them on the table or walk off with the daily paper without paying.”