Your 24/7 view of global media coverage from Nieman Lab, Digiday, Poynter, Columbia Journalism Review, FIPP, Mumbrella, Recode, The Drum, The Guardian, and New York Post
Nieman Lab
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Covid-19 has hit newspaper companies hard, but revenue at Fox News and local TV companies rose
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Facebook’s threat to the NYU Ad Observatory is an attack on ethical research
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The Brown Institute’s Local News Lab is developing “smart paywalls” for local newsrooms
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The Journalism Creators Program at CUNY teaches participants to launch their own news products, from wherever they are
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Google releases new tools for journalists — and shares insider insight on what’s trending on the search platform
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What is The Epoch Times? A vehicle for pro-Trump conspiracy theories, and the culmination of all that Facebook has encouraged
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Older people and Republicans are most likely to share Covid-19 stories from fake news sites on Twitter
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As they shrink, are local newspapers protecting their “iron core” of local government coverage? This paper says no
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Keep your pants on, everyone (and quit defending the male journalists who don’t)
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News sites that turn off commenting don’t drive users to social media instead, a study finds
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How the Minneapolis Star Tribune made the best of a canceled state fair
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Russian, Chinese, and Iranian media are turning on Trump, an analysis of foreign news outlets suggests
Digiday
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How the Washington Post is expanding its global subscriber base
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As Q4 gathers pace, the ad industry braces for long-lasting economic trauma
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‘On a lot of people’s minds right now’: DTC startups are in a holding pattern until after the election
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‘Marketing myopia’: Quibi’s flameout is a cautionary tale for advertisers keen to latch on to the next big thing in media
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‘Something inherently local’: Tegna leans into user-generated content on linear and digital with ‘Near Me’
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Why Nordic publishing giant Schibsted joined the coalition lobbying for Apple App Store ‘fairness’
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‘This conversation is personal’: Inc.’s columnists are now available through text for readers willing to pay
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With a new Shopify partnership, DTC brands are bullish on TikTok once again
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Publishers must strengthen their relationships with brands and customers
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Brands are tapping gameday energy to drive engagement with content on social
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French advertising organizations lodge complaint with competition regulator over Apple privacy changes
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‘Great position to steal share’: As use-it-or-lose-it ad spending picks up, TikTok emerges as an unlikely beneficiary
Poynter
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The AP and other media players have changed their game for making election night calls
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For Latinos, the COVID-19 trends are getting worse — and the worst may be yet to come
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What are the polls saying and should we believe them?
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Walmart pulls guns and ammo from shelves citing possible civil unrest
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President Trump is wrong that the law says a winner has to be announced on election night
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Report: The pandemic has hit newspapers hard
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Here are the newsroom layoffs, furloughs and closures caused by the coronavirus
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Fact-checkers head to the War Rooms to battle last minute invasion of conspiracy theories
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After 40 years writing about food, this editor retires next week
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The anonymous author of The New York Times’ op-ed who criticized Trump reveals himself
Mumbrella (Australia)
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AFR Rich List 2020 – the COVID edition
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ABC and Foxtel to air all 60 games of WNBL season
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Woolies’ Cartology appoints director of operations
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Mitre 10 shares stories of multi-generational owners of stores in online series
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Special Group opens doors in the US following Uber Eats ‘Tonight I’ll be eating’ launch
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Isentia enters trading halt following urgent cybersecurity incident
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Inner Health Plus’ blue bugs get a refresh in new campaign from VMLY&R
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Shannon Noll belts out ‘Drive’ as Greyhound Australia hits the road again
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ACCC appeals Federal Court decision on Emoploysure Google Ads
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WPP AUNZ reports earnings of $24.6m for Q3 2020, predicts weak outcomes in Q4
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White Grey appointed as lead agency for WWF Australia
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AMAA announces end of Audited Web Measurement Service
FIPP
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My media life: Nicola Murphy, Founder and CEO, The River Group
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[Webinar video] MPA Factbook 2020: Covid-19 accelerates advertiser shift from print to digital
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[Download] Global Digital Subscription Snapshot 2020 Q3
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FIPP Insider Podcast Ep. 4: Publishing and climate change
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First peek at World Media Congress agenda as thousands get All-Access passes
Columbia Journalism Review
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Senior Wisdom
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The Doociness of America
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Another tech hearing in Congress becomes a circus sideshow
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The Year of Fear, Conclusion: As Election Day Nears
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The world is burning, but the political press insists on its horserace
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Investigating local partisan shadow news: A Q&A with Priyanjana Bengani
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Who has voted, and who hasn’t
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Showing the breadth of anti-Semitism
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In defense of the newspaper endorsement
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At Voters’ Service
Recode
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FBI warns that hackers are targeting hospitals while coronavirus admissions surge
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5 fact-checks from the Senate’s hearing on social media
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Republicans accuse Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and other Big Tech CEOs of violating their free speech rights
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How 4 small businesses have shifted to online sales
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During the worst summer of our lives, I didn’t have internet. It was the best.
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Trump’s misleading tweet about changing your vote, briefly explained
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Here are the 15 Silicon Valley millionaires spending the most to beat Donald Trump
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How our Google searches have changed in this presidential election
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Amazon has created fertile ground for bribery schemes, sellers say
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Where Bernie Sanders’s online army goes now
The Drum
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‘Address the fire, not just the smoke’: a message from Black ad leaders to ad agencies
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Google ad sales bounce back from Covid-19 dip
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Facebook revenue soars despite July ad boycott
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How Channel 4 navigated 2020: ‘We will emerge from this crisis stronger than ever’
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Revenues from Amazon’s booming ad business jump 50%
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California data privacy law, Prop 24, set to have major impact on ad targeting
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Fight back: how One Championship is bringing live sports back to brands and fans
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Good influence: in conversation with The Fund For Global Human Rights
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You need more mentoring in lockdown. Here’s how to get it
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Today’s Office: Chemistry’s Tim Smith on finding time for work and play
The Guardian
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BBC boss says staff can attend Pride marches in 'non-politicised' way
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Should Pinterest prohibit culturally inappropriate Halloween ideas? | Arwa Mahdawi
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Here are all the steps social media made to combat misinformation. Will it be enough?
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'Battle for Labour's soul': what the papers say about Jeremy Corbyn's suspension
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Kevin Rudd demands fair shake of the sauce bottle after Murdoch's 'huge whack' | The Weekly Beast
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Glenn Greenwald resigns from the Intercept over 'editorial freedom'
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A Saturday night TV ratings weapon: Bobby Ball | Mark Lawson
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Bobby Ball obituary
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Susan Wokoma: 'I thought that TV belonged to size zero models'
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Channel 4 says finances are strong in face of Tory sell-off threats
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Advertisers expected to spend almost £725m less than last Christmas
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Sixth-form student revealed to be behind 'Woolworths reopening' fake news
New York Post
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Facebook accounts with large reach contained misinformation about COVID vaccine: report
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Netflix hikes its monthly plan to $14-a-month
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Danny Seo snaps up digital shelter site Rue, plans new quarterly mag
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s Hunter Biden documents reportedly located
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Spotify touts ‘full recovery’ from COVID-19 fallout with subscription growth
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André Leon Talley sticks up for Anna Wintour after blasting her in book
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NJ cops face internal probe after ‘brutal’ arrests of BLM activists
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Mother Jones says Facebook’s ‘Big Brother’ tactics have cost it jobs
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Group Nine’s video news site NowThis says it has unionized
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Salt Lake Tribune to stop printing daily after 149 years
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CNN, MSNBC did not air coverage of Amy Coney Barrett confirmation
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Claudia Eller returns to Variety after suspension over reporter spat
Variety
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Berklee College of Music Appoints First Female President in School’s 75-Year History
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Oscars: ‘The Last Ones’ to Represent Estonia in International Feature Film Category
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Sky History’s ‘The Chop’ Gets the Chop Amid Nazi Controversy
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Cannes Closes Out Triumphant Mini-Festival Amid Social Turmoil in France, Mulls Political Stance in Future Editions
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‘Queen & Slim’ Actor Jodie Turner-Smith to Play Queen Anne Boleyn in Channel 5 Series
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‘The Donut King’ Review: Alice Gu’s Sweet Doc Plugs a Hole in the Asian American Immigrant Story
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The Beckhams Score Major Netflix Documentary (Report)
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Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile Release Get-Out-the-Vote Duet, ‘A Beautiful Noise’: The Story Behind the Song
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With ‘Mank,’ David Fincher Returns to the Best Director Oscars Race
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‘A Balance’ and ‘Three’ Win Busan Festival’s Competition Awards
Press Gazette
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BBC journalists not banned from attending LGBT pride events, new director-general clarifies
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Slow ad market recovery means 2021 unlikely to recoup Covid-19 losses from this year
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Covid-19, women and the media: Study reveals exclusion of female voices in coverage of pandemic
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Trial in Meghan Markle's privacy action against Mail on Sunday postponed
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BBC social media guidelines ban 'virtue signalling', criticism of colleagues and breaking stories on your own accounts
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Study reveals press freedom falling off the news agenda despite worsening global picture
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Platform Profile - Upday: Samsung's curated news app drives traffic (but does not share revenue)
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Ian Burrell's lessons for leaders from 20 years covering the media
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Reuters editor-in-chief Stephen J Adler interview: Agency's US election reporters given flak jackets and gas masks
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US local journalists could 'all but vanish' without action as 7,000 jobs gone in 2020
Others
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Thanks to Maine’s tight Senate race, The Bangor Daily News has seen a 3,000% increase in political ad spending
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Meet the man who could lead the GOP’s war on platform moderation at the FCC
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Why The New York Times is moving its hub to Seoul
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What Steve Doocy, the host of Trump’s favorite morning show, tells us about Fox News and the nation in 2020
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Glenn Greenwald resigns from The Intercept
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The Los Angeles Times launches the Latinx Files, a newsletter dedicated to the American Latinx experience
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With Covid-19, vaccine messaging faces an unprecedented test
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The Salt Lake Tribune will stop printing daily newspaper, ending a 149-year run
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TikTok will add the AP’s live election results and interactive map to its Election Day guide
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The 19th*’s editor-at-large Errin Hayes on writing the first national story about Breonna Taylor
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“Her eyes, and ours, are on what’s next”: Vanity Fair EIC Radhika Jones on December cover star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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You can now use this Slack app to do anti-racism work while you work
Colin Morrison on Twitter
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