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“Today 64 percent of online adults ages 65 and older say the internet has been a mostly good thing for society. That represents a 14-point decline from the 78 percent who said this in 2014. The attitudes of younger adults have remained more consistent over that time: 74% of internet users ages 18 to 29 say the internet has been mostly good for society, comparable to the 79 percent who said so in 2014.”

“Nearly six years ago, a group of local business people bought the Sonoma County newspaper from Halifax Media. That company and its 27 remaining newspapers was purchased by the investment group that owns GateHouse Media in 2015. In 2012, the Press Democrat newsroom had 66 full-time employees. Today it has 60.”

“Launched in February 2017, the Tennessee Star is part of a growing trend of opaque, locally focused, ideological outlets, dressed up as traditional newspapers. From the Arizona Monitor to the Maine Examiner, these are sites with names and layouts designed to echo those of nonpartisan publications — and with varying levels of credibility — aimed at influencing local politics by stepping into the coverage void left by the collapsing finances of local newspapers.”

Since Facebook deprioritized publisher content in its news feed in January, Insider cut its Facebook news feed video output in half, in a shift to produce longer videos. (The company didn’t give raw numbers.) As a result, its average monthly engagement on the platform fell by more than 70 percent, per Shareablee.

“A sizable portion of the nearly 100 million users who have come online through Internet.org live in Myanmar, where Facebook partnered with local telco Myanma Posts and Telecommunications for the program in mid-2016. But by August, the Free Basics program, which is part of the Internet.org initiative, abruptly ended in the nation, users say. The program has been abruptly called off in more than half a dozen nations and territories in the recent months, according to an analysis by The Outline.”

“Like many peer companies, the Star Tribune is looking for the next phase of growth to come from paid digital subscriptions, with an expected revenue increase of 20 percent a year. But unlike many, the Star Tribune is not starting late from a tiny base. Its current digital-only total is roughly 50,000. The company expects digital advertising to keep growing 7.5 percent a year and print circulation revenues to show modest growth, too. Add it all up, and the Star Tribune has shown total revenue growth in a few years like 2014 and small declines in the range of 1-2 percent for the rest.”

“We looked through all the partners plugged into the site and recognized 8 percent of them — that’s pretty shocking.”

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“Nigel Oakes, the founder of SCL Group, Cambridge Analytica’s British affiliate, confirmed that both companies were closing down. The company decided to close its doors because it was losing clients and facing mounting legal fees in the Facebook investigation, a person familiar with the matter said. The firm is shutting down effective Wednesday and employees have been told to turn in their computers.”