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“The metered paywall, which gave registered readers three articles free per month before they were asked to pay, gave way in 2015 to a “reach and return” strategy that increases accessibility through paid-for trials that allow new readers to sample the content with one month’s access for just £1 (or $1), in the hope they will develop a habit.”
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“Sinclair’s lawsuit said Tribune had pursued a ‘deliberate effort to exploit and capitalize on an unfavorable and unexpected reaction from the FCC to capture a windfall for Tribune.'”
“On Tuesday, Russian communication regulator Roskomnadzor indicated it may consider unblocking encrypted messaging app Telegram. However, there’s a rather significant catch: Telegram will have to hand over the keys to its users’ encrypted chats.”
“When I asked him if his father’s 2020 campaign might build such a platform, Don Jr. said: ‘I’d love to do it. But what I would prefer is, take one of the two Silicon Valley conservatives and let them start it. And then I’d help promote the platform and be all over that.’ Scary thought: Imagine tribal news delivered via tribal pipes. And, as one mischievous Trump adviser told us, imagine the president moving his Twitter show to that network.”
“A key area where Twitter differs from Facebook is that it will allow some large news organizations to seek exemptions from disclosures surrounding issue ads. In contrast, Facebook labels promoted stories about topics such as gun control as political, a move that has drawn sharp opposition from publishers who belong to the News Media Alliance, an advocacy group that says it represents more than 2,000 outlets. The group has said that Facebook’s system was troubling because it is ‘improperly characterizing such news coverage as political advertising.’ (The Washington Post has a seat on the alliance’s board of directors.)”
“Prosecutors say 68-year-old Robert Chain’s threatening phone calls to the Globe’s newsroom started immediately after the Globe appealed to newspapers across the country to condemn what it called a ‘dirty war against the free press.'” —CS
“Vox Media’s reorganization echos similar changes made by major magazine publishers like Condé Nast who have also moved to focus on industry categories in their ad sales operations.”
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