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    Archives: January 31, 2017

    WATCH, today at 4 p.m. ET: Media in the Trump era, with Lydia Polgreen, David Leonhardt, Bill Kristol, Brian Stelter, and others
    Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 31, 2017
    Fake Pope news is “a Godsend” for Catholic news site Crux, which is adding “rumor watch” to its mission
    The site’s traffic is now nearly 20 percent higher than it was part of The Boston Globe. “What’s happened to Crux demonstrates that it is possible to sustain a niche news platform with a kind of for-profit and nonprofit model.”
    Nicholas QuahJanuary 31, 2017
    A report on podcasting details some of the industry’s issues: diversity, talent, tech, and (oh yeah) money
    Plus: iHeartRadio digs deeper into on-demand audio, Gimlet deals with another cancellation, and even a small public radio station is finding success in true-crime podcasts.
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