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“On Twitter, Financial Times staffers, mostly verified users, were congratulating each other for their vision and innovative spirit … The interview I provided to [FT reporter Aendrew] Rininsland was under the guise of their reporting on Stealing Ur Feelings—not creating a new version of it to monetize for ad revenue.”
“Facing a new president whose relative dullness is his superpower, the American right has gone hunting for richer targets to elevate … ‘In the past, it’s been like taking candy from a baby to write a book about the Democratic president,’ one frustrated conservative editor told me. Now? ‘Nobody is trying.'”
“A growing body of research has found that government is worse off when local news suffers. In fact, inadequate local news has been linked to more corruption, less competitive elections, weaker municipal finances and a prevalence of party-line politicians who don’t bring benefits back to their districts.” (We’ve written about Darr’s research before.)
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), who chairs the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, thinks so. “The message from today’s hearing is the free press needs to live and be supported by all of us. We look forward to discussing how we can make sure that they get fair return on their value.”
“Comscore lets its clients choose what to include in their various metrics, depending on how they want to reflect their organisational structure or how they sell advertising.”
When Substack introduced the program in April, the email newsletter company said they’d choose “up to 30” writers. This week’s announcement includes 12 publications with 15 writers from across the world. They will split $1 million. —SS
“Tweets are simply more powerful than posts on a website. They can be re-shared to a global audience with a single click; they can attract new followers by the millions; and they can set the agenda for many of the world’s most prominent journalists. Trump’s rapid retreat from blogging highlights the degree to which he depended on free reach — not free speech — to advance his malign agenda.”
“Ahead of this year’s Academy Awards, the Los Angeles Times’ entertainment team hosted a Clubhouse conversation on predictions and analysis about the show with Times reporters, editors and entertainment industry leaders. The Times promoted the event on Twitter, and even live-tweeted some of the conversation happening in the Clubhouse room in order to drive more visitors to the platform.”
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