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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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How risky is it for journalists to cover protests?Plus: Exploring why women leave the news industry, the effects of opinion labels, and susceptibility to disinformation. By Mark Coddington and Seth Lewis. |
What We’re Reading
Financial Times / Javier Espinoza, James Politi, Cristina Criddle, and Hannah Murphy
EU warns Musk that Twitter faces ban over content moderation →
“The European Commission on Thursday threatened Musk with a ban unless Twitter abides by strict content moderation rules … in the U.S., authorities' scrutiny of Twitter appears to be focused on foreign ownership of the social media platform.”
The New Yorker / Ronan Farrow
A hacked newsroom brings a spyware maker to U.S. court →
“In interviews conducted in the United States and Central America, more than a dozen members of the El Faro newsroom told me that the Pegasus hackings had impaired their ability to work as journalists and maintain sources' trust. ‘It's a shitty feeling,’ Óscar MartÃnez, El Faro's executive editor, whose phone was infected with Pegasus forty-two times between July, 2020, and October, 2021, told me. ‘Sources, they were very upset with me. And they have the right to be. They just trusted me. And I failed them.'”
Slate / Lizzie O'Leary
The new Wordle editor is ruining Wordle →
“When the New York Times announced, on November 7, that Wordle would have an editor, I didn't give it much thought. How much could the mere presence of a person really change it? Oh, how naive I was!”
The Guardian / Yursa Farzan
What will happen next for Black Twitter? →
“Quoting a tweet she saw recently, Klassen hopes that ‘the next place we move to we own and not rent.'”
New York Times / Benjamin Mullin
Layoffs hit CNN as cost-cutting pressure mounts →
“In a memo to employees, the network's chairman Chris Licht said that some people, primarily paid contributors, would be notified of the cuts on Wednesday. Others will be notified on Thursday, Mr. Licht wrote, with additional details to follow that day.”
Bloomberg / Ashley Carman and Gerry Smith
NPR restricts hiring after sharp decline in sponsorship revenue →
Facing a $20 million deficit in sponsorship revenue this fiscal year, NPR is “severely restricting” hiring and making budget cuts but apparently isn’t planning layoffs.
ProPublica / Stephen Engelberg
Editor’s Note: A review of criticisms of a ProPublica–Vanity Fair story on a Covid origins report →
“We have updated the story to underscore the complexity of interpreting that dispatch. We have added additional context to the story. We have also identified two factual errors inconsequential to the premise of the story. They have been corrected.”
Publishers Weekly
Astra House will shut down its print magazine after just two issues →
"In a very difficult year for publishing, we found that the format provided unexpected challenges …” Astra Magazine’s site had attracted 50,000 unique visitors each month.
Digiday / Sara Guaglione
CNBC will test increasing the cost of its Investing Club and CNBC Pro subscriptions next year →
A number of publishers are testing subscription prices, Lindsay said, declining to share which ones he was privy to. The New York Times' president and CEO Meredith Kopit Levien said in the company's Q3 2022 earnings call that the publisher is considering upping the price of its individual products in the coming months to "drive more people to take our bundle."
New York Times / Lydia Polgreen
Where should you donate this holiday season? Lydia Polgreen makes the case for supporting local news →
“New outlets are opening all the time. They rely on their communities to support them.”
LION Publishers / Elaine DÃaz RodrÃguez
What LION’s independent news experts learned from auditing 75 news businesses →
“Too many organizations make decisions based on instinct rather than data,” said analyst Ariel Zirulnick, senior editor of community engagement for Southern California Public Radio. “I heard a lot of 'I think' or 'I believe,' and some of the founders had invested an incredible amount of money and time without checking any of their assumptions or evaluating them at critical junctures in their business.'”
Forbes
Here’s who Forbes named to its 30 Under 30: Media list →
Nieman’s own Adriana Lacy was selected for her work cofounding Journalism Mentors.
The Verge / Ariel Shapiro
Spotify Wrapped 2022 is here, and it's giving everyone a “music personality” →
Bad Bunny is the platform's top artist globally, while Joe Rogan claims the top podcast.
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