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Wednesday, January 4, 2023
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What We’re Reading
The Information / Aaron Holmes
Microsoft plans to launch a ChatGPT-powered Bing in a challenge to Google →
The result could be search queries that give humanlike answers rather than showing a list of links.
Marketing Brew
Vox Media “formalizes” its ban on fossil-fuel ads →
According to its updated advertising policy, Vox Media no longer accepts ad dollars from fossil-fuel companies, companies that mine nonrenewable resources, or lobbyist groups “whose purpose is to support fossil-fuel companies.” The Guardian introduced a similar ban in 2020.
New York Times / Benjamin Mullin
Andrew Morse, an architect of CNN+, named publisher of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution →
“Morse said that he planned to work with Axios, which Cox Enterprises acquired last year for $525 million, to expand the company's business.”
The New York Times / Adam Satariano
EU regulators say Facebook’s ad practices are illegal, fine it $414 million →
“The case hinges on how Meta receives legal permission from users to collect their data for personalized advertising. The company includes language in its terms of service agreement, the very lengthy statement that users must accept before accessing services like Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, that effectively means users must allow their data to be used for personalized ads or stop using Meta's social media services altogether….[that] essentially forced users to accept personalized ads.”
What's New in Publishing / Rand Fishkin
A growing subset of your Twitter audience is already looking for you on Mastodon →
And 9 other reasons publishers might consider joining the Twitter replacement.
Press Gazette / Dominic Ponsford
Guardian offices closed until January 23 due to ongoing fallout from suspected ransomware attack →
“To reduce strain on our networks and help the enterprise tech, ESD and other involved teams focus on the most essential fixes, everyone must work from home until at least Monday 23rd January in the UK, US and Australia, unless you are specifically asked to work from our offices.”
Boston Globe / Dana Gerber
Six months ago, the Massachusetts town of Marblehead had no dedicated newspaper. Now, it’s in a “golden age of journalism.” →
“Then, in June, a resident-led news organization sprang up, calling itself the Marblehead Beacon. Later that month, a nonprofit called the Marblehead Current came online, launching a website and then a print edition. And by the end of the summer, the Marblehead Weekly News, a print publication from the same group that publishes The Daily Item in Lynn, was in the mix.”
New York Times / Kate Conger
Twitter will relax its ban on political ads →
“Twitter said on Tuesday that it would begin to permit cause-based advertising, which allows marketers to promote content about political issues. The company said it would later expand other forms of political advertising. “
NPR / Debbie Elliott
Three big Alabama newspapers will go digital-only in February →
“The Alabama Media Group says that after Feb. 26, 2023, it will permanently stop the presses for The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and Mobile’s Press-Register. The company had already curtailed publishing from daily to three times a week in 2012 — part of a restructuring by parent company Advance Publications that also affected New Orleans’ The Times-Picayune.”
The Guardian / Roger Bolton
Ex-BBC host: “I want to hear a vision that goes beyond cut, cut, cut” →
“All [the cuts] are happening without the people who pay for the corporation, the licence-fee payers, being consulted. The oft-used slogan ‘It's your BBC’ is in danger of ringing hollow.”
New York Times / Emma Goldberg
Jewish Currents is holding its own during a challenging time for little magazines →
Jewish Currents has 5,200 print subscribers, more than one million online readers annually, 12 full-time staff members and a budget of $1.6 million that comes primarily from individual donors, foundations, and a $1 million endowment. There is also a Jewish Currents podcast, "On the Nose," and a regular dating feature for "lovelorn leftists” called Red Yenta.
Washington Post / Sarah Ellison
A local paper broke the George Santos scandal — but no one paid attention →
“It was the stuff national headlines are supposed to be built on: A hyperlocal outlet like The North Shore Leader does the legwork, regional papers verify and amplify the story, and before long a political scandal is being broadcast coast to coast.”
The Guardian / Sophie Zeldin-ONeill
How live versions of podcasts became arena fillers →
"It's also expanding our listenership. People come on first dates then come back as partners, or come alone and leave having made friends. Others come to the show (or get dragged there by their girlfriends) having never heard of us and go on to become regular listeners."
Axios / Sara Fischer
Punchbowl adds text alerts as news outlets seek Twitter alternatives →
The two-year-old Congress-focused media startup will launch a text-based breaking news service in January to send real-time alerts to paid subscribers instead of relying on Twitter.
New York Times / Sarah Bahr
“If we were to redo ‘Snow Fall’ today, it’d be a mobile-first story” →
The New York Times looks back at its ambitious (and influential) multimedia project after ten years.
The Kyiv Independent
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a controversial media law →
“The Ukrainian authorities argued that the law aims to bring Ukrainian legislation in line with EU law and fight Russian propaganda. Media reform is one of the EU’s conditions for starting negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the bloc. The EU wanted Ukraine to adopt legislation to fight the influence of vested interests on the media.”
New York Times / Lora Kelley
Librarians are meeting younger readers where they are. (And they’re on TikTok.) →
"Librarians have always been involved in helping people figure out what is real, what is relevant," librarian Jessie Loyer said. TikTok is "a necessary space to be in, and a useful tool."
ABC News / Luchina Fisher and Bill Hutchinson
Barbara Walters, trailblazing TV news anchor, is dead at 93 →
Walters joined ABC News in 1976, becoming the first female anchor on an evening news program. Her career spanned five decades.
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