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You might have heard: ProPublica president Richard Tofel said that print circulation numbers show that “the sky is falling on print newspapers faster than you think”
But did you know: Print circulation numbers may be falling, but increases in print revenue are a reason to be hopeful (Poynter)
Responding to Tofel’s post, Rick Edmonds says while print circulation is falling, it’s not all bad news for print. Because some publishers are charging higher prices, print circulation revenues have risen in the last few years, with some attrition from the higher prices. More than 50 percent of print news subscribers only read local news in print. Tofel predicts that the industry may be forced to phase out print in the near future, but Edmonds says: “Given the healthy circulation revenue picture, I think that’s five to 10 years away for most papers.”
+ Noted: Las Vegas Review-Journal names former USA Today publisher Craig Moon as publisher effective immediately (Las Vegas Review-Journal); CNN Money reports that Politico’s co-founder and CEO Jim VandeHei, Playbook author Mike Allen, COO Kim Kingsley, chief revenue officer Roy Schwartz, and executive vice president Danielle Jones will all leave the company later this year (CNN Money) and VandeHei released a memo saying he’ll stay through the election and then leave to “start a new venture” (Politico); The Huffington Post will add an editor’s note to all stories covering Trump that calls him a “racist” and “liar” (Politico); Snapchat launched a political campaign show called “Good Luck America” on Discover, hosted by its head of news Peter Hamby (Wall Street Journal); ProPublica takes over The New York Times’ Campaign Finance API, and users of NYT’s API will need to migrate to ProPublica’s API (ProPublica)
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The week in fact-checking
As part of our fact-checking journalism project, Jane Elizabeth highlights stories worth noting related to truth in politics and on the Internet. This week’s round-up includes how to get your student loans to disappear, Neil deGrasse Tyson taking on misinformation from a rapper on Twitter, and how to use the Political TV Ad Archive in your reporting.
How Fusion produces stories for its Snapchat Discover channel (Journalism.co.uk)
Fusion’s 12-person “social stories” team includes writers, animators, graphic designers and producers who create content for Fusion’s Snapchat Discover channel, in addition to other channels such as Instagram and Vine. Laura Feinstein, head of the social stories team, says they create a “mini-magazine” each day through collaboration with editorial, but also with the audience development and social teams for cross-promotion on Fusion’s other channels. Feinstein says: “Essentially, there isn’t a branch of Fusion we aren’t in some ways collaborating with and seeing how we can bring that into the Snapchat family.”
Trinity Mirror is planning to launch a new national newspaper targeted to female readers (Guardian)
Trinity Mirror’s latest project is a national newspaper targeted to female readers, priced lower than Trinity Mirror’s other titles, The Guardian reports. Trinity Mirror may start testing the new title in the northern parts of England. Mark Sweney writes that the new title may operate similarly to another publication in England: The Independent launched “i” in 2010, and it now sells 268,000 copies each day.
How Slack is trying to make it easier for organizations to comply with FOIA requests (The Atlantic)
If you work for a government agency that’s on Slack, your Slack messages are public record, The Atlantic’s Kaveh Waddell writes. But, the government doesn’t have any measures in place to deal with this, a problem that MuckRock (a website that helps users send and monitor FOIA requests) developer Allan Lasser is trying to solve. Earlier this month, Lasser sent a request to the FCC, asking the agency to reveal a list of teams that use Slack to communicate. Lasser says his goal is to be able to search for the names of channels the FCC has set up, and then tailor a FOIA request to the messages he wants to see. On its end, Slack is making it easier for organizations to comply by allowing team leaders to export a transcript of all messages sent in public channels and groups.
Kelly McBride: When it comes to covering Michael Bloomberg’s possible presidential run, Bloomberg News ‘can’t sit this one out’ (Poynter)
In the week since speculation started that Michael Bloomberg might run for president, Bloomberg News has been put in a tricky spot, with one of its editors resigning over concerns that the organization couldn’t cover Bloomberg aggressively enough. Poynter’s Kelly McBride says that Bloomberg News “can’t sit this one out,” and Bloomberg News’ leadership needs to take steps to ensure the fairness of its coverage: “A top editor has to state publicly that the news organization has a detailed plan for insuring the independence of their reporters. Then, the political team has to come up with a detailed approach, which they also make public. It would help to have an outside advisor who could weigh in and hold them accountable.”
The Boston Globe isn’t part of Instant Articles, but it’s using Notes to publish directly to Facebook (Digiday)
The Boston Globe may not be part of Instant Articles, but it’s found a way to publish directly to Facebook anyway. The Globe started publishing content directly to Facebook’s Notes feature on Tuesday, starting with content from its newsletter covering the presidential election. Notes do not have a ton of interest from readers yet, but Digiday’s Ricardo Bilton says there’s still reason for publishers to experiment with the format: Like Instant Articles, Notes load faster within Facebook, and Notes offers its own set of metrics for publishers.
+ Local news broadcasters are taking to Facebook’s live video feature, and finding substantial audiences there: A Dallas TV reporter’s first live broadcast on Facebook got 700 viewers when it was live, with 33 million people viewing the video within a week (USA Today)
FOR THE WEEKEND
+ Jay Rosen’s theory on the Adelson family’s purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal: “The Adelson family overpaid for the Review-Journal by a substantial amount because there was more to the deal than just the purchase of a publishing asset. GateHouse would be expected to keep the Adelson family’s ownership stake a secret, and cooperate in the judges project. The sellers got a fantastic price for the newspaper and what is probably a lucrative agreement to operate the property, which GateHouse identified as a promising new business model.” (PressThink)
+ Many journalism schools are failing to teach students a big part of what they need to know after graduation: The business of journalism (MediaShift)
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