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Sources: Facebook has been conducting market research to determine whether an ad-free subscription-based version would spur more people to join the network — - Internal debate whether users will pay to avoid advertisments — Data-privacy crisis forces company to seek to regain trust

Bloomberg is already well funded by terminals; one reason Bloomberg is adding paywall is because it can, another may be to offset expenses of Bloomberg TV — In recent years, hundreds of publications have started putting up some version of an online paywall.
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Starting July 10, Google will require people buying ads related to candidates in US federal elections to be US citizens or lawful permanent residents — People buying Google ads related to candidates in U.S. federal elections will have to prove they are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents beginning July 10, the company says.
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Sources: Snap has ended its licensing fee agreement with publishers who chose it in 2016; all publishers will rely on ad revenue from Snapchat Discover — Snap is no longer paying licensing fees to publishers for their Snapchat Discover channels, leaving those publishers instead to live off advertising.
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Uproxx, owners of BroBible, Uproxx, and HitFix, lays off about 10 staffers as it shifts to video production; some sources say the number of layoffs is 14-20 — Some company sources put the number of layoffs higher, between 14 and 20. — Uproxx Media Group, which publishes digital brands …
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Pandora study finds that too many ads can push users to subscribe, but not enough to compensate for lost ad revenue from those listening less due to more ads — AT BEST, ADVERTISING is something people tolerate while consuming media. At worst, it's a turnoff.

A look at BuzzFeed's Vidder, a video editing tool that lets anyone in the company build a video within minutes, no experience required — Although the “pivot to video” has been notoriously challenging for most publishers, they can't exactly give up on video.

At its NewFronts presentation, Vice announced it has bought Villain, a 12-person events company in Brooklyn that produces over 300 events a year — Vice Media has bought a Brooklyn-based events production company as the publisher eyes producing more events for its editorial properties and advertising clients.
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The Swedish Academy says it will announce the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018 in 2019, amid sexual assault allegations against husband of academy member — The Swedish Academy, which has become mired in controversy over its links to a man accused of sexual assault, announced on Friday morning …

Chuck Plunkett, the Denver Post editorial page editor who organized pieces rebuking Alden Global, resigns after execs reject a new editorial he wrote on Alden — Chuck Plunkett, the Denver Post editorial page editor behind the paper's unprecedented call-out of its hedge fund owners, has resigned.
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CEO Susan Wojcicki says YouTube now has 1.8B logged-in users each month, announces new content deals with Will Smith, Coachella, and more — Video site renews deals for ad-supported shows Demi Lovato, Kevin Hart, Slow Mo Guys — YouTube now has 1.8 billion logged-in users each month …
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An appreciation of longform journalism, which requires focus and time, but rewards with more complexity, nuanced arguments, and deeper immersion — I wrote a book on how to write short. That is like saying that I ran a marathon to learn how to sprint. Or that I stayed up all night to learn how to nap.
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Press freedom groups release report on threats to US media, citing whistleblower prosecutions, stigmatization by politicians, restrictions on public information — With the observation of World Press Freedom Day on Thursday, a group of press freedom organizations is calling attention …
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