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A flood of support for nonprofit news sites
The New York Times writes about the influx of donations that several major nonprofit news sites are receiving in the wake of last month's election.
"Just what is motivating these donors — whether it is a partisan response to the election of Donald J. Trump or a broader concern over the viability of a troubled industry — is a matter of speculation, executives say. But one thing seems increasingly clear: Independent accountability journalism is gaining new support among many Americans mulling the election’s outcome and the country’s political divide."
ProPublica launches a newsroom in Illinois
 National nonprofit news site ProPublica is opening a newsroom and hiring staff in Chicago, and plans to cover statewide news in Illinois.
Is this the nonprofit version of Politico's state news strategy? Will other states follow?
New project offers help in launching membership programs
Voice of San Diego is spearheading a team to help other smaller news outlets build membership programs.
ICYMI: LION Publishers to expand with Knight support. More on LION's website.
News About Local Independent Online News Sites
 LOCAL OWNERS: Big idea for Canadian media: Provide incentives for local ownership.
RACINE COUNTY EYE: The Racine County Eye in Wisconsin has taken on a partner.
RALEIGH AGENDA: Raleigh Agenda closes after four months of operation. It was a second site launched by the people behind Charlotte Agenda.
SCALE: Broadstreet CEO: ‘Value’ in local publishing is more than scale.
TAP INTO: Five questions with Michael Shapiro of TAPinto.net.
UK: A LION Publishers-like organization is forming in the UK to represent local independent news organizations.
Tools and Tips: Advertising and Revenue
AD GROWTH: Ad-spending growth to slow significantly in 2017. Facebook and Google get a huge share of the ad budget of one of the world's biggest agencies.
AD TECH: TownNews founder: News sites will ‘perish’ without latest ad tech. Ads show up on Breitbart and brands blame technology.
AUDIENCE: Need to grow the audience for your work? Bring in a growth editor.
CHAOS?: Vice founder Shane Smith predicts ‘chaos’ for digital advertising in 2017.
 EMAIL: What’s the story with email newsletters? How local publishers can use email newsletters to monetize their audiences. Could email newsletters be a partial solution to magazine companies’ problems? How to use MailChimp to follow up with your most engaged subscribers.
FACEBOOK: How Facebook’s measurement errors have eroded marketers’ trust.
INSTANT ARTICLES: Facebook makes the case for how Instant Articles benefit local news.
LOAD TIME: When fighting ad blockers, consider your site’s load time.
MOBILE: Google says faster mobile ads are boosting click-through rates up to 200 percent.
NATIVE ADVERTISING: Consumers are more accepting of native advertisements, research finds.
PAYWALLS: The Wall Street Journal is confident its “bendier” paywall will draw the paying readers it needs to survive.
SOCIAL MEDIA: For most small businesses, social is top marketing tactic.
SUBSCRIPTIONS: A return to focus: Publishers are going high with subscription prices. Boston Globe's Stat launches a $299-a-year membership program. The New York Times is setting its sights on 10 million digital subscribers. Behind the Times’ surge to 2.5 million subscribers.
Tools and Tips: Journalism and Technology
COPYRIGHT LAW: First Draft News releases guide to eyewitness media and copyright law.
DATA: What the failure of election predictions could mean for media trust and data journalism.
ENGAGEMENT: Creating a cookbook of community experiences for local newsrooms. Community engagement was a good idea before we had a name for it. A new understanding: What makes people trust and rely on news. Five things an individual journalist can do daily to tap into the knowledge of readers. How news organizations are trying to get people to talk, and listen, to each other after the election.
 FAKE NEWS: How Facebook and Google help camouflage fake news. Google, democracy and the truth about internet search. Google is killing a section of desktop search that was a target of 'fake news' criticism. 'The underbelly of the internet': How content ad networks fund fake news. Ad tech profits from ads on fake news -- and preventing ads on fake news. Facebook is patenting a tool that could help automate removal of fake news. Facebook begins asking users to rate articles’ use of ‘misleading language.' Facebook has the technological capability to fix fake news, according to its chief AI researcher. Facebook’s walled wonderland is inherently incompatible with news. How Snapchat kept fake news out. Why Snapchat and Apple don’t have a fake news problem.
Most Americans who see fake news believe it, new survey says. The cynical gambit to make ‘fake news’ meaningless. Fake news versus junk news. The post-truth world of the Trump administration is scarier than you think. In new media age, every reader has to be an editor. The worst kind of fake news comes from the cops.
FOIA: Here are the journalists fighting for federal public records.
HEALTH CARE: As Republicans promise Obamacare demise, reporters attempt their own do-over.
INSTAGRAM: Instagram Stories and publisher traffic.
LONGFORM: How to engage readers with digital longform journalism.
MEDIUM: Publishers are using Medium to entice readers and try new types of content.
PODCASTING: The top eight podcasting innovations of 2016.
VIOLENCE: Be flexible and don't sensationalize: Advice for reporting on violence against women.
SECURITY: A simple step to make news sites more secure.
STORY COMMENTS: Let’s give reader comments another chance — and for real, this time.
Industry News
AT&T: AT&T/Time Warner merger won’t rip off customers and competitors, AT&T CEO says.
 BREAKING NEWS: When 9.4 million followers isn’t enough: NBC News will shut down the Breaking News app on Dec. 31.
CROSS-OWNERSHIP: House bill would ease broadcast, newspaper ownership restriction.
DAILY MAIL: Two years after buying Elite Daily, the Daily Mail says the Facebook publisher is worthless.
EUROPE: Digital publications are thriving in Europe where legacy media is weak.
FACEBOOK: Facebook working on a plan to pick news from favored media partners like Snapchat.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING: New newsletter will highlight local investigative reporting from across the country. The biggest stories from the smallest newspapers.
NEWSPAPER LOBBY: Pushing to kill regulations (and weaken fair use), the newspaper lobby is asking Trump for change.
NONPROFIT NEWSPAPERS: A chain of small newspapers hits on a formula for growth.
NOTIFICATIONS: Study: Fox and CNN are the top news brands for smartphone alerts.
PUBLIC MEDIA: In these uncertain times, public media should stand up for truth and democracy.
RACISM: The New York Times on the alt-right: ‘It’s a racist, far-right fringe movement.’
 SEATTLE: Layoffs are coming to the Seattle Times.
SNAPCHAT: While we weren’t looking, Snapchat revolutionized social networks. Facebook said to be working on Snapchat Discover clone. Snapchat Discover publishers see viewership drop by a third after platform tweaks.
SOCIAL MEDIA: Social media is killing discourse because it’s too much like TV.
TERRORISM: Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube are creating a database of 'terrorist content.'
TWITTER: In the shadow of Facebook, Twitter loses traction with publishers.
VIDEO: It's on every media plan': Media buyers hail Facebook's dedicated video tab.
Is Your LION Publishers Membership Up for Renewal?
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