Top news of the week: 07.10.2021.
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RT @RStradling: "In the absence of local coverage, all news becomes national news: Instead of reading about local policy decisions, people read about the blacklisting of Dr. Seuss books."
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What Iowa Is Losing as My Hometown Newspaper Crumbles
We don’t often talk about how a paper’s collapse makes people feel: less connected, more alone.
RT @BGrueskin: Back in 2018, @mathewi did an excellent examination via @CJR of the awkward relationship between news orgs and FB (and Google as well). This was before we knew the full extent of Facebook's toxic role in society. https://t.co/hWLluiGSyO
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The platform patrons: How Facebook and Google became two of the biggest funders of journalism in the world
<p>In March, Google announced with much fanfare the launch of the Google News Initiative, a $300 million program aimed at “building a strong future for journalism,” as the company put it. ...