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OutKick sees 10 percent growth in multiplatform views during Q1
OutKick grabbed 81 million total multiplatform views during Q1 2024, according to Comscore data released this week.
Elon Musk restores verified badge to some journalist accounts
Elon Musk has made the decision to give some high-profile X users free access to Premium, which will restore their verification badges for the first time in months.
Fox News Digital surpasses CNN in key online metric during February
Fox News Digital surpassed CNN in total digital multiplatform unique visitors during the month of February.
How radio and TV stations covered the Baltimore bridge collapse
The incident happened early in the morning, when newsrooms were operating with skeleton staff and few on-air reporters were ready for the news.
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon loses show after Elon Musk interview
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has lost his newest gig before it even got off the ground.
Deadspin fires entire staff after sale to European publisher
The entire editorial staff at sports-centric gossip website Deadspin was fired on Monday after the brand was sold to a European startup.
Survey: Most don’t want AI-generated news content
Most news consumers are not interested in reading news content that is created by AI-powered tools, according to a new survey released this week.
LinkedIn suffers outage one day after Facebook glitch
LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned social media platform favored by C-suite executives and jobseekers alike, suffered from a prolonged outage on Wednesday.
Facebook bug automatically logging out some users
The issue, since resolved, also kicked people out of Threads and Instagram on Tuesday.
TV NewsCheck resumes publishing, continues fundraising efforts
TV NewsCheck has restarted its publication, about three weeks after it suspended operations due to a slowdown in ad revenue.
Meta to pull Facebook News tab in U.S., Australia this year
The move, coming in April, continues amid a demand from publishers that large technology firms pay for the privilege of distributing news content.
OutKick sees 65 percent traffic growth in 2023, Comscore data shows
OutKick grew its audience to 7.2 million total multi-platform unique visitors in 2023, according to Comscore.