Taproot Edmonton’s latest Media Roundup was published today. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox every Monday morning.

Local updates from the Media Roundup

Here are a few select updates from today’s Media Roundup, written and curated by Linda Hoang:

• Alberta MLA Grant Hunter, the province’s associate minister of red tape reduction, is facing criticism for tweeting, then deleting, a quote from a Nazi officer about red tape. The quote was apparently lifted from an opinion piece written by Corus Edmonton news manager Bob Layton, who also read the quote aloud in a broadcast.
• After 11 years, Edmonton Journal food writer Liane Faulder shared her final Food Notes as she takes over Elise Stolte’s city column, in addition to writing for a few other sections of the paper. Freelancer Tom Murray will be writing a Food Notes column every two weeks in Liane’s place.
• Congratulations to Star Edmonton reporter Kashmala Fida who is celebrating her two-year anniversary with the company.
• 630 CHED Mornings’ new co-host Chelsea Bird was featured in the Edmonton Sun’s 20 Questions, where she shares 20 things you might not know about her, including that she’d love to have dinner with Joe Rogan. "I think he would be fascinating to talk to," she said.
• Local sports reporters were criticized for sharing a "poorly translated quote" from Edmonton Oilers’ Jesse Puljujarvi in an alleged attempt to "run this kid out of town."

Media-related updates from elsewhere

Here are some non-local media links that I found interesting this week:

• Podcast platform RadioPublic has proposed a new system called PodPass that would help to deliver premium podcast content in any enabled app. "If it can gather enough momentum, it’s still a very long road for the idea to go from proposal to wide implementation," writes Hot Pod.
• In a note to staff, New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger said a coordinated campaign by President Trump’s allies to attack hundreds of journalists in retaliation for coverage of the administration "represents an escalation of an ongoing campaign against the free press" and that "their goal is to silence critics and undermine the public’s faith in independent journalism."
• The Membership Puzzle Project has shared an article on how smart investments in paid lead acquisition can help grow membership.
• Apparently The Economist has more than double the amount of web traffic it receives via newsletters over the past year. Here’s more on how they grow revenue by experimenting with the digital experience.
• If elected president next year, Bernie Sanders says he would "reverse the Trump administration’s attempts to make corporate media mergers even more likely in the future" and would "start requiring major media corporations to disclose whether or not their corporate transactions and merger proposals will involve significant journalism layoffs."

Follow Edmonton media news using the hashtag #yegmedia and be sure to check out Mediagazer for the latest media news from elsewhere. You can see past Media Monday Edmonton entries here. If you have a tip or suggestion for future updates, let me know.

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Taproot Edmonton’s latest Media Roundup was published today. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox every Monday morning.

Local updates from the Media Roundup

Here are a few select updates from today’s Media Roundup, written and curated by Linda Hoang:

• 630 CHED announced that Chelsea Bird and Shaye Ganam will be the new co-hosts of 630 CHED Mornings, debuting Sept. 3.
• Hot 107 has rebranded as Power 107. The new format "celebrates that moment in time when pop music ruled the Edmonton airwaves with something different yet strangely familiar."
• Edmonton Journal city columnist Elise Stolte is taking a year-long leave of absence in September, joining her husband as he studies new technologies in architecture in Zurich.
• Sarah O’Donnell announced she’ll be joining CBC Edmonton as senior producer of Edmonton AM.
• Taproot co-founder Mack Male is the latest guest on YEG.Me podcast. He talks about blogging, social media, tech, Edmonton and of course, Taproot and its efforts to develop sustainable local journalism.

Photo by Roman Kraft on Unsplash

Media-related updates from elsewhere

Here are some non-local media links that I found interesting this week:

• A new study from the Digital Democracy Project found that “it appears that simply consuming news, regardless of source, makes people susceptible to being misinformed about the issues.” Yikes.
• 6AM, a newsletter publisher operating in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida, has shared lessons learned creating its company playbook over the last three years.
• From the American Journalism Project: 7 lessons from revenue teams at exemplary Civic News Organizations
• According to a report in the Financial Times, Apple has committed more than $6 billion for original shows and movies ahead of the launch of its new video streaming service.
• Disney+ will launch in Canada on Nov. 12 and will cost $8.99 per month or $89.99 per year.

Follow Edmonton media news using the hashtag #yegmedia and be sure to check out Mediagazer for the latest media news from elsewhere. You can see past Media Monday Edmonton entries here. If you have a tip or suggestion for future updates, let me know.

At Taproot Edmonton we’re working hard to ensure that local journalism has a future in our city. Join us to be part of the movement.

Taproot Edmonton’s latest Media Roundup was published today. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox every Monday morning.

Local updates from the Media Roundup

Here are a few select updates from today’s Media Roundup, written and curated by Linda Hoang:

• The Edmonton Journal issued an apology after receiving criticism for publishing an editorial cartoon on Aug. 1 depicting a person bearing “resemblance to anti-Semitic tropes prevalent in some anti-Jewish propaganda.”
• The Edmonton Journal is hiring a new editor-in-chief as Mark Iype has been seconded to Postmedia Special Projects.
• Sarah O’Donnell is leaving her role as assistant managing editor of the Edmonton Journal. While she hasn’t yet publicly confirmed where she’s headed next, her new Twitter bio says she’s “in the process of moving from ink to the airwaves.” O’Donnell was a guest on the latest Press Gallery episode reflecting on starting the podcast. She talks about how the podcast has grown, and says she started it as a way to “demystify the process of political reporting.”
• Former CKUA station manager, host, sports announcer and program manager Jack, a.k.a. John Worthington, passed away at age 92. The beloved broadcaster worked at CKUA for over 70 years.
• APTN says the broadcaster will pursue criminal charges if there is further aggressive behaviour towards its female reporters, after two separate incidents last month.

Photo by Roman Kraft on Unsplash

Media-related updates from elsewhere

Here are some non-local media links that I found interesting this week:

• Here’s the Canadaland article everyone was talking about today: You Must Be This Conservative To Ride: The Inside Story of Postmedia’s Right Turn. It’s a must-read.
• Postmedia was also in the news for refinancing its debt which means the company will have no more debt coming due until 2023.
• Automattic, the company that owns WordPress.com, is buying Tumblr from Verizon for “well below $20 million.”
• CJR says that Facebook’s plan to syndicate news stories shows that “the slow, forced integration of news into large tech companies continues.”
• The latest New York Times financial results show that subscriptions have reached 4.7 million. “We’re making steady progress toward our goal of reaching 10 million total subscriptions by 2025,” said CEO Mark Thompson.

Follow Edmonton media news using the hashtag #yegmedia and be sure to check out Mediagazer for the latest media news from elsewhere. You can see past Media Monday Edmonton entries here. If you have a tip or suggestion for future updates, let me know.

At Taproot Edmonton we’re working hard to ensure that local journalism has a future in our city. Join us to be part of the movement.