“The Journal now has more than four million total paid subscribers, including 3.4 million digital-only subscribers…About 75 percent of readers are male, and the publication has struggled in recent years to increase its readership among younger audiences.”

“The biggest publisher on Facebook right now is a Nigerian digital tabloid called Legit. It’s been growing all summer and beat The Daily Mail in August, which was formerly the top publisher on Facebook. Legit is owned by Genesis Media Emerging Markets, a Ukrainian company that acquired a bunch of African digital publishers. And in July, GMEM’s Kenyan outlet, Tuko, overtook MLive, a Michigan-based news outlet, for the number five spot. Since then, no US publisher has cracked the top five.”

“I think there’s often a disconnect between national funders and local funders that has to do with national funders not understanding the constraints of local funders.”

“Uber deleted an ad with a critical Community Note, while Apple’s Community Note later disappeared when other members of the notes community weighed in against it.”

“The open rate for messages shared via Whatsapp Communities is, according to Reach engagement director Daniel Russell, around 90%.”

Tapper: “You yourself when you were at The Boston Globe did so much for victims of sexual assault and victims of the Catholic church. I wonder if maybe you have a blind spot on this?”