The Guardian / Jim Waterson
London Evening Standard to close daily newspaper and launch new weekly →“The newspaper said it has been hit hard by the introduction of wifi on the London underground, a shortage of commuters owing to the growth of working from home and changing consumer habits… Closing the Evening Standard will mean that for the first time in centuries, Londoners will have no general-interest daily print newspaper.”
Rest of World / Shukri Hassan
Influencers are using TikTok to encourage voting in South Africa →“[Amahle] Gebane is one of several young political influencers in South Africa who have been using TikTok to persuade young voters to participate in the elections this year. Given the popularity of the social media platform in the country, experts believe this trend could have a significant impact on the outcome of the election.”
Politico / Natalie Allison and Jonathan Lemire
Biden campaign makes a “guerrilla-style” pivot on the Trump trial →“The Biden campaign decided over the weekend to authorize a ‘guerrilla-style’ campaign event near the courthouse in an effort to break through the nonstop cable news coverage of the Trump trial, according to two people familiar with plans and granted anonymity to describe them.”
The New York Times / Benjamin Mullin and Katie Robertson
The Daily Beast’s new bosses plan buyouts to cut losses →“About 10 to 15 members of The Beast’s unionized editorial staff — about a third — are expected to take a buyout, according to two people familiar with the discussions. Mr. Sherwood and Ms. Coles are also planning to make cuts beyond the unionized staff.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Yona TR Golding
404 Media / Emanuel Maiberg
The Washington Post / Drew Harwell
How the U.S. ignored a chance to make TikTok safer →“The video app, owned by a Chinese company, said it would let federal officials pick its U.S. operation’s board of directors, would give the government veto power over each new hire and would pay an American company that contracts with the Defense Department to monitor its source code, according to a copy of the company’s proposal. It even offered to give federal officials a kill switch that would shut the app down in the United States if they felt it remained a threat. The Biden administration, however, went its own way.”
Digiday / Kayleigh Barber
How Time’s collectible covers make the case for a print comeback →“This year, Time has been trying to capitalize on the success of the collectible model by publishing more special interest publications (which the publisher calls ‘bookazines’), including with a ‘bookazine’ celebrating Pokémon’s 25th anniversary, published in collaboration with Dotdash Meredith.”