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Blueberry Boat (Clap Clap blog, 2004)

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By Michael Barthel
Back in 2004, I was a 25-year-old finance and legal assistant at a record label, and instead of entering 200 individual paper invoices for shipping 2 promo CDs of Sugarcult from Nashville to Albuquerque, like I was being paid to do, I would blog. At first it was politics, about Bush and the Iraq war, but it was a very good time for music in New York, as you may have heard, so I started blogging about music, too.
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The state of the news media industry in 2020: 6 key takeaways

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By Michael Barthel
| Pew Research Center Verified
Every two years, Pew Research Center updates its series of fact sheets on the U.S. news media industry, tracking key audience and economic indicators for a variety of sectors. Here are some key findings about the state of the industry in 2020.
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Estimating U.S. newspaper circulation is a challenge

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By Michael Barthel
| Medium
Every two years, Pew Research Center publishes State of the News Media, a collection of fact sheets that examine key audience and economic indicators for a variety of sectors within the U.S. media industry. The analysis relies primarily on external, non-Pew Research Center data for metrics including TV ratings, website traffic and advertising revenue. Using data from outside organizations has some advantages, but also poses challenges.
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