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Ben Popper / The Verge:
YouTube says it will only allow channels with 10K lifetime views to monetize videos, to help make sure revenue flows only to those who play by the rules — The rule change is meant to weed out bad actors — Five years ago, YouTube opened their partner program to everyone.
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YouTube Creator Blog, Business Insider, Variety, Engadget, @chimneyswift11, @teamyoutube, Tubefilter and 9to5Google, more at Techmeme »
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Spotify is considering directly listing its shares on a public exchange in September, instead of a traditional IPO — Music-streaming service considers a direct listing, bypassing the typical public-offering script — Music-streaming service Spotify AB is readying an initial public offering that is expected by year-end.
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Music Business Worldwide, Variety, @pkafka, @jonerlichman, hypebot, @jyarow, @heatherhaddon, NPR, Business Insider, @jamesliamcook, @telisdemos, @jamesliamcook, @newley, @labboudles and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Facebook will roll out a new guide tomorrow at the top of its News Feed to help users spot “false news” in 14 countries, including US, UK, and Germany — What the new educational tool will look like in News Feed. — In its latest move to help blunt the flow of misinformation on its platform …
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TechCrunch, Adweek, Facebook, The Next Web, Engadget, The Drum, Bloomberg, ITV, BBC, The Guardian, The Verge, @popchassid, @craigsilverman, @benpopper, CTVNews, @lisatozzi, @jayrosen_nyu, Poynter, Macleans.ca, @brianstelter and Mashable, more at Techmeme »
Sami Main / Adweek:
Business Insider debuts The Bottom Line, a weekly business news show hosted by CEO Henry Blodget that will stream on Twitter and Facebook — Henry Blodget hosts The Bottom Line on Facebook and Twitter — Henry Blodget, the global editor in chief and CEO at Business Insider, is making the leap into market-driven business news TV.
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@adweek and @stevekovach
Miriam Elder / BuzzFeed:
Baltnews, a network of Russian-language news sites in the Baltics, is secretly owned by the Kremlin-backed holding that runs RT and Sputnik, investigation finds — The investigation, by Latvia's Re:Baltica journalism center, found that via a number of vehicles registered in the Netherlands and Russia …
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Re:Baltica, @hayesbrown and @miriamelder
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Showtime makes its entire library available for offline viewing on mobile devices — Showtime will now allow subscribers to download its programming for offline viewing on mobile devices - following similar moves by Netflix and Amazon. The network says its entire library will be supported …
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Observer, Android Authority, The Verge, Variety, MacRumors, Press Release and Engadget
Franziska Kues / Poynter:
Blendle, the Dutch pay-per-story news service, has landed undisclosed investments from Nikkei and INKEF Capital a year after its debut in the United States — Blendle, the Dutch “iTunes for news,” has landed new investments from Financial Times owner Nikkei and Amsterdam-based investment fund INKEF Capital …
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@niemanlab, @poynter, @jacquiemcnish and @benmullin
Max Willens / Digiday:
The Strategist, New York magazine's e-commerce brand, has seen affiliate revenue from product sales grow 450% over the past year, but won't say to how much — New York magazine has been giving its print subscribers shopping recommendations for five decades.
Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
How children's book publishers, which aren't used to weighing issues of partisan division and bias, are navigating the tricky landscape of writing about Trump — On Nov. 10, Beth Sutinis sat at her desk in Brooklyn with a big task looming. As the executive editor for the children's division …
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@pamelapaulnyt, @markmazzettinyt, @katierosman, @katierosman, @davidfrum and @susandominus
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook's head of video Fidji Simo says one in five videos shared are Live videos, up 4x in the past year — While most people still aren't sure what to broadcast, and some have misused the format for unsavory or criminal purposes, Facebook now says one-fifth of the videos share on its network are now Live videos.
Discussion:
The Verge and Fidji Simo, more at Techmeme »
Annie Karni / Politico:
Rush Limbaugh dined with Trump at the WH on March 23; source says Fox's Jeanine Pirro also had dinner at the WH a week before Trump endorsed her show on Twitter — President Donald Trump, who often spends weeknights alone cooped up in the White House, has recently wined and dined some of the biggest names in right-wing media.
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bookforum.com, The Federalist, @yashar, @alexweprin, @isaacdovere, @yashar, @jdawsey1 and National Review
The Nation:
The Nation launches a confidential tips resource, adopting encrypted tools like WhatsApp, Signal, and PGP for whistleblowers — If you see something, say something... more securely. — By , — Long a home for adversarial accountability journalism in our 150-plus-years of publication …
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