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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The publisher of AL.com, which runs Alabama's three largest newspapers, stands by reporting and blasts back at legal threats from Roy Moore  —  After The Post published an investigative article documenting Roy Moore's pursuit of a 14-year-old girl in 1979, the Republican Senate candidate from Alabama pledged to sue the newspaper.
Sherwin Chua / The Splice Newsroom:
Independent news startups in Singapore often struggle to cover costs as many advertisers shun them because of the perception that they are anti-establishment  —  Sherwin is a Singapore-based journalism lecturer and freelance journalist who bridges academia and industry.
Jenna McLaughlin / Foreign Policy:
A look back at coverage of WikiLeaks, Assange, and Guccifer 2.0 documents in Jared Kushner's New York Observer  —  The New York Observer, owned by Trump's son-in-law, was a friendly outlet for the 2016 Russian hackers.  —  In the fall of 2014, Julian Assange, the embattled head of WikiLeaks …
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Mirror EIC says company will face deeper job cuts if it fails to close deal with Express and Star, warns of upcoming gender pay gap report worse than BBC report  —  Lloyd Embley says failure to buy Richard Desmond's papers would lose cost-savings and admits looming gender pay gap data could be ‘embarrassing’
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Sources: possible buyers for 51% of Rolling Stone include trade publisher Jay Penske, Bustle's Bryan Goldberg, and music exec Irving Azoff backed by James Dolan  —  In the mix: Trade publisher Jay Penske, Bustle CEO Bryan Goldberg and music executive Irving Azoff.
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
The work of suspended VOA reporter Joshua Fatzick shows problematic story selection and misleading statements; review of his work will be part of internal probe  —  Voice of America has placed journalist Joshua Fatzick on administrative leave after Mediaite reported that he posted racist …
David Shepardson / Reuters:
FCC approves ATSC 3.0 TV broadcast standard, dubbed “Next Gen TV”, with interactive features, UHD support, and geotargeted emergency alerts and advertisements  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday approved the use of new technology that will improve picture quality …
Jeff Bercovici / Inc.com:
How Topix pivoted to pay platforms for traffic to its slideshows, quizzes, and other evergreen content, earning $5M on $36M in revenues in '16 with 29 employees  —  Topix CEO Chris Tolles explains how he stopped worrying and learned to love the platforms.  —  San Francisco bureau chief, Inc. @jeffbercovici
James B. Stewart / New York Times:
A preview of the epic antitrust case that could ensue if the Justice Department sues to block the “vertical” merger of AT&T and Time Warner  —  If the government goes to court to block the merger of AT&T and Time Warner, as seems increasingly likely, it may well be the antitrust case …
 
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Rick Stengel / Politico:
Former US under secretary of state describes the Russian disinformation campaign on Crimea in 2014 and how the same tactics were used in the 2016 US election
Bloomberg:
With ads hard to sell and VC hard to raise, sources say media startups like Defy Media and Uproxx consider, like Mashable, selling to bigger companies
 

 
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Sources: Apple is exploring a push into smart glasses by conducting an internal study, codenamed Atlas, to gather employee feedback on products on the market

Juli Clover / MacRumors:
The second developer beta of iOS 18.2 shows a “daily limit” for free access to “advanced” ChatGPT via Siri and an option to upgrade to ChatGPT Plus in Settings
 
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