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David McCabe / Axios:
Starting July 10, Google will require people buying ads related to candidates in US federal elections to be US citizens or lawful permanent residents — People buying Google ads related to candidates in U.S. federal elections will have to prove they are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents beginning July 10, the company says.
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Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Sources: Facebook has been conducting market research to determine whether an ad-free subscription-based version would spur more people to join the network — - Internal debate whether users will pay to avoid advertisments — Data-privacy crisis forces company to seek to regain trust
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Sources: Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group President John Amato derailed stories on harassment allegations against his friend, record exec Charlie Walk — John Amato, president of Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group—the parent company of The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Spin …
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@maxwelltani, Fast Company and Vulture
John Micklethwait / Bloomberg:
Consumers are coming around to paying for content again, and relying on readers for income presents fewer ethical dilemmas for editors than chasing ads — Automated, personalized, mobile, paid for, and (eventually) less fake. Quality journalism is coming back.
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@mathewi, @g_piechota, @filloux, @bryanrieger and @filloux
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Felix Salmon / Slate:
Bloomberg is already well funded by terminals; one reason Bloomberg is adding paywall is because it can, another may be to offset expenses of Bloomberg TV
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Om on Tech, CBC News, @felixsalmon, @felixsalmon, @felixsalmon, @raju, @jayrosen_nyu, @raju, @birdyword, @rasmus_kleis and @aaronrutkoff
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Uproxx, owners of BroBible, Uproxx, and HitFix, lays off about 10 staffers as it shifts to video production; some sources say the number of layoffs is 14-20 — Some company sources put the number of layoffs higher, between 14 and 20. — Uproxx Media Group, which publishes digital brands …
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@mathewi and Tubefilter
Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
Transcript of a Q&A between Atlantic EIC Jeffrey Goldberg and Ta-Nehisi Coates, a day after cutting ties with Kevin Williamson, in front of the Atlantic's staff — In a staff meeting, Jeffrey Goldberg and Ta-Nehisi Coates discussed the hiring and firing of a conservative writer.
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@adamweinstein, The Daily Beast, Hot Air and Mediaite
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Sources: Snap has ended its licensing fee agreement with publishers who chose it in 2016; all publishers will rely on ad revenue from Snapchat Discover — Snap is no longer paying licensing fees to publishers for their Snapchat Discover channels, leaving those publishers instead to live off advertising.
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Nieman Lab, Columbia Journalism Review, @rasmus_kleis and Axios, more at Techmeme »
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
A look at The Local Europe, a group of sites across nine countries, which offers expats practical advice and hopes to convert its community into paying members — “They've moved across borders for work or for love or whatever and often they're struggling with the same sort of issues …
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
At its NewFronts presentation, Vice announced it has bought Villain, a 12-person events company in Brooklyn that produces over 300 events a year — Vice Media has bought a Brooklyn-based events production company as the publisher eyes producing more events for its editorial properties and advertising clients.
Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
On YouTube, channels that stream music nonstop resemble pirate radio stations; they benefit from the site's algorithms but are susceptible to copyright policing — A trick of YouTube's algorithms has led to the blossoming of hundreds of unlicensed, independent radio stations on the site …
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@thatericalper
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Apple shutting down Texture's magazine app on Windows after acquisition, will continue support for other platforms; Windows app was neglected before acquisition — Texture, the magazine subscription service that Apple purchased back in March, plans to shut down its Windows app at the end of June.
Discussion:
Engadget, Cult of Mac, MacRumors and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Max Willens / Digiday:
Business Insider's lifestyle brand, Insider, shifts staff from making News Feed videos to Facebook Watch and adds YouTube channels as Facebook engagement drops — Business Insider's lifestyle sibling brand Insider probably wouldn't exist without Facebook. But to keep up with Facebook's whims …
Roy Peter Clark / Poynter:
An appreciation of longform journalism, which requires focus and time, but rewards with more complexity, nuanced arguments, and deeper immersion — I wrote a book on how to write short. That is like saying that I ran a marathon to learn how to sprint. Or that I stayed up all night to learn how to nap.
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@roypeterclark, @henneked, @roypeterclark and @poynter
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