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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
European Parliament votes against controversial Article 11 and Article 13 copyright reform proposals, meaning they will now be open for debate and amendments — A 318-278 majority of MEPs in the European Parliament has voted to reopen debate around a controversial digital copyright reform proposal …
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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Wikipedia redirects all of its Italian, Spanish, and Polish pages to a statement protesting July 5 EU Parliament initial vote on changes to copyright law — Wikipedia's Italian and Spanish language versions have temporarily shut off access to their respective versions of the free online encyclopedia …
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VentureBeat, The Register, BBC, Engadget, Plagiarism Today, @notesfrompoland, DW.COM and The Local, more at Techmeme »
Chris Johnston / BBC:
Telegraph Media Group reports a decline in revenue to £285.7M as profits drop from £27.1M in 2016 to £13.7M in 2017; company sets goal of 3M subs by end of year — Profits at the Telegraph Media Group halved last year as revenues from print advertising and circulation fell by 9%.
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The Drum, Financial Times, @chrismsutcliffe and The Guardian
Adrian Chen / New Yorker:
Profile of Paul Denino, an “IRL” streamer who goes by Ice Poseidon and streams most of his life on YouTube, often with serious consequences — When your job is to constantly share your life, even your worst moments are an opportunity to please your audience.
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@max_read, @loudmouthjulia, @shelbygrad, @adrianchen and @realiceposeidon, more at Techmeme »
Spencer Turcotte / JSource:
Interview with Globe and Mail reporter Susan Krashinsky Robertson on her Globe Primer project, which adds in-line explainers to articles to provide context — The Globe and Mail is testing a new feature that could enhance readers' understanding of its online stories and the mechanics of its journalism.
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Nieman Lab
Lewis Wallace / Columbia Journalism Review:
Community organizing tactics help journalists know what's important to their intended audience, but striving for objectivity may prevent representative coverage — Image via Pexels. — Even in the age of Trump, and with trust in journalists at historic lows, much of the industry remains convinced …
Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:
Subscription on-demand audio companies should consider mindfulness apps' model: find an audience need, like comedy, and grow based off engagement with it — There's a lot that subscription on-demand audio gambits can learn from the increasingly formidable world of mindfulness apps.
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@marcoarment and @marcoarment
Max Willens / Digiday:
Analysis of six publishers shows huge difference in Facebook ad presence: NYT has 72 active ads, BuzzFeed 82, Fox News 3, Business Insider 2,100+ — Publishers don't like to talk about if — or how — they buy traffic. But following transparency measures Facebook rolled out June 28 …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Survey of 2,500 US adults: 27% said Netflix was what they watch most often on their TVs, followed by 20% for basic cable, 18% for broadcast, and 11% for YouTube — Netflix has established a substantial foothold in the American living room — especially among millennials.
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The New York Observer and TVWeek.com
Elias Biryabarema / Reuters:
Uganda president defends new 5 cent/day tax for citizens wanting to access platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Whatsapp, says social media is used for “lying” — KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has defended the country's new social media tax …
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Associated Press, Quartz, The Observer, Forbes, Daily Nation, newvision.co.ug and BBC, more at Techmeme »
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
New California law requires all businesses, including newspapers, to clarify the terms of auto-renewal and make subscription cancellation possible online — Here's a script you're surely familiar with if you've ever tried to cancel a subscription to, well, anything:
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TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
With 15% of subscribers and higher growth rates coming from abroad, the NYT focuses on regional content, targeting gathered audiences, and translating stories — “What I'm trying to figure out is, what are the proxies for deeper engagement — what are the proxies for repeated use and habituation …
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