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Veronica Villafañe / Media Moves:
Cox Media Group announces the sale of Mundo Hispánico to Mundo Hispano Digital Network, a tech-focused media company created to target the US Latino community — Mundo Hispánico has new owners. Cox Media Group sold the Atlanta-based Spanish language weekly paper …
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
ESPN says it has signed up more than 1M paying subscribers for ESPN+, its $4.99 a month streaming service launched in April — For $4.99 per month, ESPN+ offers a range of sports programming; doesn't offer live ESPN channels — ESPN said it has signed up more than one million paying subscribers …
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Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
Interview with Disney CEO Bob Iger about Disney's upcoming streaming service, ESPN's politics problem, and how #MeToo changed the company — The Disney CEO and most powerful person in entertainment opens up about his plan for a Netflix rival, ESPN's politics problem and how #MeToo has changed his company
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Motherboard:
Facebook says it is reviewing its policies on white supremacy, white nationalism, and white separatism after a backlash from civil rights groups — “Facebook ignores centuries of history, legal precedent, and expert scholarship that all establish that white nationalism and white separatism are white supremacy."
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@carnage4life, @qirex, @egavactip, @colorofchange, The Verge and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
Jordan Cohen / The New York Times Company:
The New York Times hires Kirsten Danis, who has been the managing editor of The Marshall Project since 2015, as the deputy Metro editor for investigations — Kirsten Danis, who has been managing editor of The Marshall Project since 2015, is becoming deputy Metro editor for investigations.
CBC News:
Torstar Corp. announces it has agreed to acquire iPolitics Inc., a political website based in Ottawa, with the deal expected to close about October 1 — Newspaper publisher says plan is to expand Toronto Star coverage of Parliament Hill — Torstar Corp. announced Thursday that it has signed …
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Canada NewsWire Group, @paulvieira, @susandelacourt and @mariekewalsh
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
How the nonprofit Carolina Public Press has shown slow, steady growth from its start in 2011 covering western North Carolina to statewide coverage now — Angie Newsome launched Carolina Public Press on a sunny spring day in 2011. She doesn't remember much about that first story she published …
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@johnnewsomnr, @jkristufek and @kristenhare
D. Victoria Baranetsky / Columbia Journalism Review:
Study on data journalism: threat of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and other penalties hinder stories and restrict info; denial of access rises with FOIA requests — The way journalists tell stories is changing. The law is changing, too. — INTRODUCTION
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Editor & Publisher
Lauren Johnson / Business Insider:
Twitter tests Twitter Timeline Ads, which places ads into Timelines embedded in publisher sites; The Street, Advance Local, and others are testing the program — - Twitter is starting to place ads within tweets on publishers' websites, starting with a group of titles including The Street.
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Marketing Land, @openx, @laurenjohnson and @businessinsider
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Ian Buruma, who left the NYRB on Wednesday, says he stepped down due to social media hounding and pressure from academic advertisers — Publication remains silent over rift with Ian Buruma, who faced criticism over his editorial decisions on #MeToo movement
Discussion:
Poynter, @jiatolentino, @bobbrigham and Washington Post
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Cara Buckley / New York Times:
Ian Buruma, editor of NYRB, has left his position amid an uproar over publication of an essay by Jian Ghomeshi, a former broadcaster accused of sexual assault
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Poynter, Vrij Nederland, Washington Post, The Week, @espiers, @paperhaus, @lailalalami, @brandyljensen, @tasneemn, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Meduza.io, @primasmaschine, @sarahlellison, The Daily Caller, @jason_pontin, @ncroal, @macaesbruno, @yoloethics, @amandamarcotte, @piya, @robynurback, @eisingerj, @poormojo, @moiradonegan, @grahamdavida, @damonlinker, @ambernoelle, @carloslozadawp, @kath_krueger, @albertburneko, @laura_june, @profmusgrave, @hpstrawberries, @nicole_cliffe, iMediaEthics, The Cut, @edpilkington, Vanity Fair, Vox, Deadline and Folio
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
AT&T responds to the DOJ's appeal of the case allowing AT&T to buy Time Warner, saying DOJ has failed to show the merger is harmful to competitors or consumers — AT&T has filed its response to the government's appeal of its acquisition of Time Warner, a 58-page catalog of what the company …
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Broadcasting & Cable, MediaPost and CNNMoney
Jem Aswad / Variety:
RIAA: revenues from streaming up 28% YoY to $3.4B in H1 2018, accounting for 75% of recorded music revenue; 75% of streaming revenue comes from subscriptions — The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) issued a bullish mid-year report today: Total revenue from recorded music rose 10% …
Discussion:
Music Business Worldwide, RIAA, Billboard, VentureBeat, The Verge, Rolling Stone and Music Ally, more at Techmeme »
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify says it will now allow indie artists to directly upload their music to the service; the upload feature is debuting in beta on an invite-only basis in US — Spotify today is taking another step that may make record labels uncomfortable. Fresh off reports that the streaming service …
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