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Luke Ottenhof / Observer:
A look at how freelancers are affected by media layoffs and at their efforts to organize to ensure better working conditions, including timely payment — It's been a tough year for workers in the media industry. Though we're less than two months removed from 2018, the first stretch …
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@lukeottenhof and @lukeottenhof
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with the NYT Opinion Video director and senior editor on their first year, lessons learned, and how they're trying to appeal to a YouTube-native audience — “Hi. I'm Niecy Nash, actress, inventor, and advocate for not calling 911 on black people for no goddamn reason."
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@niemanlab, @niemanlab, @laurahazardowen, @jayrosen_nyu and @nytimespr
Gavin J. Blair / Hollywood Reporter:
In Japan, Disney and mobile carrier Docomo are launching a streaming service in March with the latest content from Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar, and Disney Studios — Content from all four Disney studios will be available next month in preparation for 5G. Japan's other two main carriers are already partnered with Netflix.
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@richbtig and @lucas_shaw
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Fortnite dance emote lawsuits set a precedent for media companies to abuse copyright law further and turn shared culture of dance moves into private property — Fortnite is one of the most popular and profitable video games in history, and its publisher Epic is copying creative work …
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@reckless, @joshconstine, @reckless, @johnkwhite and @terrencehart
Amanda Kooser / CNET:
Reddit is testing tipping users starting with a single user, shittymorph; the user, Reddit, and card processor Stripe receive 78.5%, 18.5%, and 3%, respectively — Enlarge Image — Reddit has several ways you can express your appreciation of a good post or comment.
Andrew McCormick / The Atlantic:
How Radio Free Asia's Uighur journalists based in Washington are painstakingly reporting on China's internment of hundreds of thousands of the country's Muslims — Radio Free Asia's Uighur journalists report on China's internment of hundreds of thousands of members of the country's Muslim minority …
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@hwclarence
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
To increase its media rights value, Spain's soccer league La Liga is creating a media business that includes long-form productions for streamers and TV networks — The European soccer league that's home to Real Madrid and Barcelona is making a bigger media play in the U.S. …
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@digiday, @borisgartner, @luseesworld and @rebsdg
Anne Thompson / IndieWire:
With reports that Spielberg will urge the Academy to block streaming services like Netflix from Oscars, some fear indie movies can end up as collateral damage — Post “Roma,” the Academy will discuss rules that would level the playing field — but adjusting for Netflix could affect indie titles as well.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Alpha, a niche streaming service focusing on TV, pop-culture, sci-fi, comics, video games, and more is shutting down on Mar. 31 — Another overly niche streaming service is closing up shop. On Friday, Alpha - a geek-friendly streaming service that focused on TV, pop-culture, sci-fi …
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The Guardian:
Uganda says the number of subscriptions to ~60 apps like Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, declined by 2.5M in the three months after social media tax was introduced — Economic fears raised as online subscriptions plummet in months following launch of levy created to curb ‘gossip’
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@baekdal, @nickmangwana, @samirasawlani, @meadovian, @fp2p, @glynmoody, New York Times, Daily Mail and Techdirt, more at Techmeme »
Lara Takenaga / New York Times:
Fifty years after the publication of A Day in the Life of the New York Times, a chronicle of 24 hours at the paper in 2019 starting at 3 AM ET in Hong Kong — The book “A Day in the Life of The New York Times” chronicled 24 hours at the Gray Lady 50 years ago.
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@readercenter and @readercenter
Molly Langmuir / ELLE:
Profile of New Yorker's Jane Mayer, one of the most prominent investigative reporters in the US, who most recently broke the Kavanaugh accusations story — It's a few weeks after Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court, and — , one of the most prominent investigative reporters in the country …
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@davidpontious, @annaivey, @ellemagazine, @thomas_drake1, @grybowski, @amyxwang and @stevekolowich
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