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Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
How tensions among founders built up inside The Markup, based on interviews and internal documents shared by Executive Director Sue Gardner — The Markup was one of the most highly anticipated media startups in recent memory. Julia Angwin, a former Wall Street Journal investigative reporter …
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Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing:
Report: Authentic Brands, owner of Juicy Couture and Aéropostale, is in talks with Meredith to buy Sports Illustrated for about $110M — The long-running sale of Sports Illustrated has taken yet another twist. There are still a bunch of bidders in the mix, but a new one emerged Thursday …
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The Wrap, Wall Street Journal, @benmullin, @awfulannouncing, New York Post, Media Matters for America and Vanity Fair
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Luminary says it removes all links from podcast show notes, which are often used for monetization, due to “security concerns associated with links” — I know what you're thinking: Another story on Luminary? Well, they keep making news. Start here if you want some background …
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Podnews podcasting news, @viticci and @hearluminary
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
After Luminary admits using links that hide some podcast listener data, popular creators like Ben Thompson, Owen Williams, Federico Viticci pull their podcasts
After Luminary admits using links that hide some podcast listener data, popular creators like Ben Thompson, Owen Williams, Federico Viticci pull their podcasts
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Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide:
Sources: Amazon is readying a high fidelity music streaming service that's expected to launch before the end of 2019, will likely cost $15 per month — Here comes Amazon. — Less than a week after the online giant launched its first fully free music streaming service …
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Variety, TechCrunch, Fox News, The Verge, Engadget, MacRumors and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Sarah Sanders hosted a briefing for kids of WH press and staffers Thursday after the WH set a record Tuesday for the longest stretch without a press briefing — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday hosted a briefing for children who spent time at the White House as part of the nationwide …
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@jenniferjjacobs, @weijia, @eamonjavers, Associated Press, @upiphotos, @bruce_arthur, @techledes, @cnn, @briankarem, @pbump, @splinter_news, @philipindc, Fox News, MSN, Washington Post, Splinter, Bloomberg, Mediaite and Mashable
Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Misinformation doesn't have to be altered: legitimate content that's viewed out of context, or presented with false context, can become a viral hoax — This week, nearly 20,000 people fell for a video hoax. And it wasn't even altered — the video came from a mainstream news organization.
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Sinemia, a MoviePass rival that launched last year, is ending consumer subscription services in the US, citing lack of capital and legal proceedings — As MoviePass stumbled, Sinemia presented itself as an all-you-can-eat moviegoing alternative. Now, after quickly rushing through a series …
John Koetsier / VentureBeat:
Report: Instagram accounts for 19.5% of brand ad spend on Facebook, with ads in Instagram Stories contributing to a third of Instagram's total ad revenue — Intelligence and ephemeral social are two of the biggest drivers of evolving ad spend, according to a Q1 digital advertising benchmark report this week from Marin Software.
Geoff Weiss / Tubefilter:
Vimeo launches Showcase, a toolkit allowing creators to launch portfolio sites with access controls, branded smart TV channels on Roku and Amazon Fire, and more — Vimeo has unveiled today a new toolkit dubbed Showcase that arms professional creators and business owners with the ability …
New York Times:
Six employees of Turkish paper return to jail after appeals court upholds their sentences on terrorism-related charges; 150+ journalists are in jail in Turkey — Six people who worked for Turkey's oldest independent newspaper were returned to prison on Thursday on terrorism-related charges …
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@nytimesworld and Turkey Purge
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
BBC says iPlayer's market share fell from 40% in 2014 to 15% now because of streamers, proposes remedies like lengthening show availability to stem the loss — Corporation wants to be able to show programmes for up to a year in attempt to stem decline — The BBC has admitted iPlayer …
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BBC, Broadband TV News, Videonet and @jimwaterson
Nathan Bomey / USA Today:
MNG withdraws three of its six nominees to Gannett's eight-person board; Gannett says these nominees still have conflicts of interest — The hedge fund-owned newspaper company that made an offer to acquire Gannett has scaled back its effort to seize control of the board of directors …
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Associated Press, The NewsGuild - CWA, Business Wire and Wall Street Journal
Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Comcast Q1: earnings beat estimates, up 14% YoY to $3.55B; revenue rose 18% YoY to $26.86B with 121K video customers lost; NBCU revenue fell 12.5% YoY to $8.31B — - Comcast reports adjusted earnings per share of 76 cents vs. 68 cents expected in a Refinitiv survey of analysts.
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Variety, The Wrap, AlphaStreet, Reuters, Broadcasting & Cable and Fast Company
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Comcast is in talks with Disney to sell its 30% stake in Hulu
Sources: Comcast is in talks with Disney to sell its 30% stake in Hulu
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