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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
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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
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