Mediagazer: The 32-member editorial and photo staff of Fast Company ratify their first union contract with WGA East; some staffers will get 26% pay raises (David Robb/Deadline)

Some videos intended for anti-racist, educational purposes were removed due to YouTube's new rules, highlighting the weaknesses of algorithmic content removal — YouTube's campaign against hateful and racist videos is claiming some unintended victims: researchers and advocates working to expose racist hatemongers.

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Lauren Hirsch / CNBC:

Activist firm Elliott Management to buy Barnes & Noble for ~$683M including debt; in the past five years, B&N has lost more than $1 billion in market value — KEY POINTS — Activist firm Elliott Management announced Friday it plans to acquire bookseller Barnes & Noble for roughly $683 million, including debt.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, CNN, New York Times, Publishers Lunch, NPR, @publisherswkly, @rolandscahill, Bookseller News, @ddayen, @estherschindler, Top Digital Journal News and UPI, more at Techmeme »

James Walker / Press Gazette:

Mail Online's head of SEO says its search traffic from Google fell by half after an algorithm change on June 3, and the drop was worse in the UK than in the US — Mail Online has seen its traffic from Google halved after an algorithm change, according to its head of search engine optimisation.

Discussion: @danbarker, @mediaguido, Search Engine Land and Search Engine Roundtable

Jacob Granger / Journalism.co.uk:

Study of 212 leading news organizations in US and Europe finds 69% of newspapers operate some form of online pay model, up just 5.5% in two years — RISJ report found that 69 per cent of US and European newspapers use some form of paywall - but that figure has only risen by 5.5 per cent in two years

DutchNews:

Dutch news aggregator Blendle plans to stop selling individual news articles via micropayments and will focus instead on its premium subscription service — Dutch digital news aggregator Blendle is to stop selling individual news articles for ‘quarters’ and will focus instead on its premium subscription service.

Discussion: @rafat, @transact_io, @estherkeziat, @bmorrissey and @rkellett

Aaron Pressman / Fortune:

PwC 2019-2023 forecast: SVOD revenue to rise 64% to $24B annually, revenue for cable/satellite TV will fall 16% to $84B, TV advertising to stay flat at $72B — Streaming video services like Netflix, Hulu, and a planned rival from Apple will see their total U.S. revenue jump 64% …

Discussion: BGR and Variety

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:

News UK has asked the staff at The Sun and The Sun on Sunday to volunteer for redundancies, with possible compulsory redundancies later — News Group Newspapers will initially look for voluntary redundancies to make savings — The publisher of the Sun and the Sun on Sunday is launching …

Discussion: Press Gazette

Lucinda Southern / Digiday:

Sports news startup The Athletic plans to expand to the UK, hire a team of ~50 employees by mid-August, will initially focus on Premier League football — Sports subscription publisher The Athletic has pinpointed the U.K. for its first international hub. The direct-to-consumer media company plans …

Discussion: Awful Announcing

Christopher Tolve / The Drum:

Cybersecurity company Cheq estimates ad fraud at $23B in 2019; World Federation of Advertisers estimates 30% of ads are unseen by customers — Global ad fraud is predicted to cost an unprecedented $23bn this year and could reach $30bn including indirect economic and social costs …

David Robb / Deadline:

The 32-member editorial and photo staff of Fast Company ratify their first union contract with WGA East; some staffers will get 26% pay raises — The 32-member editorial and photo staff of the progressive business media outlet Fast Company unanimously has ratified its first collective bargaining agreement with the WGA East.

Discussion: @fastcounion and @fastcounion

Andrew Roth / The Guardian:

Police arrest Ivan Golunov, a Moscow-based journalist for Latvia's Meduza, claiming he was dealing drugs; Meduza execs say he was framed because of his work — Ivan Golunov held in Moscow after police said they found illegal drugs during search — Russian police have arrested …

Discussion: @sanhotree, Meduza.io, @meduza_en, BuzzFeed News, @andrew__roth, @penamerican and Committee to Protect …

The Economist:

Economist study shows no evidence of ideological bias in Google News for a user without a browsing history; some keywords suggested bias in both directions — Our statistical study revealed no evidence of ideological bias in the search engine's news tab — “Google & others are suppressing voices …

Discussion: @mbfc_news and @brianstelter