Mediagazer: Dutch news aggregator Blendle plans to stop selling individual news articles via micropayments and will focus instead on its premium subscription service (DutchNews)

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.

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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, @rkellett, @transact_io, @estherkeziat and @bmorrissey

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

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 …

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

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 …

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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

Del Harvey / Twitter:

Twitter simplifies the language for its rules and reorganizes them into three high-level categories: safety, privacy, and authenticity — Our rules exist to help keep everyone using Twitter safe and ensure they can participate freely in the public conversation.

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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

Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:

Cindy Vanegas-Gesaule, BuzzFeed News head of programming, adds oversight of film and TV projects to her role, replacing Lauren Dolgen, who left BuzzFeed in May — Cindy Vanegas-Gesaule is adding oversight of film and TV projects to her existing role as head of programming for BuzzFeed News.

Discussion: Tubefilter, Fortune and The Wrap

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

To better compete with TikTok, Instagram adds song lyrics for Stories using the Music sticker — Lip-syncing jumpstarted TikTok's rise to the center of teen culture, arguably displacing Instagram . Now the Facebook-owned app is striking back with a new feature that lets you displays lyrics …

Discussion: Thurrott, @joshconstine and Engadget

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: WarnerMedia abandons plan for a three-tiered streaming service, will likely package HBO, Cinemax, and the Warner Bros. library together for $16-$17/mo — New package is expected to include HBO, Cinemax and Warner Bros. content for barely more than HBO's current streaming service