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Financial Times:
Sources: Apple has committed $6B+ for original shows and movies, many featuring huge names, ahead of Apple TV+'s launch, expected within the next two months — Apple has committed more than $6bn for original shows and movies ahead of the launch of its new video streaming service …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is planning to roll out Apple TV+, its subscription service, by November and is considering $9.99/month pricing after a free trial — - Company builds array of new services to augment hardware sales — Apple Inc. plans to roll out the Apple TV+ movie and TV subscription service …
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Twitter:
Twitter says it will no longer accept advertising from state-controlled news media entities, but the rule does not apply to “taxpayer-funded entities” — Our singular mission is to serve the public conversation. This mission applies to every part of our service, including our advertising and promotional products.
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Facebook:
After a tip from Twitter, Facebook removes 7 Pages, 3 Groups, 5 accounts originating in China “involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior” regarding Hong Kong
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CNBC:
Twitter accuses China of running a disinformation campaign against Hong Kong protesters, attempting to “sow political discord”, suspends 936 associated accounts
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[Thread] Twitter has been running ads from Chinese state news agency Xinhua that aim to discredit protesters in Hong Kong
Twitter:
Twitter says it proactively suspended ~200K “spammy” accounts, before they became “substantially active”, alongside its initial ban of 936 China-linked accounts
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
A look back at Pacific Standard and Topic, publications that produced robust journalism but folded this summer, as cautionary tales of relying on a rich patron — Pacific Standard and Topic, a pair of award-winning publications that stood out from the pack of click-hungry websites, were founded by rich patrons.
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Youngstown, OH newspaper The Vindicator to continue publication as an edition of nearby Tribune Chronicle, which has acquired its name, URL, and subscriber list — Long after the local newspaper business stops making any sense at all, there'll be a lot of powerful brand names …
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Devin Gordon / The Atlantic:
Joe Rogan's interviews attract listeners because they are an experience rather than an inquisition, but this approach often allows guests to go unchallenged — Every morning of my Joe Rogan experience began the same way Joe Rogan begins his: with the mushroom coffee.
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Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Despite NYT's hesitance to rethink its Trump coverage, a younger, more diverse generation of journalists and a more vocal readership have spurred small changes — Anxiety over the core audience's rising influence helps explain events after ‘Trump Urges Unity vs. Racism.’
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Howard Polskin / Columbia Journalism Review:
Comscore data: Fox News' monthly unique visitors have doubled since 2015 to 100M; Breitbart fell to 4.6M unique visitors in May, down from 23M in late 2016 — Donald Trump is a media president. He makes policies based on the words of certain journalists, riles his supporters in opposition to others …
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The Conversation:
Study finds that many Republicans are regularly fooled by satirical news site The Babylon Bee, while many Democrats are regularly fooled by The Onion — In July, the website Snopes published a piece fact-checking a story posted on The Babylon Bee, a popular satirical news site with a conservative bent.
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Wired says it has hired Megan Greenwell, who recently quit as Deadspin's editor in chief, as an editor for Wired.com — Wired editor in chief Nicholas Thompson announced Monday that Megan Greenwell has been hired as editor of Wired.com. — Her first day will be Sept. 3, and she will be based in New York.
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@natgaertner and @megreenwell
The Daily Beast:
Mark Halperin, who faced multiple accusations of sexual misconduct and harassment in 2017, signs a book deal with publisher Regan Arts — News of the “Game Change” author's deal with Regan Arts came as a shock to his accusers, and prominent Democrats interviewed in the book have been scrambling to explain themselves.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Mark Halperin doesn't deserve a comeback book because he hasn't made amends, and Democratic strategists hurt the #MeToo movement by talking to him for the book
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube sues an alleged copyright troll who, using 15+ identities, filed fraudulent strikes against multiple Minecraft YouTubers and demanded money from them — Chris Brady seemed to target the Minecraft community, according to the suit — YouTube is going after an alleged copyright troll using …
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Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
After retrial, former LAT columnist T.J. Simers wins $15.45M in damages over age and disability bias claims against LAT, doubling the $7.1M award voided in 2016 — A Los Angeles jury on Monday awarded former Times sports columnist T.J. Simers $15.4 million in damages against the newspaper …
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