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6:10 PM ET, September 10, 2019

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Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Apple TV+ will launch on November 1 for $4.99/month in 100 countries; customers get one year free with the purchase of an Apple device  —  Back in March, Apple unveiled Apple TV+, a subscription television and film service featuring a slate of original content from Steven Spielberg …
Kevin J. Delaney / Quartz:
Quartz announces new four-person investigation team, focused on ramifications of tech, which will use machine learning developed by its Quartz AI studio  —  For nearly seven years, Quartz has been obsessed with how technology infuses our lives, from Machines with Brains (algorithms and robots) …
Discussion: @jkeefe and @charliebeckett
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Center for American Progress says ThinkProgress will not function as a sounding board for scholars at the think tank and will instead be archived  —  The recently closed progressive news site will no longer exist as a sounding board for think tank scholars after union complaints.
New York Times:
Hedge fund Elliott Management takes a $3.2B stake in AT&T, questions its media ambitions in open letter, suggests sale of non-core businesses including DirecTV  —  With its $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner last year, AT&T announced to the world that it was becoming a new kind of corporate behemoth …
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Marie Claire UK to cease print publication after 31 years  —  Women's title will continue online and overseas print editions are unaffected  —  The UK edition of Marie Claire is to cease publication after 31 years as the monthly women's title joins a growing list of magazines that have succumbed to the shift to digital reading.
Paul Smalera / Marker:
Medium launches Marker, a publication covering the world of business, with Paul Smalera as editor in chief  —  Ideas, investigations, and inspiration.  A new Medium publication about business.  —  Welcome to Marker!  We are a new publication focused on making you smarter about the world of business …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Snapchat's creating a dedicated news channel within Discover, going live by Thursday's debate, with content from candidates and vetted news orgs  —  Snapchat is creating a dedicated news channel specifically for the 2020 debates.  It is also working with candidates to increase …
Discussion: @peterhamby and @janelytv
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Atlas Obscura raises $20M Series B, led by Airbnb, which will let users book Atlas Obscura trips and experiences through the platform  —  Travel and exploration website's trips and events to be listed on Airbnb as part of deal  —  Travel and exploration website Atlas Obscura has built …
Discussion: @alexisohanian and @besvinick
Meduza.io:
A look at Moscow's local government media environment and the contracts between the city and content suppliers used to drown out news and spread disinformation  —  Shortly before Sunday's elections to the Moscow City Duma, a mass of Russian-language news sites and social media accounts began posting …
Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
Cineplex bars screening of Amazon and Netflix films at its Toronto International Film Festival venue  —  Exhibitor Cineplex says only TIFF titles that respect “the traditional theatrical model” may play on Scotiabank Theatres screens.  —  There's a survival thriller at the Toronto International …
Discussion: @thr, Vulture and IndieWire
 
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Wikimedia Foundation receives $2.5M donation from Craig Newmark Philanthropies, some of which will go toward addressing security threats
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Daniella Byck / Washingtonian:
Politico Pro launched a vertical on cannabis policy this week, making it the first national news org with a dedicated cannabis team; free access until Sept. 30
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
UK MP committee report: the Foreign Office's media freedom campaign lacks focus, should include threat of sanctions against state actors targeting journalists
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Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
YouTube vowed to suspend comments on videos with kids age 13 and younger, but six months later, comments on such videos are still easy to find
Mike Farrell / Multichannel News:
Mark Cuban sells majority stake in his AXS TV and HDNet channels to Anthem Sports, with TV host Steve Harvey also investing and developing content with Anthem
Richard Nieva / CNET:
Attorneys general from 48 states, DC, and Puerto Rico launch an antitrust probe into Google, with an initial focus on its dominance in digital advertising
 

 
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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: EU regulators are planning to fine Apple under the DMA, after it failed to let developers steer users to cheaper deals and offers outside the App Store

Marshall Cohen / CNN:
CCDH: before the election, Elon Musk made 87 X posts that were debunked by fact-checkers, hitting 2B+ views; his political posts got 17.1B views since July 2024

Financial Times:
In its annual report, Apple warns of future products maybe never being as profitable as its iPhone business, “geopolitical tensions”, and AI tools' safety risks
 
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