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Express, The Washington Post's free weekday paper for commuters, will close after 16 years on Thursday due to its financial condition; 20 journalists laid off — Express, the free newspaper published weekdays by The Washington Post for Metro riders and other commuters, will shut down on Thursday …
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Profile of Dawn Ostroff, Spotify's chief content officer, as the company invests heavily in podcasts to gain an edge over rivals — When Dawn Ostroff began working the graveyard shift at a Miami radio station, her parents assumed her career in radio would be short-lived.
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Apple says its TV+ streaming service will cost ~$1.40/month in India when it launches on November 1, undercutting both Netflix and Amazon — - Price undercuts Netflix, Amazon as OTT competition intensifies — Apple TV includes original content, ‘thousands’ of films
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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 …
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The story of a ghostwriter for Instagram influencer Caroline Calloway, writing captions as real-time memoir, polishing book chapters, and imagining another life — The author (right) with Caroline Calloway Photo: Courtesy of Natalie Beach — When I was a sophomore in college …
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Internal Facebook memo: editors for an upcoming news tab will exercise significant control over top stories, including judging the use of anonymous sources — Facebook has said repeatedly that it isn't in the journalism business, but a team of human editors responsible for an upcoming news initiative …
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Apple News Top Stories and Trending Stories audit: 20% of sources account for ~80% of articles; only 8.3% of articles in Top Stories were by local/regional pubs — On April 23, a federal judge in Oregon blocked the enforcement of a new rule banning abortion referrals at taxpayer-funded women's health clinics.
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460+ journalists at Le Monde sign a letter demanding a guarantee of editorial independence by granting them a right of approval for new controlling shareholders — Publié hier à 12h22, mis à jour à 09h31 … TRIBUNEMore than 460 journalists at « Le Monde » …
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The Athletic will make its first foray into ad-supported content with a daily in-depth sports podcast called “The Lead”, launching later this month — - The sports subscription site is launching a free daily podcast — New show is a joint production with podcast publisher Wondery
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Interview with Steve Kroft, who retired as 60 Minutes correspondent in May, on leaving a 30-year career with the news magazine and his most memorable stories — 30 years and 500 stories later, retiring correspondent Steve Kroft talks with Lesley Stahl about his “60 Minutes” career


The Atlantic acquires the strategic design firm Faire Design and will integrate it into its creative and consulting division Atlantic 57 — The Atlantic has acquired Faire Design, a start-up strategy and design firm, and is integrating Faire's team, work, and book of business into its creative and consulting division Atlantic 57.


For the third time this year, David Urban discussed the USMCA trade deal on CNN without it being disclosed that he's being paid to lobby for the measure — For the third time this year, CNN allowed political commentator David Urban to push for the passage of a trade agreement without disclosing …