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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
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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Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
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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Digiday, Nieman Lab, @rfaughnder, @eclaireoh, @rowanc and Hot Pod News
P R Sanjai / Bloomberg:
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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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 …
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Natalie Beach / The Cut:
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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The Information:
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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Nieman Lab, Engadget, @alexeheath, @jessicalessin, @amir, @mattnavarra, @jason_kint, @aatilley, @aggiejournalist and Mashable
Nicholas Diakopoulos / Columbia Journalism Review:
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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American Press Institute, @emilythorson, @danielpetty, @seandkennedy, @frankwords, @frankwords, @frankwords, @frankwords and @frankwords
Le Monde.fr:
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 Guardian, @lawsofrule, @achrisafis, @umarcheema1, @icijorg, @cecileprieur and @rasmus_kleis
Ira Boudway / Bloomberg:
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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@rafat, @hernanlopez and @iboudway
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
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:
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.
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
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 …
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