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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, @mollydeaguiar, @radioambulante, @emgollie, Nieman Lab, @eclaireoh, @rowanc, @rfaughnder and Hot Pod News
Sara Guaglione / MediaPost:
Executives from seven newspaper companies lobbied Congress on Tuesday for support of a bill that would let newspapers jointly negotiate with tech platforms — Executives from seven newspaper companies lobbied Capitol Hill yesterday to urge Congress to pass the “Journalism Competition and Preservation Act …
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Axios, @jeffjarvis, News Media Alliance, New Jersey Globe, @spj_tweets and Fox Business
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, @jason_kint, @aggiejournalist, @aatilley, @mattnavarra, @jessicalessin, @amir and Mashable
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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The Verge, Wccftech, The Streamable, Adweek and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
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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
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The Verge, The Streamable, Mumbrella, Apple, The Wrap, Deadline, Adweek, Deadline, The Register, Fortune, Decider, CNET, Deadline, MediaPost, Broadcasting & Cable, CNBC, @lucas_shaw, @bzamayo, @laurengoode, @laurengoode, @neilcybart, @pkafka, Vox, Ad Age, Fast Company, /Film, The Streamable and The Verge
Emily Tamkin / Columbia Journalism Review:
Interview with CNN's Daniel Dale, who says it's important to correct Trump falsehoods, intentional or unintentional, because he's consistently wrong on details — In June, CNN hired Daniel Dale, a reporter who had become—to the extent possible for reporters—famous, specifically for fact-checking.
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@ddale8, @ddale8, @emilyctamkin, Politico, @cjr, @mlcalderone and CNN
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 A.V. Club, NBC News, Vox, New York Times, New York Post, Boing Boing, @huwlemmey, @rabiasquared, @meaghan_garvey, @itsmeglinehan, @katienotopoulos, @arayyay, @thomas_violence, @emmaladyrose, @bendreyfuss, @annehelen, @megsokay, @floozyesq, @hayesbrown, @petersterne, @nat_beach, @eekshecried, @chaykak, @allegraehobbs, @andreagonram, @jaypugz and The Daily Dot
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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@jesshstark, @hernanlopez, @iboudway, @russohockey, @newsynick and @rafat
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, @mcaruanagalizia, @cecileprieur, @rasmus_kleis and @wjeffreybrown
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Interview with WWE co-president George Barrios about the WWE Network, on integrating free content with paid, and its plans for a premium subscription — The moment Disney bet its streaming future on BAMTech was when WWE executives knew they'd have to make big changes to WWE Network, the company's subscription video service.
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Awful Announcing, @jlichman, @macdara, @chriswelch, @zackjewell, @ryansatin, @joegagne, @lthomasnews, @chriswelch and Cageside Seats
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
The Wrap:
Sources: 40 people were let go from AXS TV after Mark Cuban's sale of his majority stake in the cable network and the channel HDNet Movies to Anthem Sports — Dallas, Denver and Los Angeles offices experience staff reductions — Forty people have been let go from AXS TV following Mark Cuban's sale …
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