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The dearth of TikTok videos on Hong Kong protests offers a glimpse of how China could shape the perception of real-world events by US and global audiences — Hong Kong unrest features prominently on most social media, but not on TikTok — A search for “#hongkong” on Twitter reveals …
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@profcarroll, @jchengwsj, @jchengwsj, @mattdpearce, @markseibel and @parmy, more at Techmeme »
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A look at TopBuzz, the English version of ByteDance's Chinese AI-powered news aggregator Toutiao, that rose from 1.8M MAUs in Nov. 2017 to 23M MAUs by Oct. 2018 — The MIT Technology Review called it “the insanely popular Chinese news app that you've never heard of.”
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@mattnavarra and @rkellett, more at Techmeme »
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Since CJR and The Nation announced Covering Climate Now in July to spur focused climate crisis coverage, over 250 news outlets have committed to the effort — New York (CNN Business)More than 250 news outlets around the world have committed to Covering Climate Now. — What is it?
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Columbia Journalism Review, Press Gazette, Talking Biz News, DeSmogBlog, The Spinoff and The Guardian
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
New York Times gets heavily criticized over a now-deleted tweet that described sexual assault as “harmless fun” — New York Times has reported on a new instance of alleged sexual misconduct by Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh, but the paper has getting a lot of flak …
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@dkiesow, The Hill, The Wrap, @nytimespr, Poynter, Fortune, @jeremymbarr, @erickfernandez, New York Post, @adamparkhomenko, @cliffschecter, @yashar, @jeffjarvis, @atrupar, @schemaly, @atrupar, @brianbeutler, @3vansutton, @turtletears, @drmistercody, @realsaavedra, DNA India, Daily Mail, BizPac Review, Boing Boing, Fox News, New York Post and Raw Story
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Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
NYT corrects story with new Kavanaugh allegation, says full account from upcoming book notes that friends of woman involved say she does not recall the incident — When the New York Times revealed a new allegation of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh this weekend …
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The Hill, @alxthomp, Vox, Mediaite, New York Magazine, @daviduberti and @sulliview
Wall Street Journal:
As AT&T's CEO plans to retire, AT&T's TV business keeps declining, the Time Warner integration looks shaky, and now an activist shareholder pushes for changes — Plans by CEO Randall Stephenson to leave the helm to a longtime ally triggered the threat of a proxy fight by an aggressive Wall Street activist investor
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@cgasparino, @wsjbusiness, @wsj, @wsj and @robert_spalding, more at Techmeme »
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: Endeavor, Ari Emanuel's entertainment company, seeks to raise $600M+ at a valuation of ~$8B in its IPO — The entertainment company's IPO is now expected this fall. — Endeavor hopes to raise $600 million-plus in its initial public offering, according to a filing with the Securities …
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SEC.gov, Financial Times, The Wrap, Variety, Deadline, Wall Street Journal, CNBC and @edmundlee
CBC News:
Facebook says it is planning changes to tool allowing advertisers to rewrite news story headlines after UK's Conservative party altered a BBC headline in an ad — BBC article used in ad with a changed headline that contradicted article content — Advertisers on Facebook are able …
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Bloomberg says roughly two-thirds of its subscribers convert from site visits, 25% from its app, and around 8% from Apple News — Bloomberg Media is on track to double its digital subscribers by the end of the year, with revenue from subscribers reaching double-digit percentage …
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@myurow, @raju, @simonowens and Talking Biz News
Max Willens / Digiday:
The Daily Beast says cutting the cost of Beast Inside by 65% over the past 15 months to $35/year has led to conversion rates 5x that of initial $100/year — Since The Daily Beast launched its membership program, Beast Inside, last summer, the IAC-owned news brand has managed to improve …
Steven Melendez / Fast Company:
Mozilla, Creative Commons, and Coil announce $100M grant for content sites and others using Web Monetization, a proposed browser standard for micropayments — Funding online content with small consumer payments rather than intrusive and privacy-compromising ads has for years been a goal for many internet theorists and publishers.
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VentureBeat, more at Techmeme »
Online News Association:
2019 Online Journalism Awards announced: winners include WSJ, ProPublica, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, NYT, WaPo, The Seattle Times, Univision, and CNN — New Orleans, Louisiana — Impressive digital journalism on election integrity, California's deadliest wildfire and police use of force …
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@srabil, @ona, @stphnfwlr, @brizzyc and @mimapamundi
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