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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
The author of an anonymous 2018 NYT column identified as a senior Trump admin official has written a book, titled A WARNING, to be published in November — The author of an anonymous column in the New York Times in 2018, who was identified as a senior Trump administration official acting as part of the …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
BBC opens up Local News Partnership, its scheme created in 2017 to fund “local democracy reporters”, to black, Asian, and minority ethnic publications in UK — The BBC-funded local democracy reporting service has been opened up to news platforms aimed at black …
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Black On White TV and HoldtheFrontPage
John O'Nolan / Ghost:
Ghost, which builds open source publishing software, releases Ghost 3.0 with support for reader memberships and subscription revenue — Today we released the third major version of Ghost, representing a total of more than 15,000 commits across almost 300 releases.
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One Man & His Blog, @timsneath, @johnonolan, @tomcritchlow and @ghost
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Snap reports it added 7M DAUs in Q3 to hit 210M, up 13% YoY, revenue of $446M, up 50% YoY, and a net loss of $227M, down from $325M a year ago — The Snap-back continues. Snapchat blew past earnings expectations for a big beat in Q3, as it added 7 million daily active users this quarter to hit 210 million, up 13% year-over-year.
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Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Disney's Bob Iger defends the $66M in compensation he received in 2018, saying the amount included a one-time stock grant and reflected Disney-Fox merger work — The conversation on Tuesday between Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Radhika Jones and Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger and filmmaker Jon Favreau …
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@deadline and Fast Company
John McCarthy / The Drum:
Financial Times launches business consultancy FT Strategies, providing expertise gained from its transformation to digital; customers include Bonnier — Business broadsheet The Financial Times is offering up its inhouse experts to business inspired by its modern media evolution.
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Digiday, @carolynrmorgan, @tombetts, TechCrunch and Talking Biz News
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Medium says it will now pay its Partner Program writers based “primarily” on reading time, not claps; the platform has paid $6M+ to 30,000+ writers since 2017 — Medium is announcing significant changes to its Partner Program, where subscribers pay for access to exclusive content, and the revenue gets split with writers.
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Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
Business Insider and Campfire Productions are making a documentary about the unraveling of WeWork; Campfire produced the Netflix documentary The Innocent Man — - Business Insider and Campfire are making a documentary about the rise and fall of WeWork. — It's the story of what happens …
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@ashkan, @businessinsider, @clarajeffery and Hollywood Reporter
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Ronan Farrow to launch a limited-series podcast as an audio companion to Catch and Kill, featuring new audio material and interviews — Ronan Farrow is launching a podcast offshoot of his best-selling book “Catch and Kill.” — Slated to premiere in November, “The Catch and Kill Podcast With Ronan Farrow” …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: despite Catch and Kill controversy, NBC News President Noah Oppenheim signed a new contract “in recent months” and is expected to succeed Andy Lack
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Makena Kelly / The Verge:
US House approves a copyright bill that would create a type of small claims court where copyright holders who were infringed can seek damages up to $30,000 — And that's copyright, baby! — On Tuesday, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to approve a measure that would shake …
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@kellymakena, Techdirt, @jlamel, @kellymakena, @reckless, @annemariebridy, GRAMMY.com, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Techdirt
Ainsley Harris / Fast Company:
Profile of Anand Giridharadas, a journalist and author whose 2018 book, Winners Take All, critiqued plutocrats who burnish their reputations with philanthropy — Author Anand Giridharadas is rebuking the idea that philanthropic billionaires are society's heroes. Even some plutocrats are starting to agree with him.
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@ainsleyoc and @craignewmark
Sean Czarnecki / PRWeek:
Cision, a media monitoring firm and parent of PR Newswire, to go private after being acquired for $2.74B by an affiliate of PE firm Platinum Equity — CHICAGO: An affiliate of private equity firm Platinum Equity has agreed to acquire Cision for $2.74 billion.
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