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Twitter bans political ads globally, will allow some “cause-based” ads with limited targeting and promotion of issue-related fact-based reporting from news orgs — - Twitter laid out the framework for its new policy on political ads, which bans certain advertisers and has stricter rules for issue ads.
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Marc Schneider / Billboard:
Big Machine Label Group and Taylor Swift's reps trade accusations about catalog ownership and money after Swift said label stopped her from singing older songs — “Taylor, the narrative you have created does not exist,” the label says in a new statement. — Taylor Swift and Big Machine Label Group …
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NPR, Big Machine Label Group, The Week, @billboardbiz, BuzzFeed and Variety
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hulu to raise its Hulu + Live TV price by 22%, from $44.99/month to $54.99/month, for all subscribers starting on December 18 — Hulu is implementing its second price increase in less than a year for its Hulu With Live TV product — with the base package of 60-plus live channels increasing 22%, to $54.99 per month.
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Hulu, The Streamable, @onejarednewman, Gizmodo, Tubefilter, Cord Cutters News, BGR, Collider, Awful Announcing, Multichannel News, The Verge, TVWeek.com, 9to5Google and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
As millions pay for premium subscriptions to have a “clean” digital media experience, privacy and freedom from advertising are gradually becoming luxury goods — Photo illustration by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari — A decade ago, an internet video start …
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MediaPost, more at Techmeme »
Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:
An NBCU-owned podcast network will only create podcasts that can become TV shows, indicative of podcast ecosystem exploitation by an already powerful industry — Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 234, dated November 12, 2019. — The podcast-entertainment industrial complex, revisited.
Mark Anderson / Sacramento Business Journal:
The Sacramento Bee announces the Tipping Point Lab, staffed by donor-supported reporters working on in-depth stories, launching in early 2020 for three years — The Sacramento Bee has developed a philanthropic nonprofit model to fund a team of reporters to work on special projects for the local newspaper and for multimedia.
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American Press Institute
Omar Abdulaziz / Washington Post:
Saudi activist alleges the Saudi government threatened 30+ influencers by saying they would release hacked private material if they don't tweet propaganda — Omar Abdulaziz is a Saudi activist. He lives in Montreal. — In the fight against the online campaigns targeting Saudi citizens …
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@kenroth, @cmihr, @dirkschwenk, @andrewchappelle, @evacide, @trevor_gowan, @tahassiddiqui, @aaschapiro, @marcowenjones, @washpostpr, @omarwaraich, Business Insider and @penamerica
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Profile of FaZe Clan, an esports and gaming lifestyle media org with 34 content creators, 15 pro esports players, 11 players/entertainers, and over 214M viewers — They already make every moment into consumable content. What can it become? — This article is part of our continuing Fast Forward series …
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@taylorlorenz, @angelmendozaazc, @tayhatmaker, @joshpescatore, @annehelen, @medialitnow, @sjeneris, @danbarker, @scottbix and Tubefilter, more at Techmeme »
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Interview with NYT CEO Mark Thompson on NYT's widening content, changes to its paywall, subscription price increases, subscriber goals by 2025, and more — The “failing” New York Times' news operation now employs more than 1,700 journalists, up nearly 50 percent from a decade ago.
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@kdoctor, @jbenton, @meslackman and A Media Operator
Storybench:
Analysis of ~10K news articles from 28 outlets on 2020 Democratic candidates since March: media coverage continues to track cycles of scandals and viral news — It's a paradox of examining political coverage. Are news media just reporting what the political candidates are talking about?
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@spj_tweets, @revkin, @firstdraftnews, @joebanner13 and @jayrosen_nyu
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Criminal justice news site The Marshall Project turned 5 years old on Friday; it hopes to raise its annual budget to $10M in the next few years — “As a former journalist, I was mindful of the power of honest storytelling. As an idealist, I felt that if only Americans knew the truth, changes would soon follow."
Raffaele Colella / The Keyword:
Google News debuts Beyond the Headlines tab, which surfaces in-depth content on key issues in English, with more languages and a mobile version coming in 2020 — Last year, we redesigned Google News with one goal in mind: to help people understand the world through quality, trustworthy and enjoyable news.
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Engadget, @carolynpfox and 9to5Google
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