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Marton Dunai / Reuters:
Six international press watchdogs say the EU should take action against Hungary as it has “systematically dismantled media independence” under Viktor Orban — BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary has stifled its independent media and imposed a level of control over journalists …
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International Press Institute, @peterbale, @panyiszabolcs, @risj_oxford and Committee to Protect …
Brad Kutner / Courthouse News Service:
Rep. Devin Nunes sues CNN, claiming CNN aired false statements about Nunes by Lev Parnas; same lawyer represents Nunes against @DevinCow, Twitter, and McClatchy — RICHMOND, Va. (CN) - Delivering on a promise made on Fox News last month, Republican Congressman Devin Nunes filed …
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Phone records show calls between journalist John Solomon and Lev Parnas, an associate of Rudy Giuliani, while Solomon was posting at The Hill about Ukraine — (CNN)Armed with never-before-seen phone records, Democrats on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump's allies of coordinating …
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@bobcusack, Washington Post, Mediaite, @lachlan, @bobcusack, @emptywheel, MTV, @theplumlinegs, @natashabertrand, @mattgreenfield, @kentremendous, @tynanwrites, @justinbaragona, @existentialfish, @erikwemple, @kimmasters, @culturepulp, @jimsciutto, @propublica, @atrupar, @joncoopertweets, @mkraju, @philippereines, @mattzap, @joshtpm, @alexstamos, @lanceblairvo, @cjcmichel, @smartypants60, @hjelle_brian, @cnn, @charlie_savage, Washington Post, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, USA Today, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, The Daily Beast and Axios
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple News launches a daily email newsletter with summaries written by Apple's editorial team — Apple News is expanding its mail notifications with a new ‘Good Morning’ daily newsletter. Previously, users could opt in to receive email alerts from Apple News about select featured stories.
Jessica E. Lessin / The Information:
The Information launches Tech Top 10, a human-curated tech news aggregator, available on iOS and Android for $29.99/year or $2.99/month — We launched The Information six years ago to the day with a mission to conduct fearless and deep original reporting about the technology industry.
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Talking Biz News, App Store, @jessicalessin and @jessicalessin
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Plex launches a free, ad-supported streaming service featuring thousands of movies and shows from studios like MGM, available in ~220 countries — Plex today is launching its own ad-supported streaming service, a rival to The Roku Channel, Tubi, Crackle, Vudu's Movies on Us …
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MediaPost, Plex, The Streamable, The Verge and Variety, more at Techmeme »
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK's The Daily Telegraph says it now has 420K paying subs, the first time it's had more subs online than in print, and aims to add 100K more by October 2020 — The Telegraph now has more paying subscribers online than in print for the first time in its 164-year history.
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Washington Post launches El Washington Post, its first Spanish-language news podcast aimed at a global audience, with 20-minute episodes on Tuesdays and Fridays — The Washington Post published the first episode of its new Spanish-language podcast today, its latest effort to expand …
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@verambergen, Washingtonian and Washington Post
Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Barstool Sports CEO says Barstool Gold has more than 30K subscribers since its January launch, of which 80% signed up for the annual plan — Barstool Sports has sold more than 30,000 people on its Barstool Gold subscription product, according to CEO Erika Nardini.
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American Press Institute, @bmorrissey and @thesportsdotbiz
Will Oremus / OneZero:
A study by Avaaz may have overstated the problem of false stories on Facebook, but it also revealed cracks, loopholes, and limitations in Facebook's systems — And in 2021. And 2022. — hree and a half years after the pope endorsed President Donald Trump (or didn't), Facebook has put in a lot of work to clean up its News Feed.
Sara Guaglione / MediaPost:
Rolling Stone turns its 50-year-old franchise The Rolling Stone Interview into a video series, available only on its website — Rolling Stone is turning “The Rolling Stone Interview,” its 50-year-old franchise featuring conversations with notable names in culture and music, into a video series.
Discussion:
@emilybell, Rolling Stone and Page Six
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Advocates for a Singapore-style law that holds social media platforms responsible for misinformation should consider that it may end up being used against them — How misinformation laws get used against the people who advocate for them — On Sunday evening, 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl sat …
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