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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
YouTube TV is raising its monthly rate to $65 from $50, due to “the rising cost of content”; some ViacomCBS channels are becoming available on the service today — Back in April of last year, YouTube TV raised its monthly fee to $49. The cord-cutting subscription will soon cost $64.99 for all.
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Kelsey Sutton / Adweek:
Bozoma Saint John, veteran of Uber, Apple, and Pepsi-Cola, is joining Netflix as CMO, succeeding Jackie Lee-Joe, who joined Netflix a year ago — Marketing heavy hitter succeeds Jackie Lee-Joe after just a year — Marketing powerhouse Bozoma Saint John is joining the streaming giant Netflix as chief marketing officer.
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
WSJ launches Noted, a monthly digital news and culture magazine for 18- to 34-year-olds; cover stories are free to read; others may be behind WSJ's paywall — The Wall Street Journal has been previewing Noted, a monthly digital “news and culture” magazine for 18- to 34-year-olds …
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Politico:
The wife of The Hill's owner was an unpaid advisor to Melania Trump for six months, an arrangement the outlet didn't disclose in articles about the first lady — The owner of the news outlet that published the columns at the center of the Ukraine scandal helped secure an unpaid White House position …
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Q&A with Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on banning r/The_Donald and other problematic subreddits after resisting for years — Steve Huffman, Reddit's co-founder and chief executive, says new rule changes will help the company fulfill its mission. — On Monday, Reddit …
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube bans six channels, including those of white supremacists Stefan Molyneux, David Duke, and Richard Spencer, for violating its hate speech policies
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Voice of America:
US Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack names longtime journalist Elez Biberaj as VOA acting director, announces interim heads for other USAGM outlets — The U.S. Agency for Global Media has named longtime Voice of America journalist Elez Biberaj as the agency's acting director.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Facebook will change its News Feed algorithm to prioritize news stories with original reporting and demote ones that are not transparent about their authors — Beginning today, Facebook will be updating the way news stories are ranked in its News Feed to prioritize original reporting, executives tell Axios.
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Disney's ESPN Plus gets a $1 price increase in August for new subscribers, to $5.99 per month, with the annual price remaining at $50 — Annual memberships won't be affected — ESPN Plus is getting a $1 price hike in August to $5.99 a month, making the baseline price for Disney's sports streaming app the same as Hulu's basic tier.
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The Daily Beast:
New York judge issues a temporary restraining order halting publication of Mary Trump's book and orders her and Simon & Schuster to appear in court July 10 — Mary Trump's upcoming, explosive tell-all about the president has hit a temporary setback as a judge grants Robert Trump a Temporary Restraining Order to halt publication.
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
A senior Veteran Affairs employee says she was fired for expressing her right to free speech after secretly launching the “Mueller, She Wrote” podcast — A senior Veterans Affairs official says she was forced out of her job for expressing her right to free speech.
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Scribd Blog:
Scribd is expanding its magazine catalog, available for $9.99/month, to more than 1,000 titles from 25+ countries, including Harper's Magazine — Expanded offering includes magazines from over 25 countries and top publications like The Atlantic, TIME, People, Bloomberg Businessweek, Entrepreneur, and Entertainment Weekly.
Los Angeles Times:
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 819 new members; the group is 45% female and 36% people from underrepresented ethnic/racial groups — The movie industry may be almost entirely shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic but the film academy is continuing to open up.
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Honolulu Star-Advertiser and Pacific Media Workers Guild reach a deal in which 12 journalists agree to be laid off; others will take furloughs of 6 weeks each — An agreement with the guild also includes six weeks of furloughs — The Honolulu Star-Advertiser was supposed to lose …
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