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Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
Twitter says most verified accounts should be able to tweet again, after limiting the functionality on some verified accounts earlier while investigating hack — Update: “Most accounts should be able to Tweet again” — Twitter completely disabled the ability for many accounts to send …
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Substack Blog:
Substack begins offering legal support to US-based writers with paid subscriptions who publish work that may attract unreasonable legal pressure — For the last few months, we have been piloting a legal support program for independent writers on Substack. As part of this program …
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Salaried reporters embrace platforms like Substack, seeing the newsletter as a way to communicate directly with readers, test new ideas, and nurture obsessions — The reporter-written newsletter has become an obsession among freelancers looking to scrounge up support wherever they can find it.
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Apple:
Apple updates News to include audio stories on Apple News+, a daily audio news briefing, and curated local news collections in five US cities and regions — Apple is introducing several new features for Apple News and Apple News+, including audio stories of some of the best feature stories from Apple News+ …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Guardian to cut workforce by 12%, with 70 jobs to go in editorial and 110 in commercial roles, as revenues are expected to be down by £25M+ on the year's budget — Revenues expected to be down by more than £25m as effects of pandemic hit media industry
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Steven Perlberg / Digiday:
Slack, introduced to newsrooms to boost efficiency, is now serving another purpose: letting journalists organize and criticize, forcing management to respond — On the evening of June 6, New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet entered the chat. — Times employees were in open revolt following …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon launches a new livestreaming option for influencers on its Amazon Live service, a home shopping network-style video feed on Amazon's retail site — Amazon is giving live streamers a new way to earn commissions on purchases of products showcased in their streams.
Lyz Lenz / Columbia Journalism Review:
An Iowa journalist reflects on the national media's overuse of stereotypes during election coverage and how it turns real places into quaint backdrops — How election reporters see us, and how we view them — To be at the center of a media frenzy is to be sucked into a vortex. Eventually, you get spit out.
Eliana Miller / Poynter:
Some online outlets fail to clearly and uniformly label opinion, leading to reader confusion and complaints over opinions and political agendas in reporting — In print, it's fairly clear what's an opinion piece and what's a news article. Online, things aren't so clear.
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:
Facebook to launch Facts about Covid-19, a new section in the Covid Information Center, to debunk myths about the pandemic — - Facebook announced it will launch a new section of its social network dedicated to dispel inaccurate myths about Covid-19. — Mark Zuckerberg will conduct …
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Jordan Moreau / Variety:
ViacomCBS fires actor and TV host Nick Cannon, after he made anti-Semitic comments on his podcast — In the June 30 episode of “Cannon's Class,” the actor and TV host interviewed Professor Griff, a rapper who was a part of Public Enemy before leaving the group after making anti-Semitic remarks.
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Frank Pallotta / CNN:
Q&A with Matt Strauss, the head of NBC's new Peacock streaming service, about the name, its free-tier approach, launching during a pandemic, and more — New York (CNN Business)After a Max, a Plus and another Plus, the streaming world is now being introduced to a Peacock.
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Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
NBCUniversal's Peacock launches with a free ad-supported tier offering 10,000+ hours of streaming content and 2 premium levels with double the content
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New York Times:
As 1,000+ companies join the Facebook ad boycott, Hollywood has been silent; Walt Disney spent $212M from Jan.-June, making it Facebook's top advertiser by far — The entertainment business is a big advertiser but has been noticeably silent as other industries protest the social network's handling of hate speech.
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