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Clare Malone / New York Magazine:
Profile of Ben Smith, NYT's Media Equation columnist, who is deeply devoted to scoops, intrigued by raw power, and is unafraid of making people uncomfortable — Puckish chaos agent" is how Charlie Warzel describes his former BuzzFeed News boss and current New York Times colleague Ben Smith. "
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Joe Otterson / Variety:
The NFL season kickoff game Thursday averaged 19.3M viewers, about a 13% drop from 2019's kickoff — The NFL season kicked off on Thursday night, dominating the television ratings for the evening while still seeing a decline from the opening game in 2019. — Defending Super Bowl champions …
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Max Willens / Digiday:
How TechCrunch moved Disrupt online, expanding to five days and cutting ticket prices while increasing sponsorship revenue via more expensive sponsor packages — Help us make your experience with Digiday even better by taking a quick survey. Respondents will be entered to win a $25 Amazon gift card.
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Louise Matsakis / Wired:
A month after the launch of TikTok's $200M fund, some creators are complaining about the low payouts and lack of transparency in how payouts are calculated — Users say the platform's new Creator Fund is opaque and riddled with problems. The company says it's listening.
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New York Times, @lmatsakis, @cecianasta, @lmatsakis, @wired and @taylorlorenz, more at Techmeme »
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Disney confirms it is testing GroupWatch, a watch party feature for Disney+, with some users in Canada and expects to roll it out to other markets this fall — In Canada now, with more locations coming this fall — Disney is currently testing a new feature that will allow Disney Plus subscribers …
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Engadget, @andrewbucholtz and 9to5Mac
Esther Kezia Thorpe / What's New in Publishing:
The Correspondent launches apps in English and Dutch for its audio stories with plans to integrate live Q&As between journalists and members — The Correspondent, famous for their 2018 ‘unbreak the news’ crowdfunding campaign, are branching out into audio to bring their journalism to members in new ways.
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Megan Graham / CNBC:
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri says the company needs to “make our case as strongly as we can” against Apple's planned changes to IDFA tracking in iOS 14 — - Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri said the company will push back on a planned change to Apple's iPhone operating system that would impact …
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Politico Europe became profitable in 2019 with net income of €0.7M on revenue of €18.2M, says 60%+ of its revenue comes from subscriptions, which are up 20% YoY — Politico Europe hit its first year of profitability before going into 2020. Now, it plans to grow revenue between 9% …
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Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Trump campaign kicked out a NYT freelancer from a rally in Michigan; NYT says campaign refused to credential her, so she was attending as a member of the public — A Times correspondent wrote, “First for me: Trump campaign tracked me down from pics I tweeted and escorted me out.”
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Courtney Radsch / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Q&A with president of Australia's journalist union on what amendments need to be made to the news media bargaining code to ensure fair fund distribution — Facebook threatened to prevent Australian users and publishers from posting news on its platform last week, raising questions …
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@pressfreedom, @riptari, @courtneyr, @jeffjarvis and Reason
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
An SC man has filed a $10M lawsuit against longtime Fox News personality Andrew Napolitano, claiming Napolitano forcibly sodomized and assaulted him in 1987 — The lawsuit alleges that in 1987 Napolitano sexually assaulted the defendant of a case he oversaw as a New Jersey judge at the time.
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Breitbart, New York Daily News, Law & Crime and New York Post
Hija Kamran / Digital Rights Monitor:
UN expresses concern as more than 150 female journalists in Pakistan demand an end to violence directed at them online by people associated with the government — The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR), expressed concerns over the prevailing situation …
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