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Clio Chang / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of Substack, whose founders insist it is a platform, not a media company, and say there is less need for moderation as readers opt in to newsletters — Did a newsletter company create a more equitable media system—or replicate the flaws of the old one?
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Tina Nguyen / Politico:
The race between far-right media outlets like OANN and Newsmax over which will embrace Trumpism the most heats up, as Fox News gets blamed for Trump's defeat — MAGA nation may be turning its back on Fox News — but it doesn't know where to go. — Parler, the “free speech” …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Hicks Equity Partners, a PE firm with ties to a co-chair of RNC, has held talks in recent months about acquiring and investing in Newsmax — Hicks Equity Partners, a firm with ties to a co-chair of the Republican National Committee, is pitching investors on a new conservative news channel
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Kate Storey / Esquire:
Over a dozen CNN insiders, including Wolf Blitzer, Dana Bash, and Abby Phillip, on how CNN covered the longest and most dramatic Election Week in recent memory — As Election Night 2020 bled into Election Week, the talking heads on CNN became something like members of our families.
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Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
Patricia Escárcega, LA Times' first Latinx food critic, denounces the paper, accusing it of paying her significantly less than her white male counterpart — Los Angeles Times food critic Patricia Escarcega denounced the newspaper in a Twitter thread on Sunday, accusing her employers …
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Financial Times:
Privacy campaigner Max Schrems files complaints in Spain and Germany claiming Apple's IDFA ad tracking tools unlawfully track users without consent — Austrian activist files complaints with German and Spanish data protection authorities — Apple is breaking EU law by enabling iPhone users …
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Will Oremus / OneZero:
A look at the debate over the kind of news Facebook users are reading, after Facebook released more data on top performing link posts in the US — What kind of news does the news feed feed when the news feed does feed news? - Since July, New York Times journalist Kevin Roose …
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Jennifer Maas / The Wrap:
WarnerMedia says HBO Max will be available on Amazon Fire devices from November 17 — WarnerMedia-owned streaming service will be available beginning Tuesday — HBO Max will be available on Amazon Fire TV devices beginning Tuesday, Nov. 17, the streaming service said Monday.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Interview with President Macron on free speech and secularism, as he accuses the English-language press of “legitimizing” the violence of terrorist attacks — After terrorist attacks, France's leader accuses the English-language media of “legitimizing this violence.”
Aditya Chunduru / MediaNama:
India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting tells digital news media outlets to reduce their foreign investments to 26% by October 15, 2021 — Digital news outlets have until October 15, 2021 to reduce their foreign investments to 26%, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting announced on Monday.
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Flipboard says its commerce revenue is five times higher than it was in 2019, and its affiliate commissions should generate at least $1M in revenue this year — Flipboard has spent 2020 making itself more commerce-friendly. — One year after running tests around shopping holidays including Mothers …
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Steven Melendez / Fast Company:
Squarespace now lets customers charge for access to exclusive content like podcasts, video series, and newsletters, by adding “Members Areas” for $10 to $40/mo. — Squarespace has made a name for itself by letting people and small businesses easily build websites.
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