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Texas AG says the state and nine others have filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming Google illegally hurt competition in the ad tech market — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday that he's leading a lawsuit against Google, accusing the search giant of taking illegal actions …
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Paresh Dave / Reuters:
The Nation, Genius Media Group, and The Progressive sue Google, alleging it has unlawfully stifled advertising competition; they are seeking class-action status — OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Online publishers including Genius Media Group and news website The Nation alleged …
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Facebook rolls back temporary post-election change that lifted news from authoritative outlets over hyperpartisan sources — Facebook confirmed that it has in the past few days rolled back a change that lifted news from authoritative outlets over hyperpartisan sources after November's election …
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Jack Morse / Mashable:
Twitter says it will stop prompting users to Quote Tweet, restoring the standard RT functionality, and says QT use increased but overall sharing dropped by 20% — Well, it was worth a shot. — Twitter announced Wednesday that it will cease prompting users to quote tweet in lieu of the standard retweet.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku and WarnerMedia have reached an agreement to distribute HBO Max on the Roku platform, starting Thursday — Roku and WarnerMedia have reached an agreement for the distribution of the HBO Max on the Roku platform — nearly seven months after the streaming service launched.
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Hollywood Reporter:
Inside Warner Bros.' plan to debut movies on HBO Max, as CEO Ann Sarnoff says partners were not told before because of fears the news would leak — As the long-delayed DC Comics sequel finally debuts — on HBO Max and in theaters — it serves as the litmus test for an unprecedented release strategy.
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
The Guardian says it has 352K subscriptions to app and tablet editions, up 60% YoY, 548K recurring contributors, up 33% YoY; print subs are up 11% YoY to 119K — The Guardian has more than one million paying subscribers and regular contributors following a surge of interest and support over the past year …
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The Guardian, @thattimwalker, @guardiancomms, @pressgazette, @jamiejackson___ and @drfrancesryan
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Walmart partners with TikTok to test live-streamed video shopping, during which users will be able to shop Walmart fashion without leaving the app — Walmart and TikTok announced this morning they will be partnering on the first pilot test of a new shoppable product experience on TikTok's social video app.
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Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Pubs like BI and WaPo are partnering with non-publisher brands in sectors like health to attract new subs; WSJ now has 40+ bundling partnerships in 25 countries — It's a new era of subscription bundling and it's a lot more sophisticated than selling readers on a two-for-one deal.
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Press Gazette, @_bmturner_ and @jackmarshall
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Vice food vertical Munchies is launching a channel on OnlyFans, the first verified media publisher to do so, to post exclusive weekly videos for $4.99/month — Vice's food vertical, Munchies, is launching a verified channel on the breakout creator platform OnlyFans, a subscription site …
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@sarafischer, @benvyle and @richlightshed, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
WaPo's revenue performance service Zeus integrates Scroll, the ad-free network of premium publishers, which Zeus customers can activate if they choose — Zeus Performance, The Washington Post's revenue performance platform, is taking the next step in its evolution as the premium monetization framework …
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@washpostpr, @arctictony and @jarroddicker
Jacob Cohen Donnelly / A Media Operator:
A publisher of newsletters on digital media discusses the product and philosophical reasons he is leaving Substack, including lack of control over email lists — It was almost a year ago that I wrote a piece about me getting ready to leave Substack. I was spending the holiday season rebuilding the site on WordPress.
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Moderns Comms, Fred's Newsletter, @prsarahevans, @iankar_, @jarroddicker, @tomcritchlow, @mathewi, @annehelen and @jryedinak
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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Substack launches Substack Reader, an RSS reader for tracking newsletter subscriptions and other feeds, in beta
Substack launches Substack Reader, an RSS reader for tracking newsletter subscriptions and other feeds, in beta
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@kerrymflynn:
The Information will officially launch an Opinion section in January 2021; EIC Jessica Lessin says it will feature the work of industry experts — ICYMI in last night's Reliable Sources newsletter, @theinformation is launching an Opinion section @Jessicalessin told me the goal is “to inform, rather than to troll.” @delaney, who has overseen launch, said it is as a way to further grow community https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
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