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The Daily Free Press:
Unpaid, long hours at student newspapers are deterrents for low-income students and POC, perpetuating the cycle of poor minority representation in newsrooms — As with many other demanding extracurriculars, committing to your student news organization means having journalism assignments sprawled across …
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Protocol:
With Tidal, Square may give artists more control over the revenue streams they create, offer advances, royalty processing, and more traditional label services — Teaming up with Jay-Z's music streaming service may seem like a move done for flash, but it's ultimately all about the money (and Cash).
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Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Mobile payments company Square is buying a “significant majority” stake in music streamer Tidal for $297M; Jay-Z and others bought Tidal in 2015 for $56M
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Teen Vogue names Axios political reporter Alexi McCammond, whose relationship with ex-White House aide T.J. Ducklo recently made news, as editor-in-chief — Ms. McCammond's relationship with a former Biden press aide, T.J. Ducklo, recently made news after he threatened a reporter and was forced to resign.
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The Guardian:
UK court rules Mail on Sunday must publish a front-page statement about Meghan Markle's victory in her privacy suit against the paper — High court makes ruling after Duchess of Sussex's victory in copyright claim against paper — The Mail On Sunday must publish a front-page statement …
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Dylan Byers / NBC News:
Lachlan Murdoch says it is Fox News' job to be the loyal opposition to the Biden administration, as MSNBC was to Trump, and the stance will improve Fox ratings — Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch said Thursday it is the job of Fox News to serve as the opposition to the Biden administration …
Angilee Shah / Poynter:
A look at Women Do News, a volunteer effort that aims to get more entries about female journalists on Wikipedia; it has completed 28 new entries and improved 10 — From The Cohort, Poynter's newsletter for women kicking ass in digital media … At the beginning of 2021 …
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Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review:
Since March 2020, when the Tow Center started tracking newsroom cutbacks due COVID-19, 66 outlets have shut down and the shift away from print accelerated — In March of 2020, the Tow Center for Digital Journalism began tracking newsroom cutbacks in the wake of the pandemic.
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Will Oremus / OneZero:
Q&A with Twitter's senior director of curation Joanna Geary on how her team decides which trends to summarize and how to contextualize them, more — ‘Twitter description guy’ isn't a guy. It's Twitter's curation team, and I talked to the woman who runs it.
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Reuters:
Sources: after becoming embroiled in legal cases and police investigations in India for its series Tandav, Amazon is delaying streaming a new season of a show — MUMBAI (Reuters) - Controversy in India over Amazon's political drama “Tandav” has put Bollywood and global video streaming giants on edge …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Michael Pack, former head of USAGM, signed a no-bid contract with an outside law firm to investigate his own staff; the bill topped $1M in the first few months — Last summer, an appointee of former President Donald Trump was irate because he could not simply fire top executives who had warned …
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
A look at The Trade Desk, whose stock fell 8% as Google removes cookies, and its potential to compete with Google in ad-buying, where it has 8% of the market — The Trade Desk is second in the market for buying ads across publishers' sites — Alphabet Inc.'s Google has crushed almost …
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Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
As Clubhouse grows in popularity, companies like the just-launched Audio Collective seek to cater to creators, offering event planning and brand consulting — A new company called Audio Collective has launched to help build businesses on Clubhouse as brands rush to leverage the platform.
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