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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 …


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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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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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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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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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 …


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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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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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 …


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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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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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.


Former and current employees of NBCUniversal's Golf Channel describe sexism, misogyny, and harassment at the network; the network disputes many of the claims — Lisa Cornwell was at her parents' house in Fayetteville, Ark., in January when she dialed into a popular golf podcast called “No Laying Up.”