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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Facebook will begin testing its publishing platform, including website and newsletter tools, with a small group of writers, some of whom will be paid — Facebook will soon begin testing partnerships with a small group of independent writers for its new publishing platform, sources tell Axios.
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Report: Fortune employees are staging a day-long strike to protest performance targets like byline counts and traffic goals and to push for diversity measures — Staffers at Fortune are staging a day-long work stoppage on Tuesday, reports Steven Perlberg of Insider.
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Financial Times:
Sources: Tencent and ByteDance are testing a new tool called CAID, developed by the China Advertising Association, to bypass Apple's IDFA ad privacy changes — ByteDance and Tencent see if they can keep tracking iPhone users with solution created by state-backed group
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Front Office Sports is rebranding as FOS, expects to be profitable this year on seven-figure revenue, and has 300K subscribers to its biggest newsletter — Front Office Sports, the sports media company centered around newsletters, expects to be profitable this year on high 7-figures in revenue, its CEO Adam White tells Axios.
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Marisa Iati / Washington Post:
Cleveland Plain Dealer says it won't cover inaccurate statements by a US Senate candidate that it considers ploys for attention, a departure from convention — Ohio's biggest newspaper is taking an unusual tack toward covering falsehoods from a U.S. Senate candidate: It doesn't plan to do so at all.
Archie Bland / The Guardian:
UK columnist Julie Burchill apologizes to journalist Ash Sarkar and will pay damages after accusing her of being an Islamist, worshipping a pedophile, and more — Columnist apologises to journalist, saying social media posts included ‘racist and misogynist’ comments
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Sara Rimer / BU Today:
BU and Boston Globe Opinion to launch The Emancipator, an antiracist multimedia project, this summer, with op-eds, debates, and more by journalists and scholars — Website will use research, opinion essays, and data to write about racial justice, from academics, journalists, authors, and students
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News Corp:
News Corp says it has reached a three-year deal with Facebook to provide news to Facebook users in Australia through the Facebook News product — Expands News Corp-Facebook Connection, Which Began With Deal In US — New York, NY (March 15, 2021) - News Corp announced today that it has reached …
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Scott Feinberg / Hollywood Reporter:
In response to a letter from PR firms, HFPA issued a statement promising to increase its membership to over 100, 13% of which will be Black, among other changes — “We should have done more, and sooner,” the statement acknowledges. — In response to a Monday letter from more than 100 PR firms demanding …
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Beatrice Verhoeven / The Wrap:
In a letter to HFPA, over 100 Hollywood PR firms say they will pull their clients from HFPA events or interviews pending the org's “explicit plans” for change
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Subscription sports betting company Action Network signs comprehensive content deal with sports podcast network the Volume, launched by radio host Colin Cowherd — “The Volume,” a sports podcast network from Colin Cowherd — the veteran sports talk radio host — has struck a comprehensive content deal …
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Eshe Nelson / New York Times:
A look at podcast companies in the UK trying to fund shows outside the BBC's ecosystem, using an influx of cash and inspired by the medium's success in the US — The public broadcaster has long dominated audio production in Britain. But new podcast companies are taking inspiration …
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The Verge:
A group of 15 AGs update their antitrust complaint against Google, taking aim at privacy updates to Chrome related to ad targeting and Google's Privacy Sandbox — ‘Google is trying to hide its true intentions behind a pretext of privacy,’ say prosecutors — State antitrust watchdogs …
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Leah Nylen / Politico:
2012 FTC memos concluded that targeted ads don't and wouldn't make up a significant share of online advertising and users were unlikely to allow cookie tracking — A decade ago, a surging Silicon Valley giant was making plans to dominate the internet. Given a chance to stop it …
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