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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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Insider, @fortune_union, @perlberg, The Hill, nyguild.org, Poynter, @bfnewsunion, @mathewi, @kerrymflynn, @larakiara, @binarybits, @zdcreatorsguild, @markstenberg3, @chactivist, @blackamazon and The Wrap
Adam Tinworth / One Man & His Blog:
The Telegraph's plan to reward journalists who attract and retain subscribers will not reward clickbait — The Telegraph's plan to incentivise subscriber-friendly content doesn't look like clickbait payments, whatever Twitter says — There's a Guardian article blowing up on Twitter at the moment …
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Google's GNI awards $3M to new orgs to fight vaccine misinfo, including to India's The Quint, which provides fact checks to rural women via a grassroots network — Google has announced the 11 projects selected to receive a collective $3 million to fight Covid-19 vaccine misinformation.
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The Keyword, @mantzarlis, @gkangind, @themediaisdying, @niemanlab, Engadget, @kent_walker and @ctardaguila
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.
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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Politico, @jason_kint, @johnwilander and @jeremybmerrill, more at Techmeme »
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
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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@russwildejr, @rafat and @alexweprin
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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@binajv, @kimberlyeatkins, @the_emancipator, @ndungca, @eramshaw, @emarvelous, @associatesbpl, @mitrakalita, @morrisonjean1, @alexleff, @errrica, @sulliview and bookforum.com
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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Jeanine Poggi / Ad Age:
TV mogul Byron Allen threatens legal action against major brands, citing the Civil Rights Act of 1866, if they don't allocate more ad money to Black-owned media — Media mogul sent letters of intent to brands and their agencies — Media mogul Byron Allen is threatening legal action …
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@riverofjordann, @nabjbptf, @maraeinstein, @jessicawohl and @jpoggi
James Ball / New Statesman:
BuzzFeed and HuffPost showed digital sites can reach huge audiences and create social value; what's missing are involved owners who don't seek VC-scale profits — The problem facing digital journalism isn't the editorial content - it's the business model. — To write about journalism …
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@jamesrbuk, @nycsouthpaw, @michellemanafy, @pressgazette, @jamesrbuk, American Press Institute and MediaPost
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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