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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Substack has lost several writers who say they are concerned about editorial impartiality and whether the service is paying transphobic writers — The program strains its claim to editorial impartiality
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Substack Blog:
Substack shares details on its Pro program after criticism, saying 30+ writers with a “diverse set of viewpoints” have signed up, none of whom are anti-trans — In recent days, we've heard from some people who are concerned that we might have been using Substack Pro …
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Interview with Kevin Mayer, passed over for a job as Disney CEO, then sidelined as TikTok CEO after Trump said he'd ban the app, on SPACs and pay TV's decline — - Kevin Mayer speaks about how he was disappointed when he didn't get the Disney CEO job and how he got railroaded by the Trump administration when at TikTok.
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Quartz has turned one of its articles into an NFT, or nonfungible token, with bids ending at 8PM ET on March 21; proceeds go to IWMF's Lauren Brown Fellowship — Financial news site Quartz has turned one of its articles into an NFT, or nonfungible token. — Samanth Subramanian …
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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
AT&T says it will no longer exempt HBO Max from mobile data caps starting March 25, after a US court upheld CA's net neutrality law; change will apply beyond CA — - AT&T will no longer exempt viewing of its HBO Max streaming service from data caps after a federal court upheld California's …
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Alex Kantrowitz / OneZero:
Q&A with Rest of World founder Sophie Schmidt and editor Louise Matsakis on training reporters around the world, covering non-Western tech, and more — Sophie Schmidt and Louise Matsakis tell Big Technology Podcast that North America and Europe must look outside to fix their problems inside
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Will Bedingfield / WIRED UK:
For the first time, Netflix details its carbon footprint using DIMPACT tool, claiming one hour of streaming equates to a 75W ceiling fan running for four hours — Streaming platforms finally have a tool to evaluate the size of their carbon footprint. Now they need to take action and go green
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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Vox says podcast revenue doubled across its network, which has 200+ podcasts, in 2020, as it tests spinning off podcast episodes into standalone shows — Vox Media is testing out how one popular podcast can be an incubator for more audio shows not tied to the news.
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Manori Ravindran / Variety:
BBC unveils a six-year, £700M plan to expand services outside of London including relocation of 400 positions and creation of 200-300 roles in local journalism — The BBC has unveiled a six-year plan that will see the corporation expand key services outside of London and further afield …
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube rolls out Checks, a creator tool that scans videos ahead of uploading for copyrighted material; the system relies on YouTube's Content ID — Theoretically, Checks will help with demonetization issues — In an effort to make the process of uploading a video and receiving ad revenue easier …
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Sam Thielman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of Adbusters, a magazine of catchy font design that is synonymous with the early-2000s political left and the birthplace of Occupy Wall Street activism — On November 15, 2011, just outside a boarded-up vacant lot in Lower Manhattan, several NYPD officers held down a protester …
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
France says Apple's upcoming IDFA ad privacy changes are not abusive but will investigate if Apple has stricter rules for third-party apps than for its own apps — French competition authority says Apple's changes 'don't appear to be abusive' — France's competition regulator rejected …
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