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Josh Taylor / The Guardian:
Facebook now lets users and Pages limit comments on posts, after a 2019 Australian court ruling that news outlets are liable for comments on their Pages — The new feature to limit comments comes after an Australian court ruling that found news outlets are liable for comments on their pages
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Three video creators say Facebook underpaid them by thousands in ad revenue after it updated monetization tools in January; Facebook blames a “technical issue” — Britain Lockhart never knows what he'll find when he scuba dives for treasure. Neither do his viewers on Facebook who tune in for a surprise reveal.
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Variety:
Netflix is paying $450M for the rights to Knives Out 2 and Knives Out 3, the follow-ups to the 2019 mystery with director Rian Johnson and star Daniel Craig — Netflix is plunking down an astounding $450 million for the rights to “Knives Out 2” and “Knives Out 3,” the next two follow-ups to the 2019 murder mystery.
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Lyz / Men Yell at Me:
A nuanced conversation with Talia Lavin about the emotional toll of online harassment, and how journalists can try to keep themselves and their families safer — The first time the online mob came for me was in 2016. I was live-tweeting my caucus experience, which I was writing about for VICE …
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Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google is rolling out FLoC, its alternative to third-party cookies and a crucial part of its Privacy Sandbox project for Chrome, as a developer origin trial — Google today announced that it is rolling out Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC), a crucial part of its Privacy Sandbox project for Chrome, as a developer origin trial.
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Mike Juang / Ad Age:
Bloomberg Media is developing its own advertising platform, called Bloomberg Iris, joining a growing list of publishers devising in-house solutions — Company joins the ranks of publishers embracing in-house solutions—and snubbing third-parties — Bloomberg Media is developing …
Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Sources: Vice Media is in advanced talks to merge with 7GC, a SPAC led by tech investor Jack Leeney, after previous talks with Nine Media failed — Vice Media is in advanced talks to merge with 7GC & Co Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company led by tech investor Jack Leeney …
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sports media startup Buzzer secures rights to stream short snippets of live action from NHL games and PGA golf on phones for 99 cents apiece — Buzzer has secured rights to stream snippets of NHL games and PGA golf on smartphones — Sports leagues and TV networks are finding …
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@benmullin, @wsj and FierceVideo
Delia Cai / Deez Links:
Interview with Ann Friedman on jury-rigging a paying newsletter, not feeling like a brand ambassador for Mailchimp, using classifieds for revenue, and more — Within the individual newsletter economy, you can pretty much trace the lineage of any highly curated 'stack back to one of the …
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The State News Guild:
Journalists at McClatchy's The State move to form South Carolina's largest newspaper union, The State News Guild — On March 31 the journalists of The State newspaper moved to form South Carolina's largest newspaper union, The State News Guild. — “Our mission is to foster an environment …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The Texas Tribune's editorial director, Stacy-Marie Ishmael, and chief product officer, Millie Tran, say they will leave next month, both citing an intense year — The Texas Tribune, a digital news outlet in Austin, is losing two of its leaders. — Stacy-Marie Ishmael, the editorial director …
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
New York Daily News delivered on its pledged pandemic bonuses to management before holding back bonuses for everyone else, citing staffers' efforts to unionize — The New York Daily News on Friday appeared to stiff its journalists out of a modest bonus it had promised them for their hard work during the pandemic.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Comcast's NBCUniversal is considering pulling its movies from HBO Max and Netflix and keeping future releases for Peacock — Media giant's NBCUniversal division wants to boost its own streaming service, Peacock — Comcast Corp.'s NBCUniversal is considering pulling its movies …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Entertainment group Endeavor, parent of WME and UFC, has filed its prospectus for a possible IPO, disclosing a $625.3M net loss in 2020 with revenue of $3.5B — Endeavor has filed its prospectus for a possible IPO offering later this year, with updated financial disclosures revealing …
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