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Tony Webster / Minnesota Reformer:
Minnesota federal judge bars Minnesota state law enforcement from using force against journalists or ordering them to disperse while covering protests — A Minnesota federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring Minnesota state law enforcement from using force against journalists …
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Jeff Benson / Decrypt:
An NFT combining Edward Snowden's image and pages of a court ruling on surveillance sold for $5.45M in Ethereum; proceeds go to Freedom of the Press Foundation — An NFT artwork created by Edward Snowden has sold for $5.4 million in Ethereum. — “Stay Free” portrays the NSA whistleblower …
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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
AP will soon begin auctioning off NFT-backed digital art files based on iconic photos and event coverage; Time magazine is exploring more blockchain integration — The New York Times, Time, and the AP have racked up six-figure sales of digital assets that could be a future revenue stream—or the next bubble to burst.
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@harrymccracken, @charlottetklein, @miriamelder, @joshsternberg, @miriamelder, @mlcalderone and Decrypt
The New York Times Company:
NYT's Choire Sicha is stepping down as Styles editor to become a senior editor working on expanding the paper's newsletter portfolio — After a great run leading the Styles section, Choire is taking on a new challenge to help expand our newsletter portfolio. Read more in this note from Dean Baquet, Joe Kahn and Sam Sifton.
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
In a letter to artists, Apple says it pays a penny per stream, roughly double Spotify, which pays an average of about one-third to half a penny per stream — Streaming services open up about artist payouts, seeking to win credibility and subscribers — Apple Music told artists it pays …
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Looking at payment per stream metrics for music streaming services can be misleading when considering artist pay, as many factors determine streaming royalties — Early Friday, Apple Music sent a carefully worded letter to artists, music labels and publishers that briefly explained …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Sources: Hansjörg Wyss has withdrawn from bidding for Tribune Publishing; Stewart Bainum seeks new financing to pursue the ownership of the newspaper chain — Hansjörg Wyss was part of a serious offer for the major newspaper chain that could have prevented it from being sold to the hedge fund Alden Global Capital.
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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Firefox and major Chromium browsers like Edge, Opera, Brave, and Vivaldi are not joining FLoC, Google's proposed ad technology to replace third-party cookies — Brave, Vivaldi, Edge, and Mozilla are all out — Google is going it alone with its proposed advertising technology to replace third-party cookies.
Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios:
Crypto-focused media startup The Block says it has bought out all non-employee shareholders as it wants “to be disentangled” from VCs to cover them without bias — The Block, a cryptocurrency-focused media startup, tells Axios that it has bought out its non-employee shareholders …
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@dj, @danprimack, @dogetoshi, @alex, @mayazi, @bobbyong, @cmsholdings, @jameswester, @matt_odell, @tanayamac and @ryan_browne_
Rick Thames / Business North Carolina:
Profile of Rolfe Neill, Charlotte Observer publisher from 1975 to 1997, reflecting on when the paper had 260 journalists and on the future with a smaller staff — As newspapers' influence crested, publisher Rolfe Neill played a pivotal role in Charlotte's emergence.
Kristin Robinson / Variety:
As Spotify turns 15, a look at the ways in which it changed how people listen to music, like breaking down boundaries between genres through “mood playlists” — Ask any executive what the music business was like in the '00s and their face may take on an expression more commonly associated …
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@mrjonburk, @wordsbykristin, @claudiusboller, @firstcom_music, @thatericalper, @tommanatos, @artsjournalnews, @variety and Protocol, more at Techmeme »
Michael Grothaus / Fast Company:
Simon & Schuster says it won't distribute the book written by one of the police officers who shot Breonna Taylor; Post Hill Press says it will still publish it — Publishing giant Simon & Schuster has announced it will not distribute the book written by one of the police officers …
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