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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Zuckerberg says Facebook is planning a short-form audio product called Soundbites, a podcast discovery tool, and more audio products for the next 3 to 6 months — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday said Facebook was launching a suite of new tools and features designed to help users better connect …
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
In an interview, Mark Zuckerberg says writers on its newsletter service will be able to keep their email lists should they decide to leave — CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's big bet on creators — On Monday, I had a chance to talk with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the company's plans …
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Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:
Zuckerberg says Facebook is working with Spotify on a music integration project codenamed Project Boombox
Zuckerberg says Facebook is working with Spotify on a music integration project codenamed Project Boombox
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
SEC filing: entertainment group Endeavor, which owns WME and UFC, aims to raise about $500M with its NYSE IPO, which would value it at about $10B — Endeavor aims to raise about $511 million with its initial public offering that will value the parent company of WME and UFC at about $10 billion.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Study of 8K+ SCOTUS references to the news media in justices' opinions since 1784 finds a “marked...uptick in negative depictions of the press” in recent years — A comprehensive look at references to the press in justices' opinions revealed “a marked and previously undocumented uptick in negative depictions.”
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Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Daily Mail owner files antitrust suit against Google alleging it punishes publishers in search if they don't sell enough ad space through Google's marketplace — Publisher says its U.K. royals coverage was played down in search results; claims it was punished for not steering sufficient ad space to Google
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Morning Brew co-founder Austin Rief will replace Alex Lieberman as CEO; the outlet had $20M in revenue last year, grew staff to ~100, and has 3M subscribers — Morning Brew co-founder and CEO Alex Lieberman is becoming executive chairman and co-founder Austin Rief will take his place as CEO, Rief tells Axios.
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Kat Tenbarge / Insider:
YouTube says it has temporarily demonetized James Charles' channel, which has 25.5M+ subscribers, after 15+ sexual misconduct accusations from men and boys — - James Charles' channel has been demonetized, YouTube confirmed. — YouTube told Insider Charles had been “temporarily removed” from the Partner Program.
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Reporters Without Borders:
RSF's 2021 Press Freedom Index finds journalism is totally blocked or seriously impeded in 73 of 180 countries and constrained in 59 others; US ranks 44th — The 2021 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) shows that journalism, the main vaccine against disinformation …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The Village Voice returned to print in a new issue on Saturday; Brian Calle plans a print issue about four times a year, with the end goal of publishing monthly — Its first print incarnation since 2017 includes an article on New York's mayoral race, and another that revives the paper's tradition of shaming landlords.
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Rachel Abrams / New York Times:
OANN fires Marty Golingan, a producer at the channel since 2016, after he said a majority of its staff don't believe the voter fraud claims that OANN aired — A recent OAN segment said there were “serious doubts about who's actually president,” and another blamed “anti-Trump extremists” for the Capitol attack.
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Andrew Blustein / Adweek:
The Trade Desk, Magnite, and Innovid have partnered to programmatically buy, create, and serve interactive CTV ads — The Trade Desk, Magnite and Innovid have teamed up to form a one-stop shop to programmatically buy, create and serve interactive CTV ads to specific households.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
A majority of 300+ editorial workers at Insider, the news site formerly called Business Insider, say they formed a union with the NewsGuild of New York — Journalists at Insider, the news site formerly called Business Insider, said on Monday that they had formed a union, joining a wave that has swept digital media companies.
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