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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Twitter buys Scroll, the $5/month service that removes ads from partner news sites; Scroll's Nuzzel email service will shut down on May 6 — The Nuzzel email service is winding down and the future of Scroll is uncertain — Twitter's acquisition spree continues today with Scroll …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Twitter opens Spaces, its live audio feature, to anyone with 600+ followers and will allow creators to co-host and sell tickets to live events on Spaces — Twitter Spaces, the company's new live audio rooms feature, is opening up more broadly. The company announced today it's making Twitter …
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Emma Graham-Harrison / The Guardian:
UNESCO report details the epidemic of online abuse against female journalists worldwide and how it is affecting their reporting and personal lives — Misogyny, bigotry and threats ‘cut public trust in critical media’, warns report after major investigation
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Washington Post, Poynter, UNESCO, @feliciasonmez, @zainaerhaim, @nighatdad, @julieposetti, @gesfandiari, @farnazfassihi, @ailiazehra, @katykatopodis, @_emmagh, @spj_tweets, CNN, Al Jazeera, Unesco and Why Journalism Matters
Kalina Newman / Washington Post:
A look at some TikTok creators, unaffiliated with any traditional media outlet, who are aggregating news, and delivering it to their mostly young followers — On the evening of Election Day 2020, Marcus DiPaola kept hearing the same thing: People were turning off cable news because results were coming in slowly.
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Understanding TikTok, @dianaelbasha, @marklittlenews, @scottnover, @kalinanewman and @shiratarlo
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Bright, a live video platform built on top of Zoom, launches with celeb partners to let fans engage in ticketed video sessions with creators, actors, musicians — What if you could Zoom with your favorite creator and ask them questions? That's the promise of Bright, the new live video …
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Forbes, Variety, Tubefilter, Deadline and Rolling Stone
Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Internal WaPo memo outlines the “festivals and parades” that staff are permitted to participate in, but prohibits displaying support for DC statehood — Memo from Washington Post managing editors to employees today outlining the “festivals and parades” staff are permitted to participate in, as well as the events they are prohibited from participating in. https://twitter.com/...
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Upstart digital news site The Colorado Sun says it acquired 24 suburban newspapers around Denver, with the backing of the National Trust for Local News — group of disheartened former Denver Post editors and reporters launched an upstart news site two-and-a-half years ago, called it The Colorado Sun …
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American Press Institute, National Trust for Local News, The Colorado Sun, @jayrosen_nyu, Colorado Local News & Media, @ntnsndr, @jcstearns, @brofax, @brofax, @nicdawes, @emilybell, @ibarguen, @mike_littwin, @journalismfest, @davidfolkenflik, @jayrosen_nyu, @jackhealynyt, @leszaitz, @froomkin, @gwally3, @coloradosun, @stevestaeger, @jelenawoehr, @skylermckinley, @cbs4tim, @jesseapaul, @estebanhrz, @efindell, @davidfolkenflik and The Hill
Sharon Tam / Reuters:
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says the government is working on a “fake news” law to tackle “misinformation, hatred, and lies” — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the government was working on “fake news” legislation to tackle “misinformation, hatred and lies …
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@risj_oxford, @benedictrogers, @rasmus_kleis and @mistercommodity
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Q&A with WarnerMedia's DTC chief Andy Forssell, on how HBO Max evolved in its first year, its upcoming ad-supported tier, and international expansion — EXCLUSIVE: Even in a business well-acquainted with comebacks, HBO Max has become a fairly remarkable turnaround story.
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@efs120 and @great_katzby
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sports betting media company Action Network, which has raised $20M and had ~$15M in 2020 revenue, to be sold to Denmark-based rival Better Collective for $240M — Denmark-based Better Collective to buy U.S. betting-analytics firm for $240 million, seeking more scale in dealings with gambling operators
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
HFPA pledges new reforms, including raising membership by 50% over next 18 months with a focus on underrepresented groups and hiring a chief diversity officer — Aiming to beat a self-imposed reform deadline and a Tinseltown firestorm, the board of the besieged Hollywood Foreign Press Association …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Political news startup Recount Media raises $18M Series B; it now has 40+ staff and plans to use the money for newsletters, events, and coverage beyond politics — Recount Media, the two-year-old startup founded by veteran journalists John Battelle and John Heilemann, has raised $18 million …
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@therecount and @jeffjarvis
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