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Choire Sicha, most recently the editor of the NYT Styles section, is joining New York Magazine as an editor-at-large — New York Magazine editor-in-chief David Haskell announced today that Choire Sicha is joining as an editor-at-large. He will regularly write short-form pieces for Intelligencer …


Staff at The Atlantic announce an intent to unionize; EIC appears to agree to voluntarily recognize the union, announcing intention to work with its organizers — New York (CNN Business)In a 1916 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, John D. Rockefeller Jr. wrote about workers' right to organize.
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France's competition authority says Google agreed to pay a fine of nearly $270M and promised to make it easier for competitors to use its ad tools — Deal with competition authority resolves complaint over the firm's digital advertising tactics — PARIS— Alphabet Inc.'s Google agreed …
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Apple unveils SharePlay for FaceTime in iOS 15, adding synchronized media playback and real-time chat in partnership with Disney+, HBO Max, TikTok, and Twitch — Apple unveiled a new feature of its FaceTime video-chat feature dubbed SharePlay, which provides a way for multiple users to watch …
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Psaki won't commit to Biden increasing frequency of formal news conferences, after holding just one since Jan., saying “he takes questions several times a week” — New York (CNN Business)The White House press briefing room will return to 100% capacity on Monday after 15 months …
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Zuckerberg says Facebook will keep paid online events, fan subscriptions, and upcoming independent news products free for creators until 2023 — To help more creators make a living on our platforms, we're going to keep paid online events, fan subscriptions, badges, and our upcoming independent …
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A co-founder of liberal PAC MeidasTouch says Fox News declined to broadcast an ad on Sunday featuring law enforcement officers speaking about the January 6 riot — Fox News declined to broadcast an ad Sunday about the violence that law-enforcement members faced as they tried to stop …


YouGov survey of ~2,000 UK adults shows 10% would be willing to pay to read online news articles, 47% for movies and TV, and 33% for music — Six in ten in the UK are now willing to pay for online content with 10% saying they would pay to read online news articles, according to new research.
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Researcher: Twitter Super Follow to be limited to users over 18, with 25+ tweets posted in the last 30 days and 10K+ followers; categories include adult content — The company teased the Patreon-like subscription service earlier this year — Twitter announced earlier this year it was working …
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Analysis of Trump's social media engagement before and after bans shows a significant drop but some posts still receive equal engagement due to amplification — When Facebook and Twitter barred Donald J. Trump from their platforms after the Capitol riot in January, he lost direct access to his most powerful megaphones.
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Fox News and CNN decided not to broadcast Trump's recent speech live, his first major speech since February, with Fox News airing a pre-taped Watters World show — Former President Donald Trump made a return to the political arena Saturday night with a speech at the North Carolina Republican Party State Convention in Greenville.


Walmart launches two onn-branded Android TV devices, a TV streaming stick for $25 and a 4K streaming device for $30 — Walmart accidentally scooped itself by publishing product listings for its own, onn-branded, low-cost Android TV streaming stick to the Walmart.com website ahead of its formal launch …
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DOJ obtained a gag order, under Trump and continuing under Biden, preventing NYT execs from disclosing efforts to seize reporters' records even to Dean Baquet — A push by prosecutors to secretly seize data about four Times reporters' emails began in the Trump administration and continued under Biden.
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DOJ says it will no longer “seek compulsory legal process in leak investigations to obtain source information from members of the news media doing their jobs”
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