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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 …
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Kerry Flynn / CNN:
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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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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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Brian Stelter / CNN:
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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Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
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 …
Mark Zuckerberg:
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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Justin Kroll / Deadline:
Sources: Universal is developing She Said, a movie based on Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, the NYT reporters who broke the Harvey Weinstein sex scandal story — EXCLUSIVE: Nearly four years after New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor broke the bombshell Harvey Weinstein sex scandal report …
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Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
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 …
New York Times:
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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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
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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Kim Lyons / The Verge:
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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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish says Pluto TV ad revenue is expected to cross $1B in Q4 2021 — “Everyone thought we were nuts” when his team first mentioned that figure, Bob Bakish tells an Evercore ISI investor conference. He also forecast an ad-supported version of Paramount+ would end …
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