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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify launches Spotify Greenroom, a new app that allows Spotify users worldwide to join or host live audio rooms, and turn those conversations into podcasts — In March, Spotify announced it was acquiring the company behind the sports-focused audio app Locker Room to help speed its entry into the live audio market.
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John Daniszewski / The Definitive Source:
AP will no longer name suspects in minor crime stories but will keep naming suspects in stories on active fugitive searches and significant crimes like murder — John Daniszewski — AP will no longer name suspects in minor crime stories, which we sometimes cover and pick …
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@farnoushamiri, Associated Press, @shaunarempel, The Rural Blog, The Hill, Boing Boing, @jbmoorephoto, @elizaorlins, @scotthech, @evalois, @aditrao, @nhannahjones, @noahhurowitz, @elienyc, @kellyvaughen, @lovingoodtv, @katmckinley, @claudio_report, @ciciadams_, @bakari_sellers, @sifill_ldf, The Week, Fox News and The Wrap
Jasper Jolly / The Guardian:
GB News, which launched in the UK with a mission to produce “anti-woke” US-style news content, faces an advertiser backlash as Ikea and Nivea pull their ads — Ikea, Grolsch and Kopparberg have suspended adverts due to station's perceived conflict with their values
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@jimwaterson, @aljwhite, Press Gazette, @marinahyde, The Daily Beast, @benyt, The Independent, Deadline, The Drum, @pressgazette, Guido Fawkes, @hsouthwellfe, @ayaan, @afneil, @emporersnewc, @prork, @duncanweldon and Reclaim The Net
Politico:
Biden's administration has granted The 19th, which launched last year and has fewer than 30 employees, more access than many larger and established outlets — With help from Allie Bice and Daniel Payne — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.
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@eramshaw, @tiffanydcross, @eramshaw, @joyannreid, @jmsummers and New York Times
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple Podcasts Subscriptions go live globally, letting subscribers unlock additional benefits; Apple takes a 30% cut in the first year and 15% in the second — Apple Podcasts Subscriptions are now live across more than 170 countries and regions, Apple announced this morning.
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Financial Times, Apple, The Verge, hotpodnews.com, @tedhosmann, @zkahn, @kerrymflynn, @nwquah, ScreenRant, RAIN News, Variety and MacRumors
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
NYT's oral history of Pentagon Papers includes an interview with researcher Linda Amster, whose name was left out of credits, allegedly due to risk of prison — Linda Amster says that her husband bore the “brunt” of her outrage when she looked at her copy of the New York Times on Sunday, June 13, 1971.
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@jswatz and @gadflymovie
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic:
Examining the commercialization of ideas and interactions via newsletters, NFTs, and tip jars, where money empowers but reduces expression to mere commerce — That's not just a tweet; that's your original idea and your intellectual property, and maybe you can sell it.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Mashable EIC Jessica Coen joins Morning Brew as chief content officer and will lead Morning Brew's expansion into new business lines, like events and video — Mashable editor-in-chief Jessica Coen is joining Morning Brew as chief content officer, Axios has learned. She will report to CEO Austin Rief.
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@jessicacoen, @tysonhutchins_, @axios, @jyarow, @devin_tomb, @micahgrimes, @joshsternberg, @steakscience, @neal_freyman, @austin_rief and Talking Biz News
Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal:
Private equity firm Platinum Equity plans to buy textbook publisher McGraw Hill from Apollo Global Management in a deal valued around $4.5B, including debt — Deal for the textbook publisher is valued at about $4.5 billion, including debt — Private-equity firm Platinum Equity has struck …
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@tonywan and Publishers Lunch
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Sky News Australia will launch a dedicated, free-to-air regional channel in August with plans to reach up to 7M viewers — The channel says it will reach up to 7 million regional viewers after striking free-to-air deals with Win and Southern Cross Austereo.
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@thetowncrier and @saffronhowden
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Challenger, Gray & Christmas data: about 960 newsroom jobs have been lost so far this year, down 91% from 10,576 cuts through the same period last year — Media job cuts are down 91% from this time last year.
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American Press Institute, @ketchcast, @digitalshields and @raju
Oversight Board:
Oversight Board takes its first policy opinion request from Facebook, on the sharing of residential info, which Facebook says can be relevant for journalism — Today, the Board announced it has accepted a policy advisory opinion request from Facebook on the sharing of private residential information.
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