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11:20 AM ET, June 20, 2021

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Eric Newcomer / Newcomer:
Andreessen Horowitz's Future doesn't compete with journalism because it offers up essays, not reporting, limiting its potential to promote tech-positive views  —  I've been dragging my feet on writing about Andreessen Horowitz's much-anticipated new publication, which the firm revealed Tuesday.
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Interview with Chuck Todd about interviewing Republicans who enabled Trump's election lies as he laments that print media gets a pass on such interviews  —  MSNBC's Chuck Todd is done with Twitter — mostly.  —  The moderator of Meet the Press says he has stopped using the platform, which he compares to quitting smoking.
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
Nielsen: in May, US viewers used their TVs for streaming 26% of the time, up from 20% in 2020, 14% in 2019; 64% of the time was spent on network and cable TV  —  - Streaming accounts for 26% of all time spent on TV, according to new data from Nielsen.  — Network and cable TV still hold strong, accounting for 64% of time spent.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Roku says from May 20 to June 3, more Roku viewers streamed a Roku Original than Quibi users who streamed Quibi shows during the nine months of Quibi's lifetime  —  Roku has revealed viewership data for its original programming, much of which was powered by the acquisition of Quibi's library last January.
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
How Roku beat larger companies by focusing on distribution, as it pivots to focus on original programming with plans to spend $1B on content next year  —  - Roku has out-executed larger companies and leaned on an unusual corporate culture to gain a $45 billion valuation.
Josh Noel / @hopnotes:
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Survey: social media users see the removal of hate speech as more fair than removing profanity, with moderators who removed hate speech seen as more trustworthy  —  News consumers and social media platform users prioritize the removal of hate speech over the removal of profanity …
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Lessons from Lookout Santa Cruz, six months after its launch in an Alden market, and how civic betterment is key to the revival of local news  —  We don't wake up each morning to compete with a print daily, but rather to run our own local news and community model.  That's the key.
Sami Fathi / MacRumors:
YouTube says it is rolling out picture-in-picture support for YouTube Premium users on iOS and plans to launch the feature for all iOS users in the US  —  After a long wait, YouTube for iOS is officially gaining picture-in-picture support, allowing all users, non-premium and premium subscribers …
Stacy Perman / Los Angeles Times:
Two members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association resigned in protest calling diversity reform efforts “window-dressing”  —  Calling the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. “toxic” and its reform efforts “window-dressing,” two members of the group that votes on the Golden Globe Awards resigned in protest Thursday.
 
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Nine months after Chatham Asset Management took control of McClatchy, a look at the chain's NC papers amid a competitive, challenging business environment
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Hong Kong charges Apple Daily chief editor and chief executive with collusion with a foreign country; three more executives remain under investigation
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Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Spotify has acquired Podz, a podcast discovery startup whose tech helps podcasters promote their show using ML to select 60-second clips of key moments
Sahil Patel / The Information:
Sources: NYT and The Athletic have ended their acquisition talks because the companies couldn't agree on a price
@kerrymflynn:
Insider internal memo: all posts must now be under 600 words, except for those from the investigations team, features writers, and a few other exceptions