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12:45 PM ET, July 6, 2021

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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund:
Nikole Hannah-Jones declines tenure at UNC and will teach at Howard University: “I cannot imagine working at... a school named for a man who lobbied against me”  —  - HOME - > - News - > - Nikole Hannah-Jones Issues Statement on Decision ...  Today, award-winning journalist …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
A look at the increased competition in weather reporting, with Fox poaching Weather Channel talent in the lead up to the launch of streaming channel Fox Weather  —  As viewers tune out cable news, Rupert Murdoch is preparing the debut of Fox Weather, a potentially powerful new player in a sphere long dominated by the Weather Channel.
Preston Padden / The Daily Beast:
Former Fox exec Preston Padden says he has tried and failed over the past nine months to get Murdoch to understand the damage that Fox News is doing to America  —  The Rupert Murdoch I worked for was brilliant, courageous, optimistic, and a gentleman.  Which makes his bile-filled network all the more confounding.
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
In a court filing, India's government says Twitter has lost its liability protection there since it has failed to comply with IT rules introduced in February  —  Twitter no longer enjoys the liability protection against user-generated content in India, the government said in a court filing …
Voice of America:
At least 15 journalists were attacked by mobs while covering an anti-Pride protest in Tbilisi, Georgia  —  LGBT campaigners in Georgia have canceled a planned Pride march after opponents attacked activists and journalists and the government and church spoke out against the event.
Discussion: CNN and Associated Press
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Lifestyle publisher Outside says 40% of new subscribers are choosing its Outside+ membership bundle for 20 titles plus perks instead of individual subscriptions  —  Since launching a subscription bundle for its titles in May, active lifestyle publisher Outside has seen 40% of new subscribers choose …
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Murray Carpenter / Washington Post:
Interview with Robin Thurston, owner of Outside and dozens of active lifestyle publications, on bundling the magazines into a $99-a-year Outside+ subscription
Kevin Draper / New York Times:
ESPN talent and management have been at odds over the past year, after a white ESPN reporter suggested her colleague got a prized job because she is Black  —  In comments still rippling through the network, the reporter Rachel Nichols, who is white, said Maria Taylor, who is Black …
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Ad-measurement company Tenjin: following Apple's IDFA changes, spending on iOS ads fell one-third between June 1 and July 1, while Android spending rose 10%  —  Android ad prices have jumped, as iOS users opt out of being tracked, early data show  —  Advertisers have begun shifting …
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Kristen Chick / Columbia Journalism Review:
Sources describe years of complaints from colleagues and freelancers about NYT's international picture editor David Furst, before his quiet departure in April  —  Years of complaints from colleagues and freelancers preceded the recent departure of a New York Times photo editor
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
With changes to their video services, TikTok, Instagram, and others are joining streaming wars to take on Netflix, Amazon, and legacy media players  —  - Instagram and TikTok both announced changes this week that enhances their video services.  — The lines are increasingly blurring …
Discussion: ScreenRant
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
Katy Perry to offer NFTs via Theta Labs, a blockchain-based P2P video streaming network with 1M MAUs that gives out rewards in exchange for unused bandwidth  —  - Theta has built a peer-to-peer video streaming network  — Katy Perry takes stake in Theta Labs, to offer NFTs to fans
Carlos Aguilar / Vox:
A freelance film critic discusses gatekeeping in movie criticism, and the challenges for writers from marginalized backgrounds to enter the profession  —  I never believed I could be one.  That's the problem.  —  The first time I attended a press screening — an early …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Cable news ratings at Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC have significantly declined with Fox's total daily viewers in June down 35% YoY, CNN's 49% YoY, and MSNBC 37% YoY  —  MSNBC and CNN's ratings are seriously slumping, as Fox News and its right-wing media allies have relentlessly pointed out.
 
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UK's Channel 4 says more than 70% of its presenting team for the Paralympics will be disabled
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Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
Comcast hires former Fox exec David Rhodes to lead international business development at Sky, after News Corp canceled plans for a Fox News-like network in UK
Discussion: TVNewser
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Sports outlets like Racquet, whose next issue Naomi Osaka is guest editing, acknowledge athletes' social media reach while retaining journalistic independence
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost:
YouGov: 47% of those in US don't have cable TV, including 60% of those 18-34; another survey finds most advertisers say CTV works at least as well as linear TV
 

 
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters

Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China, saying it was ordered to do so by China's cyberspace officials citing national security concerns

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that creates a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

 
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