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Edmund Lee / New York Times:
NYT beats Q2 expectations with $93M adjusted operating profit on $499M revenue; 8M subscribers, 142K new digital subscribers; online revenue up 41% YoY to $261M — The company expects to end the year with about 8.5 million. In its quarterly results, it reported holding nearly $1 billion in cash.
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Facebook says it has disabled the accounts, apps, Pages, and access to its APIs for researchers running NYU's Ad Observatory Project, citing TOS violations — - Company says researchers of political ads were scraping data — NYU's Ad Observatory got cease-and-desist letter last October
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Ben Bowman / The Streamable:
HBO Max is no longer available on Amazon Prime Video as WarnerMedia seeks a direct relationship with users — HBO Max continues to assert its independence from its old streaming partners. If you look for the service on Amazon Prime Video, you won't find it anymore. — We knew this was coming.
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Catie Keck / The Verge:
HBO Max is offering a selection of 13 free pilot episodes in-app to attract new subscribers — Lovecraft Country, Harley Quinn, and Game of Thrones included — HBO Max is offering free episodes to potential new subscribers in-app and free of charge so they can take its more popular series …
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Nia Prater / New York Magazine:
NY AG report: Chris Cuomo of CNN sent an email that appeared to be a draft PR release for his brother, Andrew, when harassment claims against the governor arose — The newly released report from Attorney General Letitia James's office on sexual-harassment allegations against Governor Andrew Cuomo …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Subscription digital outlet Puck debuts its site puck.news, will formally launch in Sept., has hired Dylan Byers, Matt Belloni, and others as founding partners — Puck, a splashy new digital media company, is coming out of stealth mode, Axios has learned. The company debuted its landing page …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Politico employees are mounting an effort to unionize with NewsGuild — Members of Politico's newsroom are actively mounting an effort to unionize with the NewsGuild, sources tell Axios. — Why it matters: Politico's newsroom is one of the largest newsrooms to have resisted organizing efforts in the past.
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Emma Graham-Harrison / The Guardian:
Open letter signed by British newspapers and broadcasters asks UK to include Afghans who have worked for UK media in its refugee visa program for Afghans — Newspapers and broadcasters send open letter to Boris Johnson raising safety fears about locals who did vital work for the west
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Danny Funt / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the relationship, at times ethically uneasy, between sports journalism and sports betting, amid sportsbooks' broad shift into media operations — Gamblers would give anything to peek at Ian Rapoport's notes. In late April, Rapoport—a reporter at the NFL Network, known on air as an …
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Casey Michel / New Republic:
Russian oligarchs are increasingly sending legal threats to US and UK investigative journalists by hiring the best law firms, a practice known as “lawfare” — Russian President Vladimir Putin has been one of the most consequential world figures of the past two decades …
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Jake Sherman / @jakesherman:
Source: Axios is planning on launching subscription products for investors and private equity firms and others similar to Politico Pro in the fall — Interesting nugget in @PunchbowlNews AM — @JimVandeHei and @Axios are starting a policy product to compete with @POLITICOPro https://twitter.com/...
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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Longform podcast, with ~500 episodes of interviews with writers and others, is joining Vox Media Podcast Network, which will handle marketing and distribution — Starting today, the Longform podcast — a long-running show featuring interviews with nonfiction writers and journalists about storytelling …
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