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Max Willens / Digiday:
Medium says its Partner Program has 200,000+ enrollees as it launches a referral program that will give participants a ~50% cut of new subscriber revenue — As the creator services arms race intensifies across digital media, Medium is hoping to stand out by sharing more of its spoils with a smaller …
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@maxwillens, 3 min read, @realbengilbert, @caleweissman, @ahmetasabanci, TechCrunch, @rebeccatee, @mclendaniel and @mattnavarra
Clara Hernanz Lizarraga / Bloomberg:
Lionel Messi's exclusive interview with a Twitch influencer following his move to Paris shows how sports programming is shifting steadily to streaming platforms — - Interview after star's Paris move is a coup for the Amazon app — Clubs working with influencers to tap new generation of fans
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@adrianweckler, @tzm_tmt and @mattnavarra
James Hercher / AdExchanger:
Eyeo, creator of Adblock Plus, debuts Trestle, a demand-side platform that lets ad agencies target Eyeo users who consent to see ads, plus “lookalike audiences” — But Trestle makes it easy to plug directly into existing campaign infrastructure, Padhye said.
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@astaniscia86 and @bmorrissey
Natasha Ishak / Nieman Lab:
A look at the Twitter account Writers of Color, started by a group of journalists to politely shame publications about pay transparency — As a freelancer and journalist of color, I use many sources to find jobs, but the Writers of Color account on Twitter has become one of my favorite go-tos.
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@writersofcolor, @writersofcolor, @writersofcolor, bookforum.com and What's New in Publishing
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Disney to pay Lionsgate nearly $10M to launch Star Plus in Brazil after local judge said the name sounded too similar to Lionsgate's streaming service StarzPlay — The Walt Disney Company has agreed to pay nearly $10 million to Lionsgate for the right to use the “Star Plus” branding for a streaming service set to launch in Brazil.
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Quartz says it has 27,000 members, up 71% YoY, and is set to generate $3M+ in subscription revenue in 2021, as it refocuses subscription program on newsletters — Quartz is making changes to its three-year-old subscription program, with a new focus on its email newsletters after the publisher found …
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@zseward
Kate Kaye / Digiday:
Google engineer says it is considering moving FLoC to a topics-based system as the original version of FLoC presents new privacy infringements for users — Now that Google has postponed its plan to disable third-party cookies in its Chrome browser, the digital ad giant may be considering …
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@simonjharris, @wolfiechristl, @katekayereports and @katekayereports
Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
Poland's parliament passes a bill that could force Discovery, owner of Poland's TVN network, to sell its holdings, in a move viewed as a blow to media freedom — WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's parliament has voted in favor of a bill that would force Discovery Inc., the U.S. owner …
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New York Times, @anneapplebaum, @globalfreemedia, @sikorskiradek, @anneapplebaum and @janowskikris
The Atlantic:
Filing: The Atlantic added 280,000 subscribers in the last 12 months, for a total of 833,410, with the average value of a subscription growing 45% since H1 2019 — The Atlantic's paid readership jumped by more than 280,000 in the last 12 months, according to the latest circulation statement filed …
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@maxboot, @markstenberg3, @jeffreygoldberg, @orskov and @elipariser
Alex Heath / The Verge:
Facebook claims it is undertaking a “very meaningful pivot”, still in its infancy, to change how its ad tools work with a focus on privacy — A ‘very meaningful pivot’ is underway inside the world's largest social network — Facebook's massive business was built on its ability to track users across the internet.
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Adweek, About Facebook, @samfbiddle, @alexeheath, @astaniscia86, @hamburger, @giladedelman, @eric_seufert, @chrismessina, @alexeheath, @willoremus, AppleInsider, @simonjharris, @mattnavarra, @reckless, @moonalice, @niemanlab, @charlesarthur, @lanceulanoff and @kevinbankston, more at Techmeme »
Helen Davidson / The Guardian:
Chinese state media deletes articles quoting a Swiss biologist critical of the US over COVID-19 origin investigations, after Switzerland says he does not exist — State media quietly erases articles on biologist Wilson Edwards after Switzerland says he does not exist
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Breitbart, @archermail, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, @heldavidson, @censelio and Al Jazeera
Financial Times:
FT reopens its LA bureau after nearly a decade, as part of US expansion plans, and will now have six bureaus in the US, the most of any country in its network — The Financial Times is reopening its Los Angeles bureau after nearly a decade and has appointed veteran correspondent Christopher Grimes …
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