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12:50 PM ET, August 13, 2021

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Dean Sterling Jones / BuzzFeed News:
Snopes suspends its cofounder David Mikkelson after report finds he published 54 articles between 2015 and 2019 with plagiarized material from LAT and others  —  David Mikkelson, the cofounder of the fact-checking website Snopes, has long presented himself as the arbiter of truth online …
Roshan Noorzai / Voice of America:
As the Taliban advance in Afghanistan, more than 90 media outlets have closed down and 46 journalists have relocated to Kabul due to violence and threats  —  As the Taliban advance across Afghanistan, over 90 media outlets have closed down and concern for the safety of the country's journalists has increased.
Emily McCormick / Yahoo Finance:
Disney beats expectations in Q3, with net income of $923M on revenue of $17.02B, paid subs for Disney+ at 116M, ESPN+ at 14.9M, and Hulu at 42.8M; stock up ~5%  —  DIS) reported fiscal third-quarter results Thursday that beat Wall Street's estimates, with user growth at the company's key …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBC says streaming of Tokyo Olympics content on its platforms was up 25% from 2016 Rio and 101% from the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games  —  You've probably heard that the Tokyo Olympics were a ratings flop for NBC.  But by all measures, it was the most-streamed Olympics ever.
The Daily Beast:
Sources: Rachel Maddow, intrigued by streaming and podcasting opportunities, is considering leaving MSNBC when her contract ends early next year  —  As her contract draws to a close, sources told The Daily Beast, the MSNBC icon has been weighing taking her brand elsewhere.
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
NYT lawyers mistakenly emailed a document listing strategies to fight a tech union to a union organizer; the paper opted for trying to keep membership under 400  —  While locked in a contentious battle over tech staffers unionizing, Times management's counsel mistakenly sent its game plan to the union.
Democracy Now:
Q&A with CPJ's Jan-Albert Hootsen on the dangers for journalists in Mexico after a prominent news anchor there spoke on air about a cartel threatening her life  —  Prominent Mexican news anchor Azucena Uresti took to the airwaves this week to stand up to one of the country's most powerful drug cartels …
Dave Sebastian / Dow Jones Newswires:
Meredith reports Q4 net income of $36.7M, up from $6.2M last year, on revenue of $717.9M, up from $611.2M; digital ad revenue grew 80% YoY  —  Meredith Corp. said its profit and revenue rose for the fourth quarter as digital-advertising revenue increased.  —  The media company Thursday …
Antoinette Siu / The Wrap:
TikTok talent agent Ariadna Jacob sues NYT and reporter Taylor Lorenz for defamation, claiming she lost clients after an August 2020 article about her business  —  Ariadna Jacob, an agent who represented TikTok stars like Charli D'Amelio and other online Influencers, filed a defamation lawsuit …
Reuters:
A Philippine court dismisses a libel case against Rappler CEO Maria Ressa; the case is one of several against Ressa, who calls the suits a harassment campaign  —  A Philippine court has dismissed a libel case against Maria Ressa, a lawyer said on Thursday, one of several lawsuits filed …
 
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[Thread] Pay study from New York Magazine Union: median salary for women of color is $65,900, ~$8,000 less than white female colleagues, $34,000 less than men
Joseph Cox / VICE:
Google bans location data company SafeGraph, which collects Android app data that NYT used last year to show where people spent their time after lockdowns
Andrew Deck / Rest of World:
As Substack expands abroad, writers say it needs local payment options and customer service in other languages; some worry about legal support in hostile states
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Nielsen announces it is putting its Media Rating Council accreditation on hiatus as it faces pressure from the TV industry for undercounting viewers
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Rachel Abrams / New York Times:
Profile of former National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard, who runs Grazia USA, bought OK Magazine's website and Radar Online, and has signed a podcasting deal
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Reddit raises $410M+ led by Fidelity Investments at a $10B+ valuation, up from $6B six months ago when it raised $250M; the new round could reach $700M
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The New York Times is launching seven subscriber-only opinion newsletters and making 11 other existing newsletters exclusive to subscribers beginning August 16
 

 
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Kent Walker / The Keyword:
Google says the US DOJ's “wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision”, would hurt US consumers and jeopardize US' global tech leadership

Daniel Howley / Yahoo Finance:
Nvidia reports Q3 revenue up 94% YoY to $35.1B, vs. $33.2B est., Data Center revenue up 112% to $30.8B, vs. $29B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates

Matt Swayne / The Quantum Insider:
Google researchers introduce AlphaQubit, a machine-learning decoder that surpasses existing methods in identifying and correcting quantum computing errors

 
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