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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 …
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Profile of Rukhshana, a news website started in 2020 by a collective of female Afghan journalists who are now at high risk of violence as the Taliban advance — A collective of female journalists are battling to make women's voices heard as the Islamist militants tighten their grip on the country
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@babcpw, @alex_n_boyd and @penamerica
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[Thread] US reporters who worked in Afghanistan could help Afgan nationals, who worked with their media org, get referrals for US State Dept.'s refugee program — Are you an American journalist who's worked in Afghanistan? Then there's a 100% chance you hired Afghan nationals to help you with your work. Here's how you might be able to help them right now... (a thread)
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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.


Some investors urge Disney to ditch its streaming bundle with Hulu and ESPN+ in favor of an all-in-one Disney+ offering, bringing it closer to the Netflix model — The success of the streaming bundle has led some investors to call for an all-in-one Disney+ streaming offering. Is CEO Bob Chapek interested?
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@bygeorgethomas, @davidpoland, @reeljeffewing and @alexweprin


NPR has developed Dex, a tool attached to its CMS where staff submit information on sources' race, age range, gender identity, and location to monitor diversity — After deciding to track demographics for all its sources in 2020, NPR built a tool to make the process part of reporters' daily newsgathering
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Netflix blocks some residential IP addresses used by VPN services to bypass geographic restrictions; Netflix originals access is unaffected — Six years ago, Netflix started blocking customers who tried to access its service over a commercial VPN or proxy service.
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Ars Technica, The Diff, Plagiarism Today and The Streamable

In “symbolic deportation”, Russia won't renew a BBC journalist's visa that ends in August in retaliation for Britain not issuing visas to Russian journalists — Russia has told a BBC journalist working in Moscow to leave the country by the end of this month in retaliation …
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New York Times, Bloomberg, @miriamelder, The Times, The Daily Beast and The Moscow Times


Study of 6,000 websites and 900 apps that host pirated movies and TV finds they make ~$1.3B per year from ads, including ads by Amazon, Facebook, and Google — - Stolen-content providers make $1.3 billion a year, study says — Amazon, Facebook, Google contribute ads to the websites
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Interview with LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, on focusing on journalistic strength and user engagement, not blocking the Tribune sale to Alden, and more — When you walk in the room, do you have sway? — I'm Kara Swisher. And you're listening to “Sway.”


National Association of Broadcasters and two other groups ask a court to re-examine FCC rules requiring disclosure of foreign ties of entities leasing airtime — The National Association of Broadcasters is joining forces with and the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters …
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Radio World and Radio & Television …


HBO Max plans to roll out a new app in the next four or five months for connected TVs, built from the ground up, after complaints of glitches in its current app — This story first ran in Buffering, Vulture's newsletter about the streaming industry. Head to vulture.com/buffering and subscribe today!
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