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Ruchi Kumar / The Guardian:
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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Ben Smith / New York Times:
More than 100 journalists employed by US government's radio stations are yet to be evacuated from Afghanistan as the Taliban take power — More than a hundred journalists employed by the American government's own radio stations remain in Afghanistan as the Taliban take power, U.S. officials and Afghan journalists said Sunday.
Azmat Khan / @azmatzahra:
[Thread] How US reporters who worked in Afghanistan can help Afghan nationals get referrals for the State Department's refugee program
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Profile of Red Ventures, the South Carolina-based digital media company that in recent years has bought CNET, Lonely Planet, The Points Guy, Healthline, more — Red Ventures has turned very specific advice into very big business. — INDIAN LAND, S.C. — Lindsey Turrentine first heard …
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Talking Biz News, @josheidelson, @ted_williams, @jeffjarvis, @lhorwich, @lturrentine, @michellemanafy, @felixsalmon, @benyt, @wexler, @nytimes, @lturrentine, @jspujji, @marctorrence, @patriciamazzei and @jspujji
Hollywood Reporter:
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
New York Times:
Hachette says it's buying Workman, one of the largest US independent publishers, known for lucrative older titles like What to Expect When You're Expecting — Workman, known for “What to Expect When You're Expecting” and other lucrative backlist titles, is one of the largest independent publishers in the United States.
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@andrewlavallee, @sarahw, @liz_a_harris and @austinkleon
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A look at Amazon's plans to expand its ad business by monetizing podcasts, after spending $350M+ buying rights to podcasts over the last 12 months — Amazon.com Inc. announced earlier this summer that it had acquired distribution rights to SmartLess, a popular podcast hosted by actors Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes.
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@lucas_shaw and Hollywood Reporter
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 …
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Future Publishing acquires Dennis Publishing, which runs The Week, IT Pro, Minecraft World, and other titles, for £300M — Future continues buying spree with purchase of 12 titles including The Week and Computer Active — Future, the owner of titles including Country Life and Metal Hammer …
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Press Gazette, Future, Financial Times and Adweek
Maria Wilczek / Notes From Poland:
TVN's news channel gets a Dutch broadcast license, allowing it to keep operating in Poland, amid concerns that its Polish license may not be renewed next month — The 24-hour news channel of TVN, Poland's largest private television network, has received a broadcasting licence …
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Reuters, The First News and Broadband TV News
Sankalp Phartiyal / Reuters:
Indian court puts on hold new rules for digital news media, saying their broad reach would have a “chilling effect” on the media's freedom of speech — Some Indian media on Monday cheered a court order over the weekend which put on hold a part of new rules seeking to regulate content …
Kelly Gilblom / Bloomberg:
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
Kate Kaye / Digiday:
Google has quietly met with around 20 publishers since March to discuss its Privacy Sandbox initiative, including FLoC, as it prepares to move beyond cookies — Google engineers and staff on its ads and Chrome teams have a new monthly meeting on their calendars — with digital publishers.
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