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1:35 PM ET, August 16, 2021

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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
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: @lucas_shaw and Hollywood Reporter
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 …
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 …
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
 
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
DistroKid, which has helped 2M+ musicians upload music to streaming services, says it is valued at $1.3B after a recent raise from Insight Venture Partners
Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
Netflix blocks some residential IP addresses used by VPN services to bypass geographic restrictions; Netflix originals access is unaffected
Discussion: Ars Technica and The Diff
Josef Adalian / Vulture:
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
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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
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Angela Fu / Poynter:
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
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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
 

 
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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Okta fixes a flaw present since July 23, 2024 that, under specific conditions, let users log in with any password if the account's username had 52+ characters

Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:
Intel scraps forecast of selling $500M+ worth of Gaudi AI accelerator chips in 2024, with CEO Pat Gelsinger citing chip transition and slower uptake to software

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Popular photo editing company Pixelmator says it has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, pending regulatory approval

 
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