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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
OnlyFans says it will prohibit users from posting any sexually explicit conduct starting in October, but will allow them to post nude photos and videos — - Popularity of the website has exploded during the pandemic — Many sex workers use OnlyFans to charge customers online
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Ethan Zuckerman:
Facebook's new report reinforces its narrative that most content on the News Feed is not news, but doesn't provide enough data to make meaningful conclusions — What content is popular on Facebook? — This is a surprisingly difficult - and very important - question to answer.
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Washington Post, Brian Boland, @pilhofer, @brandyzadrozny, @brandyzadrozny, @brandyzadrozny, @caseynewton, @yaeleisenstat, @markseibel, Insider, @brandyzadrozny, @brandyzadrozny, @blackamazon, @kevinroose, @ethanz, @bostonjoan, MediaPost, TechCrunch, Adweek and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
Facebook, for the first time, shares a report on the most widely viewed domains, links, posts, and Pages on Facebook in the US during Q2
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@caseynewton, About Facebook, Columbia Journalism Review, @kevinroose, @brendannyhan, @alexweprin, @randfish, @kevinroose, Wired, Ad Age, Gizmodo, @ariezrawaldman, @ceciliakang, @profcarroll, @alicetiara, @jesselehrich, @anthony, @reaganbattalion, @shannimcg, @jason_kint, @bostonjoan, @willoremus, @brandyzadrozny, Midday Macro, @polotek, @kevinroose, @kevinroose, @kevinroose, @digiphile, @jason_kint, @ethanz, @emilybell, @glenngabe, @issielapowsky, @rmac18, @anthony, @minimaxir, @martinsfp, @spandi_s, @swodinsky, @shiraovide, @benedictevans, @andymstone, @sarafischer, @willoremus, @willoremus, @issielapowsky, @issielapowsky and @willoremus, more at Techmeme »
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News is mandating all staff share their vaccination status even as its personalities argue that asking about vaccine status is a major intrusion of privacy — New York (CNN Business)The right-wing channel Fox News, whose top personalities have for months assailed the concept …
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Media Matters for America, Vanity Fair, Breitbart, Slate, Newser, Talking Points Memo, @oliverdarcy, Variety, The Wrap, MediaPost and Joe.My.God.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Major outlets like WaPo have featured past architects of failed policies in Afghanistan criticizing Biden's withdrawal, leading to distorted coverage — After two decades of war, President Biden finally made the decision to fully withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan. It did not go as planned.
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Popular Information, @juddlegum, Morning Consult, @jaycaruso, Discourse Blog, @parkermolloy, @juddlegum, New York Magazine, @cirincione, @alfranken, @jamblinman, @jamblinman, Beltway Breakdown, @elongreen, @jamblinman, @adamjohnsonnyc, @jamblinman, @rschooley, @bjaninemorison, @rod3000, @votevets, @mattyglesias, @jamblinman, @juddlegum, @michaelcdeibert, @juddlegum, @poet_economist and Today's Edition Newsletter
@revue:
Twitter starts testing a button on Revue creators' profiles that allows users to subscribe to their newsletters — It's here 🧡 Today, we're starting to test a feature that allows people to subscribe to your Revue newsletter directly from your Twitter profile. It's available to all Revue creators immediately. To start though, your newsletters will show only for a test group on Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
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@arctictony, @jewelwickershow, @wuebben, TechCrunch, The Verge, @lanceulanoff, @sarthakgh, @twittersupport, @jackmarshall, @jaycodon, @larakate, @mattcassinelli, 9to5Mac, @dangillmor, @juiceboxca, @simonowens, @dustinwstout and @luca
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson:
Memo: 65 families of NYT colleagues, with 128 people, have made it out of Afghanistan, and NYT plans to find ways to cover the country under Taliban rule — Here's the note from NYT's @meslackman to staff tonight on our colleagues from Afghanistan https://twitter.com/...
Tarpley Hitt / Gawker:
A closer look at the lead up to the implosion at Current Affairs, which the EIC calls “a horrible call in judgment”, and the uncertain aftermath for the outlet — The staff of Current Affairs announced Wednesday morning that they had been fired by their boss …
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@chaykak, @tarpleyhitt, @sonjatrauss, @bhayankur, @joeywreck, @ggreenwald, Fox News, @petersterne, bookforum.com, The Uprising, VICE, National Review, The Wrap and @lyta_gold
Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters:
Facebook says it will spend $5M on multi-year deals with 25 local journalists for its Bulletin newsletter — Facebook Inc (FB.O) has chosen 25 local independent journalists to be paid out of a $5 million pot to write for its newsletter site Bulletin through multiyear deals, the company told Reuters on Thursday.
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@blackamazon, @deitaone and @reuters, more at Techmeme »
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Amazon acquires the rights to the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards, marking the first time a major awards show will be live streamed exclusively — Amazon.com Inc. acquired the rights to the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards, saying it will mark the first time a major awards show has been live streamed exclusively.
Discussion:
Variety, The Wrap, Billboard and @richlightshed
Angela Fu / Poynter:
Journalists at 3 NJ Gannett newspapers say they are unionizing with NewsGuild; Gannett declined to voluntarily recognize the unit, triggering a NLRB election — Journalists at three Gannett papers in Central Jersey and the Jersey Shore announced Thursday they are unionizing.
Discussion:
nyguild.org and The NewsGuild - CWA
DW.COM:
Taliban have killed a family member of a DW journalist they were seeking and raided the homes of three other DW journalists — Journalists and their families are in grave danger in Afghanistan. The Taliban have no compunction about carrying out targeted killings as the case of a DW journalist shows.
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The Hill, The Daily Beast, @marigathoithi, @hillelneuer, @alesbon, @annettedittert, @ggatehouse, @dwnews and @frudbezhan
Matt Burgess / Wired:
Researchers say they've found a “likely state-sponsored” Chinese online influence operation that attacks the BBC's reporting and claims it uses a “gloom filter” — The alleged digital operation has deployed hundreds of websites and social media accounts to attack the broadcaster's reporting.
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@ryanfedasiuk, @m_miho_jpn and @ryanfedasiuk
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