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OnlyFans says it will prohibit users from posting any “sexually explicit conduct” starting in October, but will allow 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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New York Times:
Behind the work to get journalists, relatives, and others tied to NYT, WSJ, and WaPo out of Afghanistan, with aid from diplomatic contacts, military, and Qatar — The evacuation of those who worked for outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post came after a global rescue effort stretching from the Pentagon to Qatar.
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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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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
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
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Vox Media hires BuzzFeed's former SVP of global brand licensing Eric Karp as its head of brand licensing, signaling its growing emphasis on commerce — Vox Media announced today that it has hired Eric Karp, formerly the svp of global brand licensing at BuzzFeed, as its new svp …
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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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Interview with FuboTV CEO David Gandler, who says the company aims for 5M subscribers to its TV bundle by 2026 and it is considering original sports content — - FuboTV CEO David Gandler predicts about 50 million U.S. households will eventually subscribe to digitally delivered video networks.
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The Daily Beast:
News Corp has sold Knewz, its shuttered news aggregator, to Dylan Howard, former AMI executive and editor implicated in “catch and kill” stories linked to Trump — NewsCorp will offload the failed news aggregator onto the infamous tabloid editor who played a major role in covering …
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Pew Research Center:
Survey of 11,178 US adults: 48% say the government should restrict false info online, up from 39% in 2018; 59% think tech companies should, up from 56% in 2018 — Amid rising concerns over misinformation online - including surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, especially vaccines …
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TOLOnews:
Two female journalists at Radio Television Afghanistan say they've been barred from working and that there are no more female presenters or reporters at RTA — Afghan women journalists on Thursday asked the Taliban to respect their right to work. — Shabnam Khan Dawran, an anchor at RTA …
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Elizabeth Thompson / CBC News:
Ahead of September elections, Facebook's head of public policy in Canada says Canadians will see less political content in feeds than they saw in past elections — Part of a series of measures the social media giant is counting on to prevent misuse of its platform
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David Hellier / Bloomberg:
Amazon bought rights to most of France's Ligue 1 soccer games and is charging French customers €13 extra rather than bundling sports into Prime Video — The everything store gets a GOAT — Amazon.com Inc. surprised the sporting world last month when it took over French soccer broadcasting.
Patrick Hipes / Deadline:
The Television Academy says people attending Emmys Awards shows next month must provide a recent negative COVID test in addition to proof of full vaccination — The Television Academy said Thursday that attendees at next month's Primetime Emmys Awards and Creative Arts Emmy Awards …