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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Apple's change to let “reader” apps link out for subscription signups is good news for newspaper and magazine publishers, giving them more user data and money — Early September is usually a big time for Apple. Until Covid broke the streak last year, it had released …
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Apple will let developers of “reader” apps worldwide link to a website to set up or manage accounts early next year, closing an antitrust investigation by Japan
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Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Profile of Li Jin, who founded Atelier Ventures, which manages $13M, to invest in influencer-related startups and acts as a guru for many online creators — Li Jin, 31, began backing creators years ago. She has raised her own fund to invest in influencer-related start-ups.
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Interviews with four local journalists who have joined Facebook's Bulletin on what they're providing their communities, why Facebook is a good fit, and more — It's tempting to be cynical about Facebook's push into local news. — The company last week named 25 local journalists who will join Bulletin …
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Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
YouTube Music reached 50M paying subscribers in August, up from 30M paid music and premium subscribers that YouTube had reported in October 2020 — Google-owned platforms have grown rapidly to become more serious streaming rival — YouTube's paid music streaming services have amassed 50m subscribers …
Calum Jaspan / Mumbrella:
Country Press Australia, an affiliation of regional media outlets, reaches a deal with Google for over 70 regional titles to join Google News Showcase — Country Press Australia (CPA) has become the latest to sign an agreement with Google, that will see over 70 regional titles join the Google News Showcase.
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Emilia Petrarca / The Cut:
As budgets and creative possibilities shrink, fashion EICs and directors from Marie Claire, Self, Allure, and Vogue have left for Instagram, TikTok, and others — Taped to the side of Aya Kanai's standing desk in her Brooklyn apartment is a list of acronyms.
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Benjamin Butterworth / inews.co.uk:
LGBTQ activists say UK's Online Safety Bill could provide the legal basis for censorship of LGBTQ content and say ending online anonymity could harm queer users — EXCLUSIVELegal free speech could be banned from social media under the proposed law — Stephen Fry has led warnings …
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Kait Sanchez / The Verge:
Twitter launches Super Follows for iOS, letting a select group of US test users charge either $2.99, $4.99, or $9.99 per month for their tweets — Select users in the US can now charge for tweets — Twitter is starting to roll out Super Follows, its new feature that lets users charge for subscriber-only content.
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A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
ABC News President Kim Godwin announces a new leadership structure, with a new senior vice president of streaming and executive vice president of editorial — It's a day full of personnel announcements at ABC News. — Not long after the network announced Christine Brouwer is becoming …
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Anirban Sen / Reuters:
Sources: Reddit is seeking to hire investment bankers and lawyers ahead of an IPO that may occur as soon as early 2022, following a $10B valuation in August — (Reuters) - Reddit Inc, the operator of online message boards that became the go-to destination for day traders chasing this year's frenzy …
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Ash Parrish / The Verge:
Gamesight data shows a dip in Twitch viewership on Wednesday, possibly 5%-15%, as some streamers took #ADayOffTwitch to bring awareness to “hate raids” — It seems as if the Twitch walkout was a success — Streamers took a day off Twitch on September 1st to bring attention …
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Stephen Harrison / Slate:
A look at Wikimedia's Wikifunctions, expected to launch in 2022, which could help partially unify information across the 323 individual-language Wikipedias — Wikipedia has 323 language editions, and at times, there are huge differences between them. — For instance, Jasenovac …
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