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2:40 AM ET, September 9, 2021

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Eoin Higgins / The Flashpoint:
The Guardian removed a section of a Judith Butler interview comparing anti-trans feminists to fascists; sources say Guardian pulled a series on trans issues  —  On Tuesday, British newspaper The Guardian published an interview with Judith Butler—and then removed a section …
Elizabeth Byrne / ABC:
Australia's High Court affirms earlier rulings that media companies can be held responsible for Facebook comments posted under stories on their Facebook Pages  —  The High Court has dismissed an appeal by some of Australia's biggest media outlets including The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian …
Perry Bacon / Washington Post:
How the rise of Politico and its model of insider coverage of DC shifted political journalism off course and exacerbated problems like both sides-ism  —  Politico's sale last month to the German media company Axel Springer for a reported $1 billion was the culmination of a stunning rise …
Manori Ravindran / Variety:
HBO says HBO Max will launch in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain, and Andorra on October 26, followed by 14 other European countries in 2022  —  HBO Max is coming to Europe on Oct. 26, and the first launch markets will be Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain and Andorra, Variety can reveal.
Hollywood Reporter:
Source: Substack plans to spend $30M+ over the next few years to entice popular comic writers using deals that let them keep rights to their own IP  —  The San Francisco-based newsletter platform plans to spend north of $30 million to entice big comic scribes to leave publishers …
Kendra Clark / The Drum:
Walmart and Meredith announce a partnership as part of which Meredith will launch its first shoppable “bookazine” that pairs recipes with Walmart products  —  Walmart today announced it is partnering with major media corporation Meredith to simplify the shopping experience with new AI and commerce offerings.
Discussion: Adweek and @markstenberg3
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
CBS News launches See It Now Studios, led by former President Susan Zirinsky, to create documentaries and more for Paramount+, ViacomCBS brands, and others  —  The former CBS News president will lead the news and doc studio, which will create programming for ViacomCBS and other networks and streaming services.
Shira Springer / Nieman Reports:
The pandemic forced sports desks to go beyond competition-focused coverage, a change that every newsroom should continue into the future  —  The pandemic forced sports departments to go beyond scores and records.  That's a change that every newsroom should carry into the future  —  ARTICLE BY
Derek Thompson / @dkthomp:
[Thread] Media's most important public health failure isn't the false Rolling Stone ivermectin overdose story but the vax denial led by Fox News and others  —  The ivermectin story is being framed as the apocalypse of institutional media, but it's more like a glaring reminder of a few oldish truths 1) Journalism was always a mix of great, good, mediocre, and shitty work. The Internet makes it easier to find and highlight ... all of it. https://twitter.com/...
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
AAM: top 25 US Apple News+ titles had an average circulation of ~1.25M on the service in H1 2021, up 86% from H2 2020; People and Vanity Fair had the most reach  —  Several US magazines have doubled their reach on Apple News+ this year, new figures obtained by Press Gazette show.
Marc Malkin / Variety:
Netflix signs TikTok star Addison Rae to a multipicture deal; the 20-year-old has 83.3M+ TikTok followers, 39.2M Instagram followers, and close to 5M on Twitter  —  Netflix thinks Addison Rae is all that.  —  So much so that the streamer has signed the TikTok star to a multi-picture deal.
Nieman Lab:
Of 73 EICs at award-winning college newsrooms in Spring 2021, ~10% were Latinx and under 6% were Black, an underrepresentation of schools' student populations  —  In 2012, Marissa Evans wanted to make history when she applied to be editor-in-chief at Marquette University's student newspaper, the Marquette Tribune.
Discussion: Pew Research Center
 
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
HFPA's board of directors has elected Helen Hoehne as its new president; Hoehne served as vice president since 2020 and was on the board from 2012-2019
Human Rights Watch:
Human Rights Watch: Taliban detained and then beat two journalists from Kabul's Etilaat-e Roz and detained a TOLOnews photojournalist as they covered a protest
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Microsoft launches Microsoft Start, a personalized news product via MicrosoftStart.com, Windows integrations, new mobile apps, and its Edge browser new tab page
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hulu is raising the prices of its two on-demand plans by $1/month on October 8; Hulu with ads will now cost $6.99/month and Hulu without ads will cost $12.99
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
IAC's Dotdash is launching its first standalone online store, tied to its site Liquor.com, as a pilot project; Dotdash makes ~1/3 of its revenue from commerce
Tom Ley / Defector:
One year in, Defector has 40K+ paying subscribers, 23 full-time employees, and about $3.2M in revenue, roughly 95% of which comes from subscribers
ProPublica:
WhatsApp data helped prosecutors build a case against whistleblower May Edwards that cited hundreds of “encrypted” messages between her and a BuzzFeed reporter
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Vox Media is buying Hot Pod to make it The Verge's first paid subscription product; Ashley Carman will replace Nick Quah, who launched the podcasting newsletter
Lorenzo Reyes / USA Today:
Gannett launches USA Today Sports+, a digital subscription product with reporting, interactive features, and sports betting content, in seven markets
 

 
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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

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

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

 
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