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10:45 AM ET, October 6, 2021

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John Shiffman / Reuters:
Review of court records details AT&T's role in creating and funding OANN; 90% of OANN's revenue comes from contracts with DirecTV and other AT&T services  —  As it lauded former President Donald Trump and spread his unfounded claims of election fraud, One America News Network saw its viewership jump.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Daily Mail Online ran a lawyer's full tweet thread as a sidebar to another story, then after he complained, put the tweets into the main story and paid him  —  On Tuesday Adam Wagner, a British human rights lawyer and law professor, wrote a tweet thread in response to a BBC article …
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Case study: the collapse of one Iowa newspaper, replaced by community Facebook groups full of rumors and angry takes on national political news  —  The grain elevator exploded on a cool April morning in 1987, six years before I was born.  My father was testing a clay sample in a lab two miles away when suddenly the dial jumped.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify says it will let Anchor podcast creators in the US apply to join its programmatic ad marketplace Spotify Audience Network  —  Earlier this year, Spotify introduced its new audio advertising marketplace, the Spotify Audience Network, which allows advertisers to reach audiences across …
Discussion: Adweek, Spotify and @ashleyrcarman
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
Twitter is shutting down Scroll in about 30 days, rolling the ad-free subscription web service into Twitter Blue as Ad-Free Articles  —  Scroll won't be available as an independent service anymore  —  Scroll's ad-free subscription web service is shutting down as an independent entity in …
Ethan Millman / Rolling Stone:
Tina Turner sells her music rights and more to BMG, which calls the deal its single largest artist acquisition yet; Warner Music will remain her record company  —  The company calls the Turner deal — which includes her name, image and likeness — its single largest artist acquisition ever
Chris Scullion / Video Games Chronicle:
A 4chan user leaks alleged Twitch source code, creator payouts from 2019-2021, proprietary SDKs and internal AWS services, and more; source says Twitch is aware  —  SOURCE CODES AND USER PAYOUTS AMONG THE DATA RELEASED IN A 128GB TORRENT  —  An anonymous hacker claims to have leaked the entirety of Twitch …
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
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New York Times:
Ozy investor LifeLine sues the outlet, claiming it failed to disclose pertinent information in February, prior to LifeLine's $2M+ investment
Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
Sources: BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5 are developing a joint streaming service to defend against US tech giants and a planned overhaul of TV laws in UK  —  - BBC and rivals devise common platform to ensure prominence  — HBO Max, Sky smart-TV launch turn up heat on European media
Discussion: @mattnavarra
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
The Dallas Morning News rejects a political PAC's ad that criticized Dallas-based AT&T for donating to politicians who backed a strict Texas anti-abortion bill  —  - The Dallas Morning News won't run an ad calling out AT&T by name over the company's donations to lawmakers who backed …
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
UK media regulator Ofcom says TikTok, Snapchat, OnlyFans, and other video platforms must verify ages and remove harmful content swiftly or face fines  —  Regulator gears up to oversee UK-based video streaming platforms with warning over content and user age
 
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@theappeal:
[Thread] The Appeal starts a weekly newsletter and says its news site about the criminal legal system will relaunch as a worker-led nonprofit in November
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Profile of Matt Swider, US EIC of TechRadar, who went from 8,000 Twitter followers in January 2020 to over 950K by sharing tips on how to buy a PlayStation 5
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Rachel Pannett / Washington Post:
Singapore's parliament passes a law that will compel ISPs and social media platforms to block content and applications used to spread content it deems hostile
 

 
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Cisco details a hacking campaign that penetrated multiple governments' networks using two zero-day flaws in its VPN and firewall Adaptive Security Appliances

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google Meet rolls out an update to let users seamlessly transfer calls between devices “without hanging up and rejoining” via its Android, iOS, and web apps

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia:
TSMC unveils a new chip manufacturing technology called A16; the company plans to start producing its ultra-advanced 1.6nm chips by 2026

 
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