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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.
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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 …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Snap adds Snapchat creator monetization programs, including Spotlight Challenges, which pays $25K+ to creators using specific AR lenses, sounds, or topics — Snap is rolling out new ways for Snapchat creators to make money on the app — part of the company's efforts to keep …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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
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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 …
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Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
Carlos Watson says Ozy Media is not shutting down after having “good conversations” with investors and advertisers and Friday's announcement was “premature” — - Ozy Media isn't shutting down, CEO and co-founder Carlos Watson told CNBC on Monday.
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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
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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
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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 …
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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
Stephanie Rivera / American Press Institute:
A look at the Long Beach Post's experience with a community editorial board, made up of locals and launched in response to a lack of newsroom diversity — Editor's Note: Over the last year or two there has been an increased interest from newsrooms — both corporate-owned and independent …
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