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4:15 AM ET, October 6, 2021

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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  —  A fund manager that invested more than $2 million in Ozy Media filed a lawsuit on Monday, claiming that the company “engaged in fraudulent, deceptive and illegal conduct.”
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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
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 …
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 …
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 …
@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  —  The Appeal is back! Thanks to our generous supporters and the hard work of our transition team, the workers have officially taken over The Appeal. Read our public statement below. Donate to support our relaunch here: https://trypico.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
News Revenue Hub, with Google News Initiative support, will release News Revenue Engine as open source software in 2022, with Stripe and Mailchimp integrations  —  News Revenue Hub and Google News Initiative will release News Revenue Engine early next year  —  The newsroom part of building …
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed News:
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  —  A year ago, Matt Swider was a journeyman consumer tech reporter.  Now he's a celebrity.  —  Copy
Michael Karam / Report for the World:
Report for the World launches in Brazil and partners with two more newsrooms in India and Nigeria, bringing the total corps size to 15 journalists  —  BOSTON — Report for the World announced today that it has more than doubled the size of its program, less than a year since launching in February …
 
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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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The disruption of global supply chains has reached the publishing industry, causing shipping delays and printer backups, exacerbated by worker shortages
Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Members of the IATSE union, representing backstage movie and TV workers, authorize a strike after trying to negotiate a larger streaming revenue share and more