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CNBC:
Ozy received $5.7M in PPP loans, most of which was specifically earmarked for payroll, but former employees whose pay was cut say they didn't see the money — - Ozy Media, which is under fire after several reports detailed questionable business practices at the company, took two separate PPP loans for a total of $5.7 million.
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Sources: Ozy solicited investors this year by claiming GV, formerly Google Ventures, was going to lead a new funding round, though no such offer was made — Ozy Media might have a securities fraud situation that has nothing to do with its infamous conference call.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Google and YouTube say they will prohibit ads and monetization on content that denies climate change, starting next month — Google and YouTube on Thursday announced a new policy that prohibits climate deniers from being able to monetize their content on its platforms via ads or creator payments.
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The Marshall Project:
Marshall Project founder Neil Barsky is stepping down as board chair but will remain an adviser to the organization; Liz Simons will be the new board chair — Neil Barsky, founder of The Marshall Project, is stepping down as the organization's board chair after seven years.
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Survey: 36% of Americans have a great or fair deal of trust in mass media, the second lowest on record, while 34% have no trust at all — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' trust in the media to report the news fully, accurately and fairly has edged down four percentage points since last year to 36% …
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Twitch Blog:
Twitch says a server configuration change left data exposed on the internet and let a third-party access its data — [10:30PM PT] We have learned that some data was exposed to the internet due to an error in a Twitch server configuration change that was subsequently accessed by a malicious third party.
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Chris Scullion / Video Games Chronicle:
Twitch acknowledges a “breach” after a 4chan user leaks its source code, creator payouts from 2019-2021, proprietary SDKs, internal AWS services, and more
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Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
In a letter, over 100 prominent Latin American figures urge NYT's publisher to keep producing Spanish-written opinion journalism for its NYT en Español division — Over 100 prominent figures in Latin America are urging The New York Times' publisher to not stop publishing Spanish …
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@caidadelatorre, Editor and Publisher, @aaronsguerra, @andresdcmtz and @elopezgross
Steve Anderson / The Streamable:
Kantar: paid streaming service churn was at 6% in Q2 2021, down from Q1's 8%; Netflix and Amazon Prime Video were lowest at 4%, while Peacock was at 13% — Churn is pretty much inevitable for streaming services. As viewers consume new content and find themselves less than enthralled …
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Reuters:
YouTube says it has removed R. Kelly's official channels following his conviction for sex trafficking, though his music catalog will remain on YouTube Music — Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) YouTube said it has removed R&B singer R. Kelly's channels from its video platform, distancing itself …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Blackstone is in talks with Merck Mercuriadis, a former Beyoncé manager who runs UK-based Hipgnosis, to create a ~$1B fund to buy music copyrights — - Buyout firm may give $1 billion in firepower to buy copyrights — Former Beyoncé manager behind booming market for song catalogs
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Steven Perlberg / Insider:
Recurrent Ventures, owner of Popular Science and MEL, raises $75M from North Equity and expects to make 2-4 acquisitions in 2021 and nearly a 30% profit margin — - Recurrent Ventures, which owns MEL and Popular Science, has raised a total of $100 million to date.
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Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:
Webrazzi, a Turkish outlet that covers tech startups, acquires Tech.eu, a tech startup site founded in 2013 by a TechCrunch alum — Webrazzi, the main tech startup media title in Turkey, has acquired Tech.eu, the long-time tech startup site in Europe. The pooled entity of Webrazzi and Tech.eu …
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@ardakutsal, @robinwauters, @robinwauters, @eu_startups and Tech.eu
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