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Rob Picheta / CNN:
Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, EIC of Russia's Novaya Gazeta, awarded the 2021 Nobel peace prize for efforts to safeguard freedom of expression — (CNN)The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia.
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Shashank Bengali / New York Times:
Novaya Gazeta, founded in 1993 and jointly owned by Gorbachev, a banker, and the newspaper's staff, has seen six of its reporters killed under Putin — Here's what you need to know: — Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Tom Balmforth / Reuters:
Russia labels Bellingcat a foreign agent along with nine people, including a staffer of the BBC's Russian service and reporters for RFE/RL and its affiliates — Russia on Friday designated the Bellingcat investigative news outlet a “foreign agent” along with nine people who work …
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Janine Gibson / Financial Times:
Interview with Andrew Neil on choosing GB News over News UK TV offer because of the chairmanship, how his relationship with GB News soured, and more — When Andrew Neil agrees to Lunch with the FT and suggests the Hari Hotel as our venue, he knows full well that I have read the leaked emails …
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Jemima McEvoy / Forbes:
Ex-staffers say Ozy built subscriber lists by taking lists from other news pubs through one-time deals, buying brokers' lists, and blocking unsubscribe actions — Ozy Media boasts an audience of more than 26 million subscribers for its newsletters, but former employees say this is another example …
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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
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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
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Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
YouTube says it will stop making year-end Rewind videos, after canceling the 2020 edition due to the pandemic — YouTube kindly stops rewinding — YouTube Rewind — the company's annual year-end round-up of trends, creators, memes, and the most popular videos on the site …
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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Alex Traub / New York Times:
Q&A with longtime NYT reporter Dan Barry, who covers a variety of topics, on his writing methods, finding story ideas, and an average workday amid the pandemic — The reporter Dan Barry on finding stories, his central purpose and how he ends the work day.
Jonathan Greig / ZDNet:
Google announces new efforts to protect journalists and high-risk users from cyberattacks, including providing over 10,000 free security keys through 2021 — The announcement comes one day after the Google TAG team alerted journalists and high-risk groups that could be targets to ongoing attacks.
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Profile of Sherrese Clarke Soares, as she launches HarbourView Equity to invest in music rights and other media assets, backed by up to $1B from Apollo — Sherrese Clarke Soares, the founder of HarbourView Equity Partners, is a Black woman approaching the high-stakes world of catalog sales from a different perspective.
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Kate Marino / Axios:
Tinuiti: Facebook and Instagram CPMs are 33% and 23% higher, respectively, than in Q3 2019; Google costs per click are up 23% as targeting gets less effective — Digital ad prices are soaring, forcing businesses to rethink their entire marketing strategies.
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Kris Holt / Engadget:
Google says Chrome's Follow button, for sites that support RSS, is now available to all Android users — Google hasn't completely given up on RSS. Earlier this year, it started testing a Follow button in Chrome on Android, which allows users to get updates from websites on the new tab page.
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