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Delia Cai / Vanity Fair:
Q&A with EIC Nilay Patel on The Verge's 10th anniversary, tech media's advance from early breathless gadget reviews, subject-source relationships, and more — After a decade covering the Zucks, Googles, and Ubers of the scene, the Verge editor in chief reflects on tech's troublesome relationship with the rest of the world.
Nieman Lab:
Survey of 500 Nieman Lab readers on why they canceled news subscriptions: 31% due to money, 30% due to ideology, 13% because content wasn't satisfactory — What was the last news subscription you canceled, and why? — Media Twitter may be full of people threatening to cancel their …
Zoe Schiffer / The Verge:
Two employees who openly criticized Netflix's support of Dave Chappelle's comedy special file charges with the NLRB, claiming retaliation — B. Pagels-Minor and Terra Field say the company retaliated against them for engaging in protected activity — Two Netflix employees at the heart …
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Variety, @rainofterra, The Daily Beast, @alissapagels, Deadline, The A.V. Club, @zoeschiffer, @imarajones, @zoeschiffer, The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter
Caleb Pershan / Columbia Journalism Review:
Yahoo, Yahoo Finance, and Markets Insider ran 100+ sponsored articles syndicated from finance outlet Benzinga without disclosing it was paid content — June 22 was a great day for Alfi, Inc, a tech company in Miami Beach, Florida, which sells facial recognition advertising software.
Discussion:
Talking Biz News, @mathewi and @cjr
The Information:
Sources: Roku's deal to carry Amazon's IMDb TV is up for renewal in 2022 after the 2019 deal to bundle with Prime Video; viewer data may be a bone of contention — First it was Google that took a swipe at Roku, threatening to take YouTube, the most popular video-streaming service in the U.S. …
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@joshua_sisco, Cord Cutters News, @richlightshed and The Streamable
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Twitter rolls out Super Follow for select creators globally on iOS, after previously limiting the feature to the US and Canada — Twitter is rolling out the ability for all iOS users globally to Super Follow select creators. The option was previously only available to users in the U.S. and Canada.
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9to5Mac, Adweek, Today in Digital Marketing, The Verge and Andreessen Horowitz, more at Techmeme »
Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at CatchLight, a CA nonprofit that offers grants for photojournalists and partners with newsrooms to combat “image deserts” — CatchLight, a California-based nonprofit, was launched in 2015 to create opportunities and support for photojournalists; over the past several years …
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@spj_tweets, @lharriswrites, @anjdelgado, @niemanlab, @lharriswrites, @esmcintyre and @calmatters
Wataru Suzuki / Nikkei Asia:
Tencent invests $264M for a 6.86% stake in Japan's Kadokawa, which publishes about 5,000 book titles per year and also runs video sharing site Niconico — Chinese internet conglomerate to become third-largest shareholder — TOKYO — Chinese internet conglomerate Tencent Holdings will acquire …
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Game World Observer
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Q&A with Casey Bloys, the content chief of HBO and HBO Max, about finding international hits like Squid Game, shift of viewership from HBO to HBO Max, and more — The premium network is prepping for the streaming era beyond Covid disruptions and AT&T ownership.
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@richlightshed and @gerryfsmith
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
BBC to appoint external investigators that will seek evidence from the public and lobby groups to assess the impartiality of contentious topic coverage — The BBC is to appoint external investigators to assess the impartiality of its coverage of contentious topics.
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@simonmaginn, Realscreen, @froomkin, @briefcasemike, @bbcpress, @bbcpress, @bbcpress, @jimwaterson, @tomcopley and @mrpmharrison
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
More than 80% of the ~250 eligible US Politico and E&E News staff have signed up with NewsGuild and are asking Axel Springer for recognition as the PEN Guild — - Unions says 80% of eligible U.S. employees have signed up — Journalists at Politico, E&E News to make requests on Friday
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@penguild, @jamieson, @josheidelson, @penguild, @josheidelson, @josheidelson, @joshkurtznews, New York Times, @hannahjfarrow, @josheidelson, @adamcancryn, @gavinbade, @josheidelson, @samjsutton, @jamieson, @wuerker, @calefati, @juliaarciga, @josheidelson, @sarafischer, The NewsGuild - CWA and The Hill
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: starting in 2022, Warner will make roughly 12 movies for the big screen and 12 for HBO Max; in pre-pandemic times it released 18-23 titles in theaters — After helping grow its sister streamer with immediate access to movies, Warner Bros. will abide by a 45-day exclusive window …
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@cdncapedcrusadr, @theflitecast and SlashFilm
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Critics accuse WSJ of amplifying misinformation after it publishes a 600-word letter to the editor from Trump, filled with debunked claims of election fraud — The publication of the letter, citing baseless and debunked claims, was criticized for pushing the traditional boundaries of a letters-to-the-editor page
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Wall Street Journal:
WSJ's editorial board defends publishing a letter from Trump, saying Trump is making election rigging claims elsewhere, so “we hardly did him a special favor”
WSJ's editorial board defends publishing a letter from Trump, saying Trump is making election rigging claims elsewhere, so “we hardly did him a special favor”
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@reidepstein, The Week, @barbaracomstock, @ibishblog, @aaronblake, @maggienyt, The Hill, @howardfineman, Media Matters for America, @maggienyt, @bgrueskin, @edmundlee, @bgrueskin, @bgrueskin, Talking Points Memo, @wolfrum, @ianbassin, @dkiesow, @losowsky, @jayshams, @davidlaz, Newser, @dangillmor, @colemanlamb, @mtracey, @tom_winter, @dicktofel, @mattnegrin, @mepfuller, @ericboehlert, @jimsciutto, @kiminsley, @nickensfl, @racheld, @nick_parco, @blacklace40, @grahamdavida, @maxwelltani, @alexweprin, @meridithmcgraw, @w7voa, @blowryontv, The Wrap, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, Mediaite, CNN and Poynter