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Ben Smith / New York Times:
The Information's Jessica Lessin analyzes tensions between tech execs including Zuckerberg and legacy media outlets, which execs associate with staff activism — Journalists and tech executives seem to be fighting each other to a draw in a battle that has no end in sight.
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Established news outlets wrestle with competition for talent from Substack, Facebook Bulletin, and more as they build out newsletters, digital audio, and video — Substack, Facebook Bulletin pursue high-profile reporters and commentators, creating tension within news organizations
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
A look at the opportunities that free, ad-supported streaming TV, for which revenue is forecast to reach $4.1B by 2023, can provide small networks like Buzzr — At a time when linear channels are fading into the shadows and a handful of supersize streaming services dominate …
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Patrick McGee / Financial Times:
Estimate: Apple's iOS App Tracking Transparency policy has cost Snap, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube almost $10B in combined ad revenue in H2 2021 — Forcing apps to ask for permission to track users for advertising purposes leads to big hit for social media platforms
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
White House press secretary Jen Psaki says she has tested positive for COVID-19 — Martin Pengelly in New York and agencies — Jen Psaki, Joe Biden's White House press secretary, said on Sunday she had tested positive for Covid-19. — Psaki, 42, did not travel with Biden to Rome for this week's G20 summit.
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
The Information expands creator economy coverage amid high demand for its newsletter on the topic, says coverage generated multiple “six-figure” revenue lines — The creator economy has made millionaires out of ordinary people, and it could do the same for the publishers that cover it.
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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.
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Ross Barkan / New York Magazine:
Profile of Matt Taibbi, the polarizing journalist that critics say turned into a “red-pilled culture warrior” on Substack, where he has 30K paying subs — Obviously, I'm anxious about why I'm being profiled," Matt Taibbi said at the end of our phone call this summer, which had already lasted an hour and a half.
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@ggreenwald, @eoinhiggins_, @mjwatts1983, @itmechr3 and @ne0liberal
Press Gazette:
RT loses UK's Court of Appeal challenge over a £200K Ofcom fine for breaching impartiality rules in broadcasts about the Salisbury poisoning and the Syrian war — Kremlin-backed news channel RT has lost its Court of Appeal challenge over a £200,000 fine for breaches of impartiality rules …
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 …
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Karen Maniraho / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Mohammed El-Kurd, The Nation's first Palestine correspondent, on seeking a Palestinian viewpoint in news coverage, his new role, and his book of poems — This summer, more than 500 journalists, many of whom are people of color, signed an open letter calling for changes to US media coverage of Palestine.
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
BBC Studios consolidates its Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East, and Africa distribution regions into a Global Markets unit headed by EMEA lead Nick Percy — BBC Studios has consolidated its APAC and EMEA Distribution units into one single unified business, promoting Nick Percy to oversee …
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