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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Atlantic rolls out its new newsletter program, which will be free until the end of November, with nine contracted writers including Charlie Warzel — The Atlantic on Tuesday will roll out its new newsletter program with nine contracted writers, including Charlie Warzel, Molly Jong-Fast and Nicole Chung.
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Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain:
Charlie Warzel on leaving Substack, where he had 16K subscribers and 1.4K paid subs: he wasn't niche enough, didn't do enough “grievance blogging”, and more — (Not going to the metaverse...yet) — Before I get extra self-indulgent, I'll lead with the news.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Netflix rolls out its exclusive mobile games globally to the Play Store and plans to feature them in its Android app starting this week — After early tests in select markets, Netflix announced today its debut lineup of exclusive mobile games will begin rolling out to all members globally on Android devices, starting this week.
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Christian Davies / Financial Times:
A look at South Korea as a cultural exporter, from K-pop to TV shows and video games, and its desire for homegrown global platforms to distribute its content — Having given the world K-pop, Parasite and Squid Game, it now wants to create global platforms to distribute its content
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@koreasociety and @crsdavies
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Report: 10 publishers including Breitbart, RT, and Federalist Papers are responsible for 69% of interactions with climate change denial posts on Facebook — A new report suggests 10 publishers, including Russia Today and the Federalist Papers, are responsible for nearly 70 percent of interactions …
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Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Sports publishers make millions on deals with sports betting companies but should remain cautious, as sportsbooks turn into competitors and consolidation looms — The relationships between sports publishers and sports betting companies are increasingly common and the outcome for media companies …
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@twocirclessport, @kayleighjbarber, @petersontee and @simonowens
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ, RSF, and FPU establish the People's Tribunal on the Murder of Journalists, a six-month initiative that starts today and will feature three case hearings — In an unprecedented effort to achieve justice in the killing of journalists, three leading press freedom groups have launched …
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Zoom Video Communications and Columbia Journalism Review
New York Times:
DOJ sues to stop Penguin Random House from acquiring Simon & Schuster, citing potential harm not only to consumers but to authors too — The Biden administration's rejection of the proposed publishing merger reflects a changing atmosphere in Washington toward consolidation.
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Axios:
Memo: Axios raised a Series D at a $430M valuation with ~$85M in 2021 revenue; memo: Punchbowl expects $10M+ in 2021 revenue, $1M+ from subscriptions — D.C.-based media companies that have enjoyed a robust advocacy and corporate social responsibility ad market in the wake of the pandemic are seeing valuations rise.
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@jimvandehei, @protecttruth_, @meredithshiner, @taraemcg, @kevinliao_, @ron_fournier, @mattgrossmann, @marceelias, @carlquintanilla, @pkafka and @jigolden
David Agren / The Guardian:
With two more Mexican journalists killed since Thursday, this year's death toll for media workers in the country rises to nine and surpasses 2020's eight deaths — Mexican journalists have expressed alarm after two veteran reporters were attacked in their own homes in less than 24 hours …
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@duncantucker, @mccarthyryanj and Reuters
Dan Taylor / Tech.eu:
Permutive, whose ad platform lets publishers deliver personalized ads in a privacy-safe manner, raises a $75M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 — London's Permutive has raised $75 million in a Series C round. The eight-year-old company specialises in providing publishers and advertisers …
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FinSMEs and Permutive, more at Techmeme »
Helen Davidson / The Guardian:
Foreign Correspondents Club of China calls for transparency from China's Olympics committee, saying reporters have been denied access, followed, and harassed — Chinese authorities have been accused of “continuously stymying” attempts by foreign media to cover the Winter Olympics …
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@fccchina, @fccchina, Insider, China Research Group News, @kenroth, @thetowncrier, @fccchina and @williamnee
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