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Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Twitter Blue rolls out to the US for $2.99/month and NZ for $4.49/month with Scroll's ad-free articles across 300+ publishers and Nuzzel-like “top articles” — Twitter is expanding its premium subscription service to more users. Twitter Blue, which unlocks additional features …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
OpenWeb, formerly Spot.IM, used by 1,000+ publishers to manage comments and user interactions, raises a $150M Series E with NYT investing, valuing it at $1.1B — OpenWeb, a platform used by publishers to manage comments and user interactions, has raised $150 million in a series E financing round …
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@openwebhq, @arctictony, @nandoodles and @jeffjarvis
Maria Verza / Associated Press:
Mexican prosecutors say they've arrested a businessman on charges of using Pegasus spyware to spy on a journalist — MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors said Monday they have arrested a businessman on charges he used the Pegasus spyware to spy on a journalist.
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Wirecutter staff to strike around Black Friday, the site's busiest time of the year, to protest NYT's refusal to agree to significant guaranteed wage raises — Journalists at the New York Times Co.'s Wirecutter unit plan to strike during the product review website's peak traffic period around Black Friday …
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American Press Institute, New York Times, @wirecutterunion, Columbia Journalism Review, @andyorin, @paleofuture, @aaronhuertas, @annehelen, @wgaeast, @hedgeye, @dpcrawf, Editor and Publisher, @josheidelson, @josheidelson, @flatwhistle, @glenngabe, @michellemanafy, @rkgwork, @josheidelson, The NewsGuild - CWA, Nieman Lab and Talking Biz News
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Interview with Vox's new EIC Swati Sharma about revamping its editorial strategy to redefine “Voxxy” as the publication eliminates its Identities section — Last month, Vox.com eliminated its Identities section, which covered a range of topics, including criminal justice, race, religion, gender, and drugs.
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@voxmedia, @niemanlab, @rasmus_kleis and @pressgazette
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
PEN America: 11 proposed state bills this year restricting the teaching of critical race theory explicitly ban lessons based on The New York Times' 1619 Project — A report by PEN America, which surveys more than 50 bills proposed across the country, appeals to a principle that has lost its luster for many on the left and right.
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Mediaite, PEN America, The Hill, Popular Information, @summerelopez, @wagesofwins, @penamerica, @nytimes, @nhannahjones, @jzfriedman and @penamerica
Tim Marchman / VICE:
Ben Smith's latest column is at least his fourth article mentioning NewsGuild without noting that it represents BuzzFeed workers against whom Smith negotiated — Ben Smith covers the NewsGuild a lot without mentioning his past with it or his financial interest in BuzzFeed, whose workers it represents.
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Poynter, @lainnafader, @timmarchman and @niemanlab
Bloomberg:
Netflix for iOS is rolling out Kids Clips, a TikTok-like feature that shows new daily short videos from its children's library — - Company to test ‘Kids Clips’ on iOS in U.S., other countries — Feature is similar to ‘Fast Laughs’ comedy offering for adults
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Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Clubhouse rolls out Replay on iOS and Android, letting users record live rooms and share them as a podcast or a clip on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok — Clubhouse hosts and moderators will have a fresh tool in their kit today. The company is pushing a new feature live on both its iOS …
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Clubhouse Blog, Engadget, Podcast Movement and @justiacom, more at Techmeme »
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Report: the BBC's license fee could be frozen for 2022 and 2023 to stop it from rising with inflation, hurting the BBC's ability to compete with big streamers — The BBC looks set to have its funding frozen for the next two years in a major blow to the corporation's ability to compete with the big players.
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Telegraph, Daily Mail, The Sun, Metro.co.uk, Realscreen, The Times, @michellemanafy, Daily Express and Digital TV Europe
Tom McGeveran / What's New:
Ohio Local News Initiative raises $5.8M and announces plans to launch its first local nonprofit newsroom in 2022 in Cleveland with an expected staff of 25 — Independent newsroom in Cleveland to launch in 2022, producing daily, high-quality, community-oriented journalism as part of a new statewide network of newsrooms across Ohio
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@jcstearns, @jasonalcorn, @henryjgomez and Daily Herald
Ben Smith / New York Times:
The labor beat is hot again, both at legacy news outlets and at mission-driven ones like NY-focused The Chief-Leader, whose new owner plans to double staff — At a moment of political turmoil, economic change and a pandemic-driven focus on how we work, labor has become a hot news beat.
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@sarahljaffe, @noamscheiber, @banditelli, @amy4thepeople, @ceodonovan, @timothys, @alexanderrusso, @ggreenwald, @waltmossberg, @nytimesbusiness, @ejdionne, @greenhousenyt, @danbeucke, @noamscheiber, @_grendan, @sarahljaffe, @raju, @versharma, American Press Institute, Talking Biz News, @reuvenblau, @margotroosevelt, @dianesavino, @hondawang, @grimkim, @papscun, @greenhousenyt, @davidlsims, @prernajagadeesh, @fshakir and @benyt
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