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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Axios Local expands to 11 new cities for a total of 25, with plans for 25 more cities in 2022; CFO says it is on pace to earn $5M in revenue by year end — Axios Local is going bicoastal. The city-based network of free, local newsletters announced Thursday morning that it is expanding to 11 new locations …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify expands real-time lyrics to all users globally in partnership with Musixmatch, after initially launching in 26 markets — After years of ignoring consumer demand for in-app lyrics, particularly in the U.S., Spotify announced today it will make a new Lyrics feature available to all global users …
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The Marshall Project:
The Marshall Project is launching a newsroom in Cleveland in 2022, which will collaborate with local outlets and is partially funded by a Gund Foundation grant — New support from the Gund Foundation to drive expansion of local investigative reporting — The Marshall Project …
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Scene and Heard, @danmoulthrop, @schwartzapfel, @davidfolkenflik, @marshallproj, @geraldinesealey and @racheldissell
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Russian tech exec Aleksej Gubarev drops his defamation lawsuit against BuzzFeed over its publication of Steele dossier — A Russian internet entrepreneur has dropped a four-year legal battle against BuzzFeed over its publication of the so-called Steele dossier, a politically charged compendium …
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emptywheel, @emptywheel, @joshgerstein and TK News
Reuters:
Rupert Murdoch accuses Google and Facebook of trying to silence conservative voices and cites a lawsuit claiming they colluded on digital ad market manipulation — Rupert Murdoch renewed his attacks on Google and Facebook during News Corp's annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday …
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Tarpley Hitt / Gawker:
A look at the issues at Jezebel since G/O Media hired Lea Goldman as deputy editorial director in March; nine writers and editors have left since her hiring — In March, G/O Media — the parent company of several former Gawker Media websites including the feminist blog Jezebel …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Hulu launches Shop Hulu, a site selling limited-edition collections of clothes and lifestyle products related to its content library — This summer, Netflix launched its own shopping site that allowed fans to purchase apparel, accessories and other lifestyle products from their favorite shows, like “Stranger Things.”
Nadra Nittle / The 19th:
Some librarians fight efforts to ban some books from libraries, with the ALA recording 60% more book challenges in September than a year earlier — “Gender Queer.” “Sex Is a Funny Word.” “The Hate U Give.” — These are just a few of the hundreds of books targeted for banning amid …
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Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Fourthwall, an all-in-one creator commerce service that provides tools to set up merch stores, membership programs, tipping, and more, raises $17M — Let's say you're a YouTube star — honestly, it's not impossible, given that now, some estimate that over 20,000 YouTubers have at least 1 million subscribers.
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Fast Company, @garrytan, Tubefilter, Fourthwall and @fourthwallhq
Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak:
Three people in Japan get suspended prison sentences and fines from about $4,400 to $17,500 for uploading 10-minute summary cuts of copyrighted films to YouTube — After being arrested earlier this year, three people have been handed suspended prison sentences and fines for uploading so-called “fast movies” to YouTube.
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Plagiarism Today
Agence France-Presse:
Google will begin paying Agence France-Presse for content in Europe as part of a five-year partnership, the first with a news agency under a 2019 EU directive — Under the agreement with Google, AFP will also offer fact-checking training on several continents (AFP/Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD)
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Reuters and @risj_oxford
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
As well-written obituaries of prominent figures attract large online readership, outlets are bolstering their pre-written obituaries, including 1,850 at NYT — When Rush Limbaugh died this year, the mainstream media he had so long railed against gave him the kind of immaculately choreographed send-off …
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