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André Leon Talley, US Vogue's former editor-at-large and a rare Black fashion editor, has died at 73 — Called “a creative genius,” he was the rare Black editor at the top of a field that was mostly white and notoriously elitist. — André Leon Talley, the larger …
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Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Edelman: 67% of people globally said media purposely tries to mislead, up eight percentage points from 2021; US and Australia saw the biggest drops in trust — A majority of people around the world are concerned that they are being lied to by journalists, according to the latest trust survey from PR firm Edelman.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney reorganizes its streaming business, including installing Joe Earley, formerly head of Disney+ marketing and operations, as president of Hulu — Disney reorganized its global direct-to-consumer streaming organization, including installing Joe Earley, formerly head of Disney Plus marketing and operations, as president of Hulu.
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Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Democratic lawmakers unveil the Banning Surveillance Advertising Act, which would ban targeted ads but allow broad location-based and contextual ads — It could reshape the entire tech industry — On Tuesday, Democrats introduced a new bill that would ban nearly all use …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
A group of philanthropies invests $20M+ to launch an independent nonprofit news operation in Houston with about 40 journalists late this year or early next year — Three Houston philanthropies are coming together to launch an independent nonprofit news operation in Houston, executives tell Axios.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Instagram Subscriptions launches as an alpha in the US, initially letting 10 creators offer paid access to exclusive Instagram Live videos and Stories — Instagram is giving creators more ways to make money with today's launch of Instagram Subscriptions. The feature, which was spotted hitting …
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David Roeder / Chicago Sun-Times:
Chicago Public Media's board approves the Chicago Sun-Times acquisition, set to close on or about January 31, which will convert the Sun-Times into a nonprofit — The noncash transfer will not be final until contracts are approved, but both media organizations said they hope to close on the deal by the end of the month.
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Axios Pro launches with three newsletters, costing $599 per year for each or $1,799 for All Access, including two more newsletters launching in the spring — The smart brevity publisher Axios launched its first paid subscription product Wednesday morning, a series of three newsletters covering investment …
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Clive Cookson / Financial Times:
The Royal Society finds social media sites banning misleading content is ineffective and can drive misinformation to “harder-to-address corners of the internet” — Risks of removing information rejected by the mainstream outweigh benefits, according to the Royal Society
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Filmhub, which lets filmmakers distribute their work to over 100 streaming channels, including Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV, raises a $6.8M seed led by a16z — As the streaming market grows, so has the demand for content. But even though it's now easier than ever for filmmakers to create …
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Jazz Tangcay / Variety:
FilmLA says Q4 2021 filming set a record 10,780 shoot days, 4% above the record set in Q4 2018, but pandemic slowdowns mean 2021 was below 2016, 2017, and 2018 — FilmLA has released its report for fourth quarter filming in the L.A. region. From October to December there was an all-time quarterly record of 10,780 shoot days.
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
How newsrooms including NPR, the Miami Herald, WaPo, and NYT Opinion are using and reusing conversations hosted on Twitter Spaces — “We're starting to wonder, 'Okay, can this work as a social audio conversation? How can we get more voices on this whether from the audience or our sources?'"
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube says it's winding down YouTube Originals after six years and will only fund programs that are part of its Black Voices and YouTube Kids Funds — YouTube is getting out of the business of originals: The Google-owned video giant said it is winding down its original productions team after more than six years.
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
YouTube's global head of original content, Susanne Daniels, is leaving on March 1 after almost seven years
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