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Mahira Dayal / The Information:
TikTok says it is testing allowing creators to charge subscriptions for their content — TikTok is testing the idea of allowing its creators to charge subscriptions for their content, a spokesperson told The Information. Earlier Wednesday, rival Instagram announced it was offering paid subscriptions to a small group of influencers.
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Christine Brennan / USA Today:
NBC Sports says it won't send any Winter Olympics announcing teams to Beijing due to COVID-19 but still plans “a large presence on the ground” — As the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games approach and COVID-19 concerns mount, NBC Sports will not send any of its announcing teams to China …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Political reporter Robert Costa is leaving WaPo to become a full-time journalist for CBS News, but will continue collaborating on some Post projects — The longtime Washington Post political reporter will take an on-air role covering campaigns and elections.
Tom Jones / Poynter:
Q&A with NBC News president Noah Oppenheim about advocacy journalism, the future of the NBC News NOW streaming service, what makes Dateline addictive, and more — 'We are ferociously defending the traditional approach to journalism ... that it's possible to hold the middle ground and be objective and nonpartisan.'
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Mark Mulligan / MIDiA Research:
Research finds the base of global music subscribers grew to 523.9M by the end of Q2 2021, up 26.4% YoY; Spotify's market share dropped from 33% to 31% — MIDiA's annual music subscriber market shares report is now available here (see below for more details of the report). Here are some of the key findings.
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Michael Malone / nexttv.com:
Peacock launches 24/7 local news channels for NBC-owned stations, starting with Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, and Miami; the channels won't be geo-targeted — WMAQ Chicago, WCAU Philadelphia, WBTS Boston and WTVJ Miami have debuted on streaming platform — Peacock is launching 24/7 local …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Three philanthropies invest $20M+ to launch an independent nonprofit news operation in Houston with about 40 journalists in late 2022 or early 2023 — Three Houston philanthropies are coming together to launch an independent nonprofit news operation in Houston, executives tell Axios.
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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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Lydia Moynihan / New York Post:
Sources: TikTok ousted its marketing chief Nick Tran after he went “rogue” with plans like TikTok Kitchen, NFTs by Lil Nas X and others, and TikTok Resumes — TikTok's marketing chief has been ousted after blindsiding top management with a series of increasingly bizarre campaigns, The Post has learned.
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New York Times:
Journalist in Peru sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $100K in a defamation suit brought by a politician, part of a trend of using courts to punish media — The author of a book about a powerful politician has been sentenced to two years in prison. Media advocates say the case is part …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Brat TV, which produces content aimed at teens, launches an ad-supported app that offers all of the shows it distributes via YouTube and on services like Tubi — Brat TV, a Hollywood production studio for Gen-Z content, is launching a standalone app that will house all of the shows it typically distributes on other platforms.
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
How newsrooms including NPR, the Miami Herald, The Washington Post, NYT Opinion, HuffPost, and BuzzFeed are leveraging 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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