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Bill Grueskin / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Australia's news bargaining law one year in: money covers more jobs, including at ABC, but deals are murky and riches aren't spread equally — SYDNEY - More than a dozen years ago, the US Federal Trade Commission sponsored an ominously titled workshop, “How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?”
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Eduardo Suárez / Reuters Institute for the Study …:
Q&A with Meduza editor Alexey Kovalev on how the Russian-language outlet prepped for censorship, the loss of Russian donors, channels for reaching readers, more — “We are energised by the importance of our mission,” says investigations editor Alexey Kovalev, who'll keep reporting from abroad
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Tim Marchman / VICE:
Newly released emails show Chris Cuomo's deep involvement in his brother's crisis-response operation, especially parts dealing with sexual harassment claims — Newly obtained emails show just how deep the former CNN personality's involvement in his brother Andrew's political operation was. — TM
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Abram Brown / Forbes:
Kremlin-linked RIA Novosti, with 200K+ TikTok followers, has posted misleading info nearly three dozen times on TikTok over the past four days despite new rules — RIA Novosti, a Russian government news agency whose origins date back to World War II, has published nearly three dozen posts …
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Angela Fu / Poynter:
A study comparing abstracts from scientific papers with corresponding news articles finds that journalists tend to understate claims made by the authors — The study compared paper abstracts with corresponding news articles and found that journalists generally expressed more uncertainty in their writing.
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Financial Times:
EU and the UK open an antitrust probe into Google and Meta's Jedi Blue deal on online ads; EU is also probing whether Google acted without Meta's knowledge — Europe's competition chief Margrethe Vestager tells FT that ‘Jedi Blue’ deal represents ‘giant problem’ in industry
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Associated Press:
A freelance video journalist for The Associated Press has been held for 100 days in Ethiopia without being charged; AP and press advocates call for his release — NEW YORK (AP) — Amir Aman Kiyaro, a freelance journalist accredited to The Associated Press, marked 100 days in detention without charge …
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Angela Fu / Poynter:
Tribune pay equity study finds median salaries for Black women in 2021 were 22.5% less than those of their white male colleagues and other pay gaps — The study found that the median salary for Black women at unionized Tribune newsrooms in 2021 was 22.5% less than that of their white male colleagues.
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@poynter, @newsguild and bookforum.com
Zack Sharf / Variety:
After criticism, CinemaBlend pulls a review by its managing director that said Pixar's Turning Red had narrow appeal as it was set in Toronto's Asian community — “Turning Red” cast members spoke up in support of the new Pixar film and its universality following a controversial review …
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
RIAA: recorded music industry reached $15B in 2021 revenue; paid subscriptions grew 11% to 84M, revenue rose 23% YoY to $9.5B; vinyl sales rose 61% YoY to $1B — The U.S. recorded-music business continues its upward swing, posting a near-record $15 billion in revenue for 2021 …
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Greg Evans / Deadline:
LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD will begin grading film studios including Disney on political donations and global LGBTQ content — GLAAD, the nation's leading LGBTQ advocacy organization, announced today a plan to grade film studios on political donations, public advocacy and global LGBTQ Content …
Tom Parker / Reclaim The Net:
DuckDuckGo, which has touted its “unbiased” search results for years, says it will down-rank sites “associated with Russian disinformation” — The founder of DuckDuckGo, a Google-alternative search engine that has touted its “unbiased” search results for years …
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