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Sources: Elon Musk has told banks about ideas for monetizing tweets like charging third-parties a fee for quoting or embedding tweets on their sites — Elon Musk told banks that agreed to help fund his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) that he could crack down on executive …
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Max Tani / Politico:
White House correspondents complain that the storylines under the Biden Administration, while important, are “boring” and don't create star journalists — Washington reporters have long considered the role of White House correspondent to be the crown jewel of American political journalism.
Natalie Oganesyan / The Wrap:
Source: Netflix lays off writers and editors from fan site Tudum, launched in December 2021, in a marketing reorganization that globally laid off 25 out of 500+ — Netflix's companion fan website Tudum — the streaming service's hub for news about its original content and additional marketing arm …
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Report finds Amazon and third parties collect data from interactions with Alexa through Echo speakers and share it with as many as 41 advertising partners — Amazon and third parties use data from smart speakers to sell you stuff, says report — A report released last week contends …
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Amaris Castillo / Poynter:
A look at the American Mosaic Prize, which annually awards $100K each to two freelance journalists reporting on underrepresented and/or misrepresented groups — The idea is, 'These are amazing leaders. These are people with incredible talent. Give them resources and let them decide what to do with them.'
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Bloomberg:
Turkish court acquits two Bloomberg reporters, indicted for allegedly trying to undermine economic stability in a 2018 article about Turkey's financial policy — A Turkish court on Friday acquitted two Bloomberg reporters along with dozens of other defendants facing jail terms on charges …
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Angelina Chapin / The Cut:
A look at the cutthroat workplace culture at the NY Post in light of ex-editor Michelle Gotthelf's lawsuit; 20 people have left the paper in the last six months — Michelle Gotthelf's final day at the New York Post started like any other: an hour-long commute from New Jersey …
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Epic Games, which acquired Bandcamp in March, asks a court to bar the app's removal from the Play Store if it doesn't implement Google Play Billing by June — Epic opens a new line of assault against Google payments — Epic Games has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to stop Google …
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Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Deloitte: 33% of US consumers both canceled and added a paid video streaming service over the past six months; Gen Z and millennials had 50%+ churn rates — For subscription video services, signing up new customers is only half the battle. Keeping existing subscribers engaged, and making sure they don't cancel, is just as important.
Stuart McGurk / New Statesman:
A deep dive into GB News as the British outlet nears its one-year anniversary: lack of production experience, competition from Murdoch's talkTV, and low ratings — Faced with a new rival, can the channel survive? Staffers past and present share the story of a tumultuous 12 months.
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Nikki Usher / @nikkiusher:
[Thread] Study: nonprofit media and philanthropic support of accountability journalism appear to help curb public corruption by increasing prosecutions — Ok, I've never done this before, but here we go. I'm sharing a preprints like all the big kids super confident in their findings and convinced that there is something actually immediately useful for the world (w/ @SKimLeffingwell) https://ssrn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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Washington Post:
Some US officials, including the LA County sheriff, are normalizing using power to attack or threaten journalists, sending an intimidating message to all media — A California sheriff's targeting of a reporter is the latest instance of authorities misusing power.
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