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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sources: The Washington Post fired Felicia Sonmez, the reporter who has recently been extraordinarily critical of her colleagues and the newspaper's leadership — New York CNN Business — The Washington Post on Thursday fired Felicia Sonmez, the reporter who has been extraordinarily critical …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: some US news outlets prepare for shortfalls as Meta weighs ending fees for news; annual fees averaged $20M+ for NYT, $15M+ for WaPo, and $10M+ for WSJ — Social-media company pays more than $10 million a year to a handful of news organizations to feature their content on its news tab
Hamish McKenzie / Disjointed:
A Substack co-founder reflects on keeping the promises of free tools and writers' ownership of their content and mailing lists, even if it means they leave — Reflections on a relationship with a writer who loved and then fell out of love with Substack — In the summer of 2018 …
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[Thread] Substack VP slammed a Wired piece stating Substack “actively recruits and pays extremists” and the author's refusal to correct; Wired removes the claim — We keep seeing false claims about Substack that seem designed to mislead. Here's just one recent example, which the outlet refuses to correct. We believe the best way to fight misinformation is through open debate, so here are the facts. 1/x https://twitter.com/...
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Sources: Disney fires Peter Rice, its head of TV content; Disney confirms Rice's top lieutenant, Dana Walden, will succeed him — Some in the entertainment business had seen him as a possible candidate to succeed Bob Chapek as Disney's chief executive. — The Walt Disney Company …
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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Check My Ads, a nonprofit aiming to defund disinformation by pressuring online ad exchanges, announces a campaign against Fox News' website and YouTube channel — A nonprofit aiming to defund disinformation online that has taken money out of the pockets of several prominent far-right websites …
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David Zurawik / CNN:
Comparisons between Thursday's January 6 hearings and those for Watergate or Army-McCarthy are misplaced given today's fragmented, on-demand, siloed media — (CNN Business)From a prime-time setting to hype of revelations that will “blow the roof off the House,” TV hearings set to start Thursday …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Amazon plans to withdraw from bidding for Indian Premier League cricket streaming, estimated to reach $7.7B at a June 12 auction — Amazon.com Inc. is planning to withdraw from a heated competition for the rights to stream Indian Premier League cricket matches …
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Phoebe Bain / Marketing Brew:
Influencer agency The Motherhood saw influencer rates rise 44% YoY in 2021 and 45% YoY so far in 2022 as pay transparency and demand for influencers rise — Increased pay transparency among creators, as well as more demand for influencer marketing, are likely culprits. — “Know your worth, queen!”
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Gabriel Stargardter / Reuters:
Sources: Brazilian police investigating the disappearance of the British freelance journalist in the Amazon are focusing on people involved in poaching — Brazilian police investigating the disappearance of a British journalist and an indigenous expert in the Amazon rainforest are focusing …
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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Time's events business is on pace to bring in at least $10M in revenue in 2022 and is projected to grow 20-30% in 2023, per the COO of Time and Time Studios — Time's events business is on pace to bring in at least $10 million in revenue this year for the first time, according to Ian Orefice …
Molly Olmstead / Slate:
A look at EWTN, a Catholic media outlet that claims to reach nearly 400M households and whose news coverage over the past decade has started to mimic Fox News — In June of 2020, the three hosts of a Catholic radio show were talking about the news of the day.
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