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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Medium founder Ev Williams is stepping down as CEO, to be replaced by Coach.me CEO Tony Stubblebine; Williams plans to start a new holding company/research lab — Mr. Williams, the company's founder and a co-founder of Twitter and Blogger, said in a post that he planned to start a new holding company and research lab.
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Ev Williams, @ev, @kurtwagner8, @lanceulanoff, @goldman, @joshelman, @anildash, @mgsiegler, @dlberes, @caseynewton, @nbashaw, @caseynewton, @iankar_, @rafat, @kerrymflynn, @jeffjarvis, @mgsiegler, @ev and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
A critique of Ev Williams' 10-year tenure at Medium and how it got caught in the middle between Substack and well-funded publishers like BuzzFeed and Vice — How Medium got stuck in the middle. PLUS: Twitter sues Musk — Few tech CEOs can claim to have steered the course of online conversation more than Ev Williams.
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@caseynewton and Wall Street Journal, more at Techmeme »
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Seven nonpartisan Georgia news outlets, all led by POC and targeted at Black, Hispanic, or Asian-American audiences, receive a combined $2M from The Pivot Fund — “You can call these rural parts of the state news deserts. But in these deserts are oases."
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@tmpowell, The Pivot Fund, @jenniferbrandel, @dicktofel, @aliciacbell, @mitrakalita, @jenniferpreston and The Rural Blog
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Reuters debuts Reuters Insight, a subscription research business for individuals making corporate strategy decisions, starting at $2,500 per year, per vertical — Reuters is launching a new subscription research business called Reuters Insight that will be geared toward individuals making corporate strategy decisions.
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Parker Molloy / Dame Magazine:
Mainstream news outlets in the US, often labeled as liberal, have lurched to the right since the 2016 elections and show no signs of letting up — “Liberal media” is a myth. Since Trump's presidency, mainstream news has embraced, employed, and laundered conservative propaganda, and it shows no signs of letting up.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Google says YouTube TV has 5M+ subscribers, including free trial users, making it the US' biggest internet pay TV provider and fifth-largest TV distributor — Google says YouTube TV has surpassed 5 million accounts — making it the U.S.'s biggest internet-based pay TV service.
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YouTube Official Blog, Deadline, nScreenMedia, @film_girl, TechCrunch, @susanwojcicki, The Streamable and @nealmohan, more at Techmeme »
Axios:
In H1 2022, US cable news viewership fell 19% YoY, news app sessions for the top 12 publishers fell 16% YoY, and visits to the top five news sites fell 18% YoY — Engagement with news content has plunged during the first half of this year compared to the first half of 2021 and in some cases has fallen below pre-pandemic levels.
Ben Strauss / Washington Post:
A profile of ESPN's NFL “insider” Adam Schefter, who gets scoops, has 9.6M Twitter followers, and buys sources holiday gifts written off as a business expense — Even after a string of controversies, Schefter's star is only rising at ESPN. No pictures, please. — Listen
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J. Clara Chan / Hollywood Reporter:
Spotify acquires Heardle, describing the music trivia game inspired by Wordle as a “tool for musical discovery”, and plans to keep it as a standalone site — The game, which challenges users to identify a song based on short audio clips, will remain free to play for users.
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Axios, Spotify, Variety, Billboard, Deadline, The Verge, @starfire2258, PC Gamer, UPROXX, @kerrymflynn, @spotifynews, @mrdiscopop, Adweek, Gizmodo, @loudmouthjulia, CNET, Rolling Stone, The Wrap, TechCrunch, WGN-TV, CNBC, Music Business Worldwide and Consequence, more at Techmeme »
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Disney and The Trade Desk reach an agreement to let brands target automated ads across Disney properties using data matched on the backend from both companies — Disney has reached an agreement with The Trade Desk, a global ad tech company, that makes it possible for brands …
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MediaPost, Adweek, Variety, @sarafischer, @kerrymflynn, @aripap, @disneyadsales, @aaron, @eric_seufert, @mediumbuying, @thetradedesk, Ad Age, @digitalshields, @liebermanaustin, Next TV and AdExchanger
Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
The BBC reports a 5.9% median gender pay gap in 2021-2022, up from 5.2% YoY, a 1.6% BAME pay gap, up from ~0%, and 5.9% for people with disabilities, up from 4% — Forty BBC on-air journalists made more than £150,000 last year, according to the corporation's 2022 annual report.
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@pressgazette, @pressgazette and @blackamazon
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Information is launching a social network for subscribers, which includes user profiles, a directory, a forum, direct messaging, and a Reddit-like news feed — The Information is rolling out a series of features designed to make it easier for its network of influential tech …
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The Information, @heetermaria, @jessicalessin and The Information
David Shepardson / Reuters:
A US appeals court struck down an FCC rule forcing broadcasters to verify sponsors' identities, imposed over concerns that foreigners buy time to air propaganda — A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday struck down a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requirement that broadcasters check federal sources to verify sponsors' identities.
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@annalecta, @reuterslegal and Radio & Television …
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