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Netflix announces Microsoft as its “global advertising technology and sales partner” for its upcoming ad-supported streaming tier — Microsoft will become Netflix's ‘global advertising technology and sales partner’ — Netflix is partnering with Microsoft for its upcoming ad …
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Netflix is in talks with studios to amend contracts so it can offer their content on an ad-supported tier; some say studios will seek a 15%-30% premium — Streaming giant wants to amend deals, has begun talks with studios such as Warner, Universal and Sony
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
After Roe, reporters may have to rely on a single source, on the record, to tell stories about the end of legal abortion, as others stay quiet to avoid arrest — In America after the end of Roe v. Wade, one brave source, on the record, is often the best we are going to get.
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Rachel Cheung / VICE:
A woman wrote 206 interconnected Wikipedia articles in Chinese since 2019 with false accounts of Russian medieval history, one of the largest hoaxes on the site — She “single-handedly invented a new way to undermine Wikipedia,” says a Wikipedian. — RC
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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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
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Greg Burns / Local News Initiative:
A look at the M&A activity at regional media chains, some of which are aggressively buying in small and mid-sized markets, creating several “newspaper barons” — During the heyday of print newspapers, big-shot media moguls were practically kingmakers, using their resources …
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@timafranklin and The Rural Blog
Jon Schleuss / The NewsGuild:
The Wired union reaches a first contract agreement with Condé Nast after planning to strike on Amazon Prime Days, and will vote to ratify it in the coming weeks — The WIRED union, a unit of The NewsGuild of New York, which represents more than 55 workers at the technology magazine …
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@gaberivera, @nyguild, @newyorkerunion, bookforum.com and nyguild.org
Parker Molloy / Dame Magazine:
Mainstream “liberal” US news outlets have embraced, employed, and laundered conservative propaganda 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 …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Cool Down, a media outlet focused on original climate change content with plans for an e-commerce marketplace in 2023, raises $5.7M led by Upfront Ventures — A group of media veterans is launching a new digital media and commerce company called The Cool Down with $5.7 million in a funding round led by Upfront Ventures.
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Financial Times:
The UK's CMA opens an investigation into whether BT, IMG Media, ITV, and Sky are fixing the rate offered to highly skilled freelancers for sports broadcasts — Competition watchdog to investigate whether companies fixed pay for freelance workers — The UK competition regulator has opened …
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The Guardian, Broadband TV News and Bloomberg
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
A group representing 75+ PBS NewsHour workers requests union recognition, and a spokesperson for the show's parent station says management plans to grant it — A group of more than 75 workers, including producers, reporters and editors, has requested voluntary recognition.
Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Media Impact Funders: newsrooms around the world raised a record $619.5M from donors in 2020; The Ford Foundation, the top donor, has given $271M since 2009 — UK journalism has been supported by at least £77m* of philanthropic funding since 2019, Press Gazette research has found …
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