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Facebook splits the Feed on iOS and Android into Home, a TikTok-style tab with recommended content, and Feeds, a chronological tab of followed pages and people — While new Feeds tab will show chronological content from pages you actually follow — Facebook's almighty News Feed is getting split in two... kind of.
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The Atlantic's tech and business workers tell management they plan to form a union with ~130 people in jobs like data analysis, software engineering, and sales — Workers are following in the footsteps of their editorial counterparts and asking the media company to recognize the union and bargain a contract.
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@atlbiztechunion, @beep, @newsroomdev, @benschwartz710, @fhill_official, @atlbiztechunion, @ashleyfeinberg and nyguild.org


Netflix VP of Product Todd Yellin, who has worked at the company for almost 17 years, is leaving in September 2022 to pursue potential film and TV projects — Netflix veteran Todd Yellin, who has led the streamer's product teams spanning functions from user interface to pricing, is leaving the company.
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@richlightshed, @jank0, @xpangler and The Hollywood Reporter


Publishers that make money via affiliate marketing, including Hearst, Leaf Group, Future, Reviewed, and Wirecutter, say they saw record Amazon Prime Day sales — Despite unstable macroeconomic conditions and historic inflation in the U.S., many publishers had record Amazon's Prime …
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@digiday, @dcnorg and @simonowens


How Industry Dive, which has 26 publications in 23 industry segments and $100M+ in revenue, became profitable, by embracing ads, making smart bets, and more — Riches in niches — Publishing is often treated as a monolith, but there are many types of publishers with different business models.
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@nataliegilmor, @simonowens, @seangriffey, @christopherwink, @freightalley and @ryanwillumson


Warner Music Group becomes the first major label to adopt SoundCloud's user-centric payouts based upon listening instead of Spotify and others' pro rata model — About three months after celebrating the anniversary of its fan-powered royalty model, SoundCloud has officially inked a global licensing deal with Warner Music Group.
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Axios, TechCrunch, Engadget, Music Ally, The Verge, Complete Music Update and @kerrymflynn


Ofcom report finds that 29% of UK teenagers use Instagram for news, 28% use TikTok and YouTube, 24% use BBC One and Two, down from 45% five years ago — Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are now the preferred mode of news consumption for British teenagers, a report by U.K. media regulator Ofcom has found.
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Press Gazette, The Guardian, 9to5Mac, Reuters, Mashable, Times of India, The Independent and Broadband TV News, more at Techmeme »


BBC agrees to pay damages to a former nanny after false allegations she had an affair with Prince Charles were used to get the Princess Diana Panorama interview — False claims that Tiggy Legge-Bourke had affair with Prince Charles ‘were likely spread to help secure exclusive’
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Press Gazette, New York Times, New York Post, CBS News, @cspencer1508 and Variety


Profile of Vincent Bolloré, dubbed France's Rupert Murdoch, whose €20B conglomerate controls Vivendi, which includes Canal+, CNews, and publisher Hachette — The seven-part 2019 American television series “The Loudest Voice” on Roger Ailes, the mastermind behind the rise …
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@bbgneweconomy


Whatnot, a livestreaming shopping service for buying and selling collectibles, has raised a $260M Series D at a $3.7B valuation, up from $1.5B in September 2021 — Livestream shopping in the United States has a ways to go to catch up with China's booming $600 billion industry …
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@esports_josh and @jeffchang30, more at Techmeme »


Research: Reddit's brand-safety approach to monetization is cautious, labeling all subreddits as no_ads until a manual human review applies some_ads or all_ads — New research may pull back the curtain on Reddit's seemingly inconsistent approach to monetizing its communities.


Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Twitter, and others register for a license in Indonesia under which they might have to censor content and hand over users' data — Meta, TikTok and Twitter among groups to register for licences under which authorities can censor platforms
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@mark_ajohnson, @hare_brain, @neerajka, 9to5Mac, @muradahmed, Reuters and AppleInsider, more at Techmeme »