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12:05 PM ET, July 27, 2022

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Spotify reports Q2 revenue rose 23% YoY to €2.9B as its net loss widened to €125M; MAUs were up 19% YoY to 433M and Premium users reached 188M, up 14% YoY  —  Spotify turned in strong numbers for the second quarter, beating expectations for total and paid subscriber adds and reporting 23% revenue growth.
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Spotify says it has “decided to stop further production of Car Thing units” and will take a €31M charge, citing demand and supply chain issues  —  Spotify's push to complement its music streaming with a big move into podcasting and related content appears to be paying off …
The Hollywood Reporter:
Daniel Ek says Spotify plans to reduce the pace of hiring by 25% as “things could get worse”; Spotify's stock rises 10%+  —  As the music streaming giant's stock jumps, CEO Daniel Ek addresses macro-economic challenges, saying “only the prepared survive, and we're preparing as if things could get worse.”
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Some Republican candidates are barring traditional media from events and ignoring debate requests as midterm elections approach, favoring rightwing outlets  —  GOP politicians are increasingly shirking sit-down interviews, barring journalists from 2022 events, and skipping debates …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A profile of Gov. Ron DeSantis' press secretary Christina Pushaw, who uses Twitter to attack journalists and mainstreamed the term “groomer” within the GOP
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Discussion: TikTok and Axios, more at Techmeme »
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Chris Stokel-Walker / Gizmodo:
Internal TikTok PR documents suggest responses to difficult questions, including downplaying AI, links to ByteDance, and “the China association”
Emily Baker-White / BuzzFeed News:
Four former ByteDance employees say the company promoted pro-China content to Americans in its now-defunct news app TopBuzz; ByteDance denies the claims
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Hulu will accept political issue ads, after Democrats complained over rejecting ads on guns and abortions, matching the policies of Disney's cable networks  —  Disney on Wednesday confirmed to Axios that it would allow political issue ads — in addition to candidate ads — on Hulu's streaming service …
Jon Harris / Buffalo News:
The Buffalo News names Sheila Rayam as executive editor, the first Black journalist and second woman to hold the position in the paper's 142-year history  —  Longtime journalist Sheila Rayam has been named executive editor of The Buffalo News, the first Black journalist and the second woman …
Taylor Lorenz / Taylor Lorenz's Newsletter:
Nostalgia for the “old”, chronological Instagram makes sense but belies changing norms around online sharing, communication, privacy, and engaging content  —  It isn't just the platform that has changed, we have too.  —  Over the past few days there's been a movement to “Make Instagram Instagram again.”
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Source: Meta begins forming an advisory board with top entertainment executives, managers, and publicists; the board will not advise on product changes
Martin Brunt / Sky News:
UK courts will allow broadcast news channels into criminal trials for the first time but coverage will be restricted to the judge handing down a sentence  —  Coverage will be restricted to the judge handing down a sentence and explaining the reasons for it, with a time delay to avoid broadcasting any violent or abusive reaction.
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Source: the BBC is reviewing retaining talent who make public service radio programs and podcasts by transferring them to its for-profit commercial division  —  Bosses may transfer popular podcasters to BBC's commercial arm after loss of big names including Emily Maitlis and John Sopel
Discussion: @jimwaterson
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
In his first TV appearance since CNN fired him, Chris Cuomo announces he will host a prime-time show on Nexstar Media's cable news network NewsNation this fall
Alexandra Turner / Press Gazette:
Study: between September 2020 and July 2022, 33 local UK newspapers have shut down while 27 have launched, and three news sites closed while 41 launched
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Ruchira Sharma / The Guardian:
TikTokers and teenagers say young news consumers want bite-size stories shared by personalities on Instagram and TikTok, while critics warn about disinformation
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Research: 31% of images accompanying ~250 pieces of online news covering a 2019 heat wave in four countries were positive, showing people having fun in the sun
The Daily Beast:
Sources: ABC's The View plans to name former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin as its conservative co-host, filling Meghan McCain's slot