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Queenie Wong / CNET:
Meta made 68 “newsworthiness allowances” from June 2021 to June 2022 for posts that may have violated its standards, letting them stay on Facebook or Instagram — Queenie Wong is a senior writer for CNET News, who focuses on social media companies including Facebook's parent company Meta, Twitter and TikTok.
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Twitter:
Twitter is integrating podcasts into its redesigned Spaces Tab, starting with some English-speaking users globally, on iOS and Android — Twitter helps people connect with unique and compelling voices around the world. With podcasts, we're taking that connection to a whole new level.
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TechCrunch, The Wrap, CNET, Engadget, @stephenrobles, 9to5Mac, Input, @arithisandthat, @simonowens, @twitterspaces, @wongmjane and @automaticzen, more at Techmeme »
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Guardian Media Group appoints Anna Bateson as CEO; previously, she helped develop its voluntary contributions strategy and served as interim CEO in 2020 — Former interim chief, who helped develop voluntary contributions strategy, returns to company — The Guardian's parent company …
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@kathviner, @arctictony and @vivian
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Warner Bros. Discovery cuts 29 jobs in Europe, including top programming positions, as it shifts its approach to commissioning local content — EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Discovery is letting go of 29 staff in Europe, including key programming execs, as it moves to phase out HBO Max European originals …
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Variety, The Wrap, The A.V. Club, The Hollywood Reporter and TBI Vision
Josh Schafer / Yahoo Finance:
FanDuel says it will launch a sports cable TV network, FanDuel TV, in September, along with a new streaming app, FanDuel+, which will be free for FanDuel users — FanDuel (PDYPF) is launching a first-of-its-kind nationally distributed television network, FanDuel TV, the company announced on Thursday.
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Variety, Awful Announcing, The Streamable, FanDuel, @_joshschafer, Legal Sports Report, @markjburns88, @mraffensperger, @tvgmike and @jonrothstein
Jasmine Hicks / The Verge:
The New York Times makes Wordle available in its Crossword app on iOS and Android, joining Crossword variants, Spelling Bee, and others — The online game is still free for now — Wordle is now available in The New York Times Crossword app for both iOS and Android users.
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The New York Times Company, TechCrunch, Android Police, AppleInsider and CNET
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
Meghan Markle's new podcast, Archetypes, with Serena Williams as the first guest, takes the top spot on Spotify's charts, knocking off Joe Rogan in the US — Meghan Markle's new podcast “Archetypes” has soared to the top of Spotify's podcast charts, taking the top spot from longtime No. 1 title “The Joe Rogan Experience” in the US.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Lou Dobbs, Jeanine Pirro, and high-level Fox producers face depositions in Dominion Voting's defamation lawsuit against Fox News — The depositions are one of the clearest indications yet of how aggressively Dominion Voting Systems is moving forward with its suit against the media company.
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The Wrap, Deadline, The Hill, @jwpetersnyt, @benbradleytv and Just The News
Andrew Kersley / Press Gazette:
An interview with NowThis' president on how the outlet became the largest news brand on TikTok with ~9M followers, developing original programming, and more — The president of US-based brand Now This has spoken to Press Gazette about how it became the most-viewed US-based news and politics brand on Facebook, Youtube and Twitter.
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@mediaguy19, @michellemanafy, @simonowens, @pressgazette, @pressgazette and Simon Owens's Media Newsletter
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Crypto publication The Block launches a partially tokenized paywall via Access Protocol, which lets users buy media subscriptions with a uniform set of tokens — The Block, a crypto media company, is moving parts of its consumer paywall exclusively to a crypto token model.
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@basedkarbon, @mayazi, @cryptoseq, @martybent, @0xfoobar, @mdudas, @jeffjohnroberts, @rulexrp, @chubbicorn219, @whosdavestanton, @sarafischer and Talking Biz News
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Magazine and newspaper subscription app Readly has 447K full-paying subscribers, £37.1M in revenue in 2021, and is testing adding podcasts — Digital magazine and newspaper app Readly's “North Star goal” is engagement as it endeavours to reach profitability and keep hold …
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@simonowens
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Former BBC presenter Emily Maitlis calls BBC board member Robbie Gibb an “agent of the Conservative party” who is “acting as the arbiter of BBC impartiality” — Former Newsnight presenter says former No 10 communications chief Sir Robbie Gibb on board acting as ‘arbiter of impartiality’
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