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Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
Meta details influence operations from Russia, impersonating news outlets to spread anti-Ukraine content in Europe, and from China, targeting the US and Czechia — Russia set up a sprawling and sophisticated network of websites impersonating mainstream media outlets, which it used …
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Meta, New York Times, TechCrunch, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Meta, @issielapowsky, @gossithedog, @gossithedog, @mathiasssemanda, Gizmodo, The Verge, @ivanthek, @katienotopoulos, @donie, @wongmjane, @dfrlab, @benimmo, @benimmo, @davidagranovich, @jendudley, CNN, @benimmo, @serghei, BleepingComputer, @donie, @fabiochiusi and The Hill, more at Techmeme »
Press Gazette:
John Witherow steps down as The Times editor after nearly a decade, becomes the Times Newspapers chairman, and says a successor will be named on September 28 — John Witherow is to step down as editor of The Times after nearly a decade in the role. He has been appointed chairman of Times Newspapers.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
London-based sports streaming service DAZN acquires Eleven Group's global sports media businesses, pausing its IPO plans to focus on profitability and expansion — DAZN, an international sports streaming company, has put its IPO plans on hold to focus on profitability and expansion …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Hearst expects $12B in 2022 revenue and TV to be the company's biggest source of profits, of which 40%+ come from its specialty media, data, and software units — Hearst expects revenues to grow close to $12 billion this year, up slightly from the record $11.9 billion it earned last year …
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@kimfox, @newsceo, @jbenton and The Rural Blog
Michael Cavna / Washington Post:
A look at the fate of US comics pages, as Lee Enterprises says its newspapers will cut back to “a half-page of comics” and shift to a “uniform set of offerings” — Is this the beginning of the end for the daily printed comics page in many American towns and cities?
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American Press Institute, @jeffjarvis, @natcartoonsoc and @raju
Eileen AJ Connelly / The Wrap:
The SEC sues two ex-MoviePass CEOs, charging them with misleading investors about profit potential, data operations, studio relationships, and revenue sources — The Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit against two former CEOs of MoviePass, charging them with misleading investors …
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Variety, Insider, Gizmodo, Deadline, Media Play News, Bloomberg, @caseynewton, @devindra, The Hollywood Reporter and IndieWire, more at Techmeme »
Jon Lafayette / Next TV:
OpenAP says advertisers can now buy linear TV and digital video commercials programmatically using OpenID audiences that have been integrated into three SSPs — FreeWheel, Magnite, Xandr enable buyers — starting with GroupM — to transact on linear, digital inventory
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Sky announces Sky Stream, a Wi-Fi streaming device launching in the UK on October 18 for £29 per month, expanding on its Sky Glass TVs and Sky Q set-top boxes — British satellite broadcaster Sky is launching a Sky Stream puck next month that will let people access TV content over Wi-Fi instead of a satellite dish.
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The Guardian, whathifi, Pocket-lint, Broadband TV News, Sky Group and Digital TV Europe
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Memo: The Daily Mail and MailOnline plan to collaborate more on stories to avoid unnecessary duplication, freeing up resources and talent for more original work — There will be more collaboration between the Daily Mail and Mail Online to allow the brands to “fully harness …
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Bloomberg and @pressgazette
Medill:
The McCormick Foundation awards $5.1M in total to Block Club Chicago, Capitol News Illinois, and Injustice Watch, plus $2.4M for a Medill local news accelerator — CHICAGO — The Robert R. McCormick Foundation today announced investments in Block Club Chicago, Capitol News Illinois …
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Capitolnewsillinois.com, Block Club Chicago, @shanbow, @ilpfoundation and Chicago Business
Leila Miller / Los Angeles Times:
Guatemalan officials are using a femicide law to silence journalists, alleging coverage is causing corrupt officials' family members “psychological violence” — It was a landmark piece of legislation for Guatemala: a law that established stiff prison sentences for violence …
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International Center …, Committee to Protect … and Reporters Without Borders
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
A New York-based artist received copyright registration on their comic featuring artwork by Midjourney, the first known US copyright for latent diffusion AI art — Registration of AI-assisted comic comes amid fierce online debate about AI art ethics. — In what might be a first …
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@angelclarksays, Gizmodo, @ccskeleton, Plagiarism Today and @profjohanna
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