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Meta plans to shut down its newsletter subscription service Bulletin by early 2023; the Substack competitor launched in January 2021 and now has 120+ writers — The social media company plans to bring more content back to the Facebook platform directly. — Meta will be shutting down Bulletin …
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The Onion files an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court in support of Anthony Novak, arrested for his Facebook page parodying an Ohio police department's page — Monday marked the first time in 34 years of The Onion's publication that what anyone might reasonably think is an Onion headline was an actual headline about the Onion.
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Guardian US announces the expansion of its coverage of democracy and the appointment of Guardian US reporter Sam Levine as senior democracy correspondent — Guardian US today announces the expansion of its democracy coverage, a new multi-year series named The fight for democracy …
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New York Public Radio names LaFontaine Oliver, the CEO of Baltimore's WYPR, as its CEO, starting in January; previous CEO Goli Sheikholeslami left for Politico — Mr. Oliver is currently the president and chief executive of Baltimore's flagship public radio station, WYPR.
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After Ned Fulmer admitted to a “consensual” workplace affair, YouTube comedy group The Try Guys removed him from new videos amid an internal investigation — Comedy group the Try Guys shared a video statement Monday evening, addressing its recent decision to cut ties with ex-member Ned Fulmer …
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Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who protested the Ukraine war on live TV in March 2022, escapes house arrest before her trial; she faces up to 10 years — RIGA, Latvia — Marina Ovsyannikova — the Russian journalist who made international headlines after protesting the war …
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The Independent and Telegraph are reducing website ads, as the impending demise of third-party cookies makes publishers rethink their approach to reader data — Digital chiefs at the Independent and Telegraph have been cutting the number of ads on web pages as the impending demise …
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Recurrent Ventures fired 52 people during last week's layoffs, a move current and former staff blame on mismanagement due to the company's pace of acquisitions — The venture equity firm cut 52 staff two weeks after acquiring its 21st publisher — The media company Recurrent Ventures …
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Reach and BuzzFeed executives criticize ad keyword blocklists, saying they could force outlets to ditch serious topics in favor of “cats on skateboards” stories — Commercial bosses at Reach and Buzzfeed have slammed the use of advertising keyword blacklists that stifle publishers' ability …
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A look at the Internet Archive, a preservation project that grew from 2TB in 1997 to ~100PB now, and issues with scraping paywalled news sites and social media — Within the walls of a beautiful former church in San Francisco's Richmond district, racks of computer servers hum and blink with activity.
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Philippine police say Percival Mabasa, a news radio host and critic of President Marcos Jr., was shot dead on Monday, the second journalist killed since June — The radio host Percival Mabasa was killed during an ambush, the police said. He had been a prominent critic of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr …


Source: OANN airs on free, over-the-air channels in about 30 markets and plans to be in about 100 by the end of 2022, after being dropped by DirecTV and Verizon — After being dropped by two major pay-TV distributors this year, One America News is attempting a comeback by leveraging an old technology: the antenna.
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