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Brendan Vaughan / Fast Company:
Fast Company brings its site, Inc, and Mansueto back online after eight days, saying a cyberattack hit its CMS and no customer or advertiser info was disclosed — Eight days. That's how long FastCompany.com was offline after we were targeted in a cyberattack, first on the afternoon of Sunday …
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Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters:
Spotify acquires Kinzen, which identifies misinformation and hate speech; the Dublin-based company partnered with Spotify in 2020, initially on election content — Audio-streaming service Spotify Technology SA (SPOT.N) on Wednesday said it has acquired Kinzen, a firm that has helped it identify harmful content on the platform.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
An interview with Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke on the company's big The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power bet and plans to invest more in film and TV — Jennifer Salke entered the Second Age in London. — The head of Amazon Studios spent the 72 hours leading up to the launch of …
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Chicago Sun Times:
The Chicago Sun-Times, which became a nonprofit newsroom in January, drops its paywall and launches a donation-based digital membership program — We're dropping our paywall and making it free to read the news — but we're still counting on your support. — In recent years …
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Sources: Facebook's two-year-old UK News tab is curated mostly by freelancers at Axel Springer's Upday, who are paid £200-£350 per day and can't work elsewhere — The Facebook News tab was launched in Britain with much fanfare last year as part of a $1bn global programme from the tech giant to support publishers.
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Jalen Brown / CNN:
The US Government Accountability Office 2021 study: Hispanic workers are grossly underrepresented in the media industry, growing from 11% in 2010 to 12% in 2019 — Latinos remain grossly underrepresented in the media industry and are significantly more likely to perform service roles …
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Media outlets are increasingly asking social media users for images of natural disasters; Reuters has a dedicated Twitter account for the pursuit of photos — When Beth Booker posted a photo of her mother's house flooded by Hurricane Ian last week, messages of concern and sympathy came pouring in.
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Chloe Melas / CNN:
Alec Baldwin and Rust Productions settle with Halyna Hutchins' family after the cinematographer was killed on set in 2021; production resumes in January 2023 — The family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer killed on the “Rust” movie set in 2021, and Alec Baldwin have reached …
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Chris Lehmann / The Nation:
Maggie Haberman's book focuses on Donald Trump's individualized rise to power, glossing over the media's role in creating and perpetuating his brand — The book's focus on an individualized rise to power lets the American media, political system, and cult of entrepreneurship off the hook.
Nieman Lab:
A study interviewing 64 US political journalists found many view their outlets' political endorsements as ineffective and jeopardizing editorial independence — Endorsements for politicians have a long history in U.S. newspapers, which until the 20th century were usually explicitly aligned with one political party or faction.
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Kelsey Weekman / BuzzFeed News:
Carl Azuz, the host of a 10-minute CNN news show for middle and high school students over the past 14 years, left the network and is building a TikTok following — For over a decade, Carl Azuz has been the face of the news for millions of students. — For the past 14 years, Carl Azuz …
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Anna Edgerton / Bloomberg:
Experts say political ads on Facebook no longer result in a good ROI, due to a stagnating user base and policy changes that make it harder to target voters — Beth Becker had just finished teaching Democrats how to use Facebook's digital tools at the Netroots conference in Pittsburgh …
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