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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Publications owned by Alden Global Capital plan to stop endorsing US candidates in presidential, senate, and gubernatorial elections in their opinion pages — The change will be announced in an editorial set to run in the company's newspapers as early as Friday.
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Chicago Sun Times:
The Chicago Sun-Times, which became a nonprofit newsroom in January 2022, 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.
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Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Shopify settles a lawsuit with five major education publishers that claimed the platform ignored notices of users selling pirated textbooks and other materials — Shopify Inc has settled allegations by a group of major educational publishers that the Canadian e-commerce company enables piracy …
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Plagiarism Today, more at Techmeme »
Angela Fu / Poynter:
About 80 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette staff in production and advertising went on strike after losing health insurance; NewsGuild members are withholding bylines — Roughly 80 staff members are on strike after losing their health coverage. Journalists at the paper are holding a byline strike in solidarity.
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Pew: 6% of US adults regularly get news on BitChute, Gab, Gettr, Parler, Rumble, Telegram, or Truth Social, but no one site drew over 2% of those seeking news — The appeal of platforms like Parler, Truth Social and Telegram is another symptom of the partisan divide in media, according to the Pew Research Center.
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Bloomberg:
Sources: the Kremlin told some state media to start admitting failings in the Ukraine invasion, worried that its upbeat propaganda was fueling people's doubts — With its troops losing ground almost daily, the Kremlin has told some of its state media to start admitting some of the failings …
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
An interview with Axios CEO Jim VandeHei on selling to Cox, inspiring journalists-entrepreneurs to create The Information and Puck, “smart brevity”, and more — Over nearly six years, Axios has demonstrated that start-ups grounded in quality journalism can make serious money in the digital world.
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Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal:
Internal ByteDance report: revenue grew nearly 80% YoY to $61.7B in 2021 but operating losses more than tripled YoY from $2.14B to $7.15B due to growth spending — Social-media giant saw its operating losses more than triple last year to above $7 billion — TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd. saw …
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Tubefilter, @dkiesow and The Information, more at Techmeme »
K.J. Yossman / Variety:
Prince Harry, Elton John, and others sue the Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers for allegedly hiring people to bug homes, access bank accounts, and more — Prince Harry has launched yet another lawsuit against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of British tabloids the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday.
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Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
Philo, a live TV streaming service offering 60+ channels for $25/month, rolls out the first version of its app for Samsung smart TV models released since 2018 — Philo, the skinny bundle streamer that includes more than 60 popular television channels for $25 per month, is becoming more accessible for Smart TV users.
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Philo Blog, Fierce Video and Next TV
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Paramount programming executive David Nevins plans to leave at the end of 2022; the former Showtime CEO also held top positions at CBS, Viacom, and Paramount+ — 'I'm going to really think through my options before I make a move,' Mr. Nevins said of future plans
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Spotify cancels 11 original podcasts out of ~500 shows, aiming to focus on the biggest hits; source: ~5% of its podcasting staff will be laid off or reassigned — Spotify is axing a small portion of its original podcast programming slate — canceling 11 out of approximately 500 current shows …
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