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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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


How media outlets harvest social media users' newsworthy images from natural disasters and more; Reuters has a Twitter account dedicated to pursuing 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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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 and Next TV


Former reality TV star Bethenny Frankel sues TikTok, saying the platform failed to crack down on scam ads that used her videos to promote counterfeit products — The lawsuit highlights another gap in regulation of an online industry that has grown rapidly in recent years
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Sources: Facebook's two-year-old UK News tab is curated mostly by freelancers from 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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