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Bloomberg:
Turkey passes a “disinformation” law ahead of its 2023 elections, mandating one to three years in jail for sharing online content deemed as “false information” — Turkey criminalized the spread of what authorities describe as false information on digital platforms …
Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge:
Netflix says Basic with Ads will cost $6.99/month in the US and debut on November 3 in 12 countries, offering most titles, at up to 720p, and without downloads — Starting in November, Netflix will finally roll out its new ad-supported tier for just a few bucks a month …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
How Netflix plans to fight slowing growth, including quickly building an ad tier; Netflix accounts for ~8% of all US TV viewership, the most of any network — Around noon on Wednesday, March 16, hundreds of Netflix Inc. employees gathered on the second floor of the Anaheim Hilton Hotel expecting to hear good news.
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Bloomberg:
AdImpact projects $9.7B in midterm campaign advertising; Sinclair: H1 political revenue was up 20% from 2020; Nexstar: Q2 political revenue up ~80% over Q2 2020 — Political ads are rolling in at a record pace at TV stations across the US, especially in states with tight races that may decide which party controls the Senate.
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Max Read / Read Max:
Ex-Gawker EIC Max Read reviews his Substack newsletter after a year with no Twitter presence: 13,185 subscribers, 926 paying, and a $50K annualized revenue — Greetings from Read Max HQ! Next week, this newsletter turns one year old. For the sake of commemorating the milestone …
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Hamish McKenzie / On Substack:
Instead of other newsletter platforms, Substack should be compared to services giving creators direct relationships with fans, like Shopify, Twitch, and Patreon
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Jen Wieczner / New York Magazine:
A profile of WSJ's chief economics correspondent Nick Timiraos, who has become a kind of economic indicator in his own right as he covers the US Federal Reserve — Or, at least, that is Nick Timiraos's reputation on Wall Street and in Washington. — When financial reporters enter …
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Public Interest Journalism Initiative:
Australian News Data Report: at least 11 Australian outlets have closed since July 2022, implicitly or explicitly citing increases in the cost of printing — Australia's news sector has experienced the third largest market contraction within a single quarter since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic …
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@zdaniel, @ckrewson, @corinne_podger and @jeffjarvis
Dan Primack / Axios:
Skydance Media, the studio behind the Mission Impossible, Jack Reacher, and Terminator films, raised $400M led by KKR at a $4B+ valuation — Skydance Media, the Hollywood studio behind “Top Gun: Maverick,” on Thursday announced that it raised $400 million in new funding at a valuation north of $4 billion.
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
NBC reporter Dasha Burns draws criticism for saying Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman was bad at small talk when his closed-captioning device was off — An NBC News correspondent who interviewed Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman says an on-air remark …
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
For search results on mobile, Google is replacing the “Ad” label with “Sponsored” in bold and moving it above the site URL in a separate line — Over the years, Google has made it harder to separate ads from organic search results at a glance.
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
An analysis of press reports shows 830 editorial job losses in the UK, the US, and Ireland in 2022, of which 89% occurred since the end of June, and 384 hires — Journalist redundancies appear to be rising in the UK, US and Ireland as publishers brace for a recession.
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@heidilegg, @pressgazette and @charlottetobitt
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
How negligence by Bolsonaro's government may have enabled the murder of UK journalist Dom Phillips in Brazil, including by letting poachers thrive in the Amazon — My friend Dom Phillips and activist Bruno Pereira were shot dead in the Amazon. I traveled deep into the forest to find out why.
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@dicaduran, @vanessahlarson, @_cesar_munoz, @angelaislost and @marybsheridan
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