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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Vox Media will no longer license its Chorus content management system to publishers; the existing six clients will have 18 months to migrate off the platform — Publishers using the platform will have 18 months to migrate their content — The digital media company Vox Media …
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@vinnysgreen, @mediaevan, @markstenberg3 and Axios
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Twitter Trust and Safety VP Ella Irwin says she took the screenshots of internal systems that Bari Weiss shared and that “reporters were not accessing user DMs” — Elon Musk is giving outside writers unprecedented access to internal Twitter Inc. information …
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Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau:
[Thread] The “bombshell” Twitter Files show the value of skeptical editors, who strengthen stories by poking holes in reporting that uses cherry-picked examples — Can think of several moments when as a young reporter I thought I had a bombshell story and then it became a merely average story or not news at all after an editor poked at it with skeptical questions. Beware media folks who think they're too big-brained for editorial standards. https://twitter.com/...
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Kali Hays / Insider:
Sources: Twitter added Bari Weiss to its Slack and gave her a company laptop and access to employee systems, which a source says is typically just for staff
Sources: Twitter added Bari Weiss to its Slack and gave her a company laptop and access to employee systems, which a source says is typically just for staff
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: LLCs tied to the CEO of crypto news site The Block secretly received $43M in Alameda loans, used in part to buy and run the site; CEO has now resigned — The Block, a media company that says it covers crypto news independently, has been secretly funded for over a year with money funneled …
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Insider, @sarafischer, TechCrunch, The Block, Talking Biz News, CoinDesk, The Verge, The Information, @ddiamond, @joshconstine, @stacyherbert, @saylor, @girlbossintech, @1markmoss, @stephenjudkins, @lynaldencontact, @rohangrey, @iohk_charles, @adamscochran, @lawmaster, @lawmaster, @jason_kint, @alex_valaitis, @edzitron, @rohangrey, @sarafischer, @lawmaster, @silvermanjacob, @arawnsley, @samro, @tonyajoriley, @domschiener, @mdudas and @theblock__, more at Techmeme »
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
A look at the differences between newspaper strikes before the internet and nowadays, NYT Guild member factions, and what management has and hasn't offered — As they have been threatening to do for months now, the New York Times newsroom went on a one-day strike today. — As a reader, you might not have noticed.
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Pittsburgh Union Progress, @shawnmccreesh, @eyokley, @joshkraushaar, @intelligencer, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Slate, The Desk and NPR
Molly White / @molly0xfff:
[Thread] Bloomberg, Dow Jones, The Financial Times, and The New York Times intervene in FTX's bankruptcy case, seeking to unseal customer and creditor details — A group of media outlets—Bloomberg, the NYT, Dow Jones & Co, and the Financial Times—just filed a motion to intervene in the FTX case, requesting that FTX be required to unseal customer and creditor lists.
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@jwverret, @molly0xfff, @molly0xfff and CourtListener
Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Twitter emails advertisers about plans to launch controls to prevent their ads from showing up next to tweets with certain keywords, as soon as next week — Twitter Inc will roll out new controls as soon as next week to let companies prevent their ads from appearing above …
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Ars Technica, Gizmodo, @patrickcoffee, @ashnaguliani, @esreif, Street Fight, MediaPost, @caseynewton, @blackamazon and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Brad Pitt sells a 60% stake in Plan B Entertainment to French conglomerate Mediawan, valuing his production company in the low hundreds of millions — - Brad Pitt has sold a 60% stake in his production company, Plan B, to French company Mediawan. — Plan B helped make …
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Financial Times, Variety, @dalter007, @richlightshed, IndieWire, The Wrap and @sherman4949
Asif Shahzad / Reuters:
After prominent Pakistani TV journalist Arshad Sharif was shot dead in Nairobi, a fact-finding team sent by Pakistan concluded the killing was a targeted murder — A team set up by the Pakistani government to probe the killing of a well-known Pakistani journalist in Nairobi …
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@herewardholland and The Indian Express
Peter White / Deadline:
Memo: Nancy Daniels, who oversees Turner's networks and several Discovery channels, and Jane Latman, who leads Food Network, are leaving Warner Bros. Discovery — EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Daniels, who oversees the Turner networks and a number of Discovery channels, and Jane Latman …
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The Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, @christodoyle and @jbflint
David Satin / The Streamable:
VUit, a live news streaming service, reaches a deal to add local CBS news stations in more than a dozen markets, including New York and Los Angeles — One of the largest free streaming services offering live and on-demand news is expanding its reach even further.
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The Desk, Radio & Television …, TVNewsCheck and CNBC
Sophie Vershbow / Esquire:
A look at theories about The New York Times' bestseller list process and how publishers and authors game the list, including by focusing on preorder incentives — Publishing insiders tell Esquire why they find “the list” so frustrating—turns out, it's a data project full of contradictions.
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@lbmcgrath, @esquire and @esquire
Associated Press:
IFJ: 67 journalists and media workers were killed on the job globally in 2022, mostly due to the Ukraine war, chaos in Haiti, and criminal groups in Mexico — Russia's war in Ukraine, chaos in Haiti and rising violence by criminal groups in Mexico contributed to a 30% spike in the number …
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New York Daily News, IFJ and European Federation …