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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
New Mexico prosecutors charge Alec Baldwin and the armorer of the movie “Rust” with involuntary manslaughter for cinematographer Halyna Hutchins' on-set death — New Mexico prosecutors said they are filing felony criminal charges against actor Alec Baldwin and the armorer …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Right-wing YouTuber Steven Crowder, who has 5.94M subscribers on the platform, feuds with Ben Shapiro's The Daily Wire, which offered him a $50M four-year deal — Right-wing blowhard Steven Crowder is accusing Ben Shapiro's media empire of being in bed with Big Tech—fighting words that have ignited a heated public dispute.
Financial Times:
Patreon, Substack, and other “passion economy” startups are cutting staff and abandoning fundraising plans; Dealroom: investments fell 75% YoY to $801M in 2022 — Once high-flying start-ups that serve online creators and influencers have been forced into a painful retrenchment …
Wall Street Journal:
Nexstar reaches a multiyear deal to broadcast the Saudi Arabia-funded LIV Golf tour on The CW Network; until now, LIV events have been available online for free — Partnership will determine the Saudi-funded golf tour's financial viability — LIV Golf, the controversial Saudi-funded golf tour …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Wikimedia updates Wikipedia's design for the first time in over a decade, improving search, accessibility, the table of contents section, and language switching — Wikipedia, one of the world's top 10 most visited websites, and a resource used by billions every month, is getting its first makeover on the desktop in over a decade.
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Insider, @raju, Wikimedia Foundation, OnlyTech and Slate, more at Techmeme »
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Amazon and DAZN sign a global distribution partnership that will make DAZN available as a Prime Video Channel for an extra monthly fee for Prime Video customers — Amazon and DAZN have signed a global distribution partnership that will see DAZN's direct-to-consumer sports streaming service available as a Prime Video Channel.
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The Streamable, The Information and Broadband TV News
Noam Bardin / Post.News:
Social network Post announces its News Feed, with articles from verified news publishers such as Fortune, Reuters, Rolling Stone, and The Los Angeles Times — Hi Posters, Today we released a dedicated News Feed. This will be the place where verified news publishers will live and allow …
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@marceelias and @brianstelter
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
The BBC's US head of digital journalism, Saeed Ahmed, quits after four months, raising more concerns about its international and domestic news channels merger — EXCLUSIVE: The BBC's head of digital journalism has quit after just four months, prompting further anxiety about the UK broadcaster's plans …
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TVNewser and @jake_kanter
Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
News media should've sent a signal to Twitter by not tweeting after the site suspended some journalists' accounts; Fox News once boycotted Twitter for 16 months — Fox once abandoned Twitter for 16 months in a vague, nonsensical protest. News outlets with legitimate grievances …
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@parkermolloy, @mattnavarra, @parkermolloy, @Ciantic@twit.social and @froomkin
Max Read / Read Max:
The most important thing a blogger can do to develop and retain an audience is to post regularly and frequently, as evidenced by Matt Yglesias' success — How to be a successful content entrepreneur — What is the secret to a successful career as a blogger/newsletter author/content creator?
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@matt_levine, @jfruh, @parismarx, @bencjacobs, @craigsilverman, @maura, @niubi, @jonathanshainin, @markberman, @sidhubaba, @mattyglesias, @lukeoneil47, @gadyepstein and @matt_levine
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Ad revenue made up 15% of INN members' revenue in 2022, up from 3% in 2018; ~430 nonprofits made $66M in 2021 ad revenue vs. The New York Times' almost $500M — The business now represents nearly a third of total revenue for many — Although historically funded primarily by a mix …
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The Keyword
Wall Street Journal:
Antenna: Amazon's music subscription market share fell from 21% in January 2022 to 17% in November 2022, after the company restricted playing songs on demand — Bigger song catalog brings less choice for some; ‘a lot of cussing’ — Dustin Bingham loves to play music when he cooks.
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@shiraovide and @sebasaherrera
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