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Jody Serrano / Gizmodo:
Twitter considers outlets to be “government funded media” when the “government provides some or all” of the funding and “may” be involved in editorial content — The Twitter CEO told an NPR reporter that he was using Wikipedia to determine which media outlets …
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Neil Genzlinger / New York Times:
Al Jaffee, who retired from Mad Magazine in 2020 and was the longest-working comic artist ever, dies at 102 — For 55 years he created the fold-in (as opposed to, say, Playboy's fold-out), giving readers a satirical double-take on whatever was going on in the news or elsewhere.
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David Pierce / The Verge:
YouTube says NFL Sunday Ticket passes will cost between $249 to $489 depending on subscription and package; the company reportedly paid $2B for the NFL package — Football fans, start saving those pennies. YouTube just announced pricing for its new Sunday Ticket package …
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
The US designates Evan Gershkovich as “wrongfully detained”, enabling the State Department to exert more pressure on Russia and unlocking other resources — Official designation enables U.S. to press a foreign government, unlocks other resources to free detainee
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Nieman Lab shuts down Fuego, its project launched in 2011 to track the most popular links on Twitter, after Twitter started charging $42K/month for API access — Back in 2018, the far-right influencer Steve Bannon shared his theory of American politics. “The Democrats don't matter,” he told journalist Michael Lewis.
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Matt Taibbi's account, including the Twitter Files, was shadowbanned for a while after a spat with Elon Musk, preventing users from finding his tweets in search — The refrain to remember with Twitter under Elon Musk: it can always get dumber. — Quick(ish) recap:
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Substack rolls out Notes, its Twitter-like service, to all users — Notes, the platform's new feature, functions similarly to its rival social app — LOS ANGELES — The newsletter platform Substack's new feature called Notes, which functions similarly to Twitter, rolled out to all users on Tuesday.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with GQ Global Editorial Director Will Welch on the April 2023 issue, which marks the first time GQ has published the same magazine in 20 markets — GQ global editorial director Will Welch on the journey to the first GQ issue fully shared between 20 markets.
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Angela Fu / Poynter:
A look at The Coronado News, a free weekly debuted in January 2023 by Salt Lake Tribune chair Paul Huntsman for the resort city's 9,500 residents and businesses — The Coronado News is a free weekly delivered to 9,500 of the resort city's residents and businesses.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Katie Cotton, who led Apple's media strategy as VP of worldwide communications for 18 years, mostly under Steve Jobs before retiring in 2014, died on April 6 — Katie Cotton, a longtime Apple Inc. communications chief who served as a steward for the company's iconic brand during the Steve Jobs era and beyond, has died.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Sources: Bret Baier repeatedly proposed devoting an hour-long special to debunk US election fraud myths in November 2020, but never got an answer from Fox News — Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier is perhaps the best personification of Fox Corp chief Lachlan Murdoch's description …
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
Tests show that Twitter, which resumed political ads in 2023, offers incomplete data on ads via its “disclosure” tool, missing some promoted fundraising tweets — The platform started accepting political ads again in January. — Elon Musk took over Twitter last fall with a pledge …
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