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Joanna Partridge / The Guardian:
In a Twitter Space, Elon Musk said Twitter will change @BBC's “government-funded media” tag to “publicly funded” and he had “utmost respect” for the broadcaster — Billionaire also says pain level from owning site is ‘extremely high’ but the business is ‘breaking even’
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Jody Serrano / Gizmodo:
Twitter considers outlets to be “Government-funded Media” when “the government provides some or all” of their 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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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
A look at Rupert Murdoch's mounting problems; sources blame the 92-year-old's erratic behavior for the disarray in both his media empire and personal life — With the $1.6 billion Dominion lawsuit threatening to hobble Fox News, the ink on his divorce to Jerry Hall still wet …
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Emails: UMG asked Spotify, Apple, and other services to block developers training AI services from scraping melodies and lyrics from their copyrighted songs — Universal Music Group says new technology relies on unauthorised use of copyrighted material — Universal Music Group …
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look back at the UK tabloid phone-hacking case, ahead of the Dominion-Fox case: Rupert Murdoch and Fox survived the scandal and press rules changed little — A little over ten years ago, a long-awaited report, authored by Lord Justice Leveson, examined the incestuous relations between …
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David Pierce / The Verge:
YouTube says NFL Sunday Ticket packages will cost between $249 and $489 depending on the user's subscription; the company reportedly pays the NFL $2B per year — Football fans, start saving those pennies. YouTube just announced pricing for its new Sunday Ticket package …
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Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo:
Artifact, the personalized news sharing app founded by Instagram's co-founders, adds article comments and plans to give new profiles a public “reputation score” — Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger's article app is taking a page from Reddit's playbook with upvotes, downvotes, and graded credibility—as well as AI moderation.
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
ESPN, Slate, and NPR explain why they're putting more podcasts on YouTube: more traffic thanks to Shorts and reach that allows them to monetize a new audience — ESPN, NPR, and Slate are experimenting with watchable podcasts. — It has recently come to my attention that some people prefer to watch podcasts.
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The Guardian US names Dana Canedy, the former publisher of Simon & Schuster, as managing editor, reporting to Editor-in-Chief Betsy Reed — Ms. Canedy, the first Black woman to serve as the publisher of Simon & Schuster's flagship imprint, will oversee the newsroom's daily operations.
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Erin Ailworth / Wall Street Journal:
A team of Russian reporters, scholars, programmers, and database specialists launches the Russian Independent Media Archive, starting with work from 13 outlets — Partnership between PEN America, Bard College comes as WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich remains imprisoned in Russia
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Janko Roettgers / @jank0:
[Thread] Janko Roettgers, formerly at Protocol, launches Lowpass, a newsletter on tech and entertainment, and explains how he chose a newsletter platform — I've got some exciting news to share: I'm going pro with my newsletter! This Thursday, I'm officially launching Lowpass as an independent newsletter publication. https://www.lowpass.cc/...
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
Citizen Lab and Microsoft detail mercenary spyware from Tel Aviv-based QuaDream used to hack iOS 14-based iPhones of journalists, politicians, and an NGO worker — Microsoft and Citizen Lab have new reports out about QuaDream, a little-known Israeli mercenary spyware provider.
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