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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Guardian announces a global ban on gambling advertising, arguing that taking money from services that can lead to addiction is unethical — Ban will apply worldwide to all of media group's online and print outlets, including the Guardian, Observer, and Guardian Weekly
Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Insider EIC Nich Carlson tells staff that traffic and subscribers are down, the outlet plans to return its focus to business, the economy, and tech, and more — Insider EIC @nichcarlson addresses the newsroom post-strike, says “after a few years of drift,” the media company is returning to its core focus of business, economy, and tech coverage and becoming “the next-gen WSJ” [image]
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Washington Post:
The 13-day Insider strike ends, as its union and management reach a deal that boosts the pay minimum to $65K/year and includes a pledge for no more 2023 layoffs
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Nick Perry / Associated Press:
New Zealand sentences two men who ran the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload to over two years in prison, ending an 11-year US extradition battle — Two men who helped run the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload were each sentenced by a New Zealand court on Thursday to more than two years in prison.
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Plagiarism Today, TorrentFreak, Ars Technica and Reuters, more at Techmeme »
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Robert Gottlieb, former editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster, Alfred A. Knopf, and The New Yorker, who edited Joseph Heller, Toni Morrison, and more, dies at 92 — At Simon & Schuster, Alfred A. Knopf and The New Yorker, he polished the work of a who's who of mid-to-late 20th century writers.
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Karla Rodriguez / Complex:
An interview with Philip Lewis, a HuffPost senior editor, on how Twitter helped him launch his journalism career and how he uses Twitter and other platforms now — The journalist talks to Complex about using his social media virality to serve others during a time when media literacy is needed.
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@mepfuller, @solomonmissouri, @juliehinds, @dpmcanty, @doctorjonpaul, @writtenbyhanna and @astasiawill
Kari Paul / The Guardian:
The CCDH estimates Google made $10M in two years from anti-abortion organizations' ads misdirecting users to “pregnancy crisis centers” that do not provide care — Study finds the search giant has profited since Roe was overturned from anti-abortion groups buying misleading search terms
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CNN, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, MIT Technology Review and Wired, more at Techmeme »
Nina Lakhani / Associated Press:
Judges in Guatemala sentence journalist José Rubén Zamora to six years in prison for money laundering in what is regarded as a politically motivated trial — José Rubén Zamora, 66, convicted and sentenced on money-laundering charges press freedom groups say were trumped up
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@whaasstsecty, @rosental, @jczamora, Al Jazeera, Committee to Protect …, Reuters, Associated Press and NPR
Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal:
Uber plans to add video ads to its main app, Uber Eats, and alcohol app Drizly, starting in the US; 345K merchants bought ads on Uber in Q1, up from 315K in Q4 — The company, which sees ad sales as a key growth area, will debut long-form videos on Uber Eats, Drizly and its ride-hailing app
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@pt, @rupertmyers, @silvermanjacob, @modestproposal1, @jbflint, @kchoudhu and Beet.TV, more at Techmeme »
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Twitch launches a Partner Plus tier, offering a 70/30 revenue sharing split to creators who have 350+ recurring paid subscriptions for three consecutive months — Twitch is introducing a new “Partner Plus” program that will give streamers an increased 70 percent of the share of their subscription revenues …
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TechCrunch, Variety, blog.twitch.tv and @ky1edriver, more at Techmeme »
Sulina Connal / The Keyword:
Google reaches agreements with over 1,500 publications in 15 countries under the EU Copyright Directive and shares other updates on its journalism partnerships — Managing Director, News and Publishing Partnerships — Today I am pleased to provide an update on our progress …
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
The Senate Judiciary Committee advances the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, which would help news outlets jointly negotiate with tech companies — The Senate Judiciary Committee revived the prospects for a long-proposed bill that would bolster print and broadcast news outlets in their negotiations with tech giants.
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The Hill, CNN, Editor and Publisher, @leftcoastbabe, @recreateco, @m_wacker and Free Press, more at Techmeme »
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Meta expands Instagram's Broadcast Channels globally, letting users share public, one-to-many messages, images, and other content with their followers — Meta announced today that it's rolling out Instagram's Channels features for broadcasting messages globally.
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MediaPost, @mosseri, PetaPixel and Meta, more at Techmeme »
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