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Mark Caro / Local News Initiative:
An interview with Stephanie Lulay, one of three co-founders of Block Club Chicago, as the nonprofit outlet hits its fifth anniversary with 29 full-time staffers — Exceeding its DNAinfo origins, Block Club Chicago hits 5th anniversary doubling down on the power of neighborhood reporting
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Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Source: Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino tells investors that no major ad holding firms now recommends an ad pause and says Twitter's focus is video and partnerships — Twitter plans to focus on video, creator and commerce partnerships to revitalize the social media company's business beyond digital advertising …
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Thomas Germain / Gizmodo:
Some publishers say they have seen a sharp drop in Facebook traffic since May 2023; Echobox: the share of traffic to publisher sites from Facebook fell ~50% YoY — With no communication from the company, publishers relying on Facebook traffic are at the mercy of the inscrutable algorithm, and they say it's punishing them.
The Guardian:
As part of its new policy on AI, The Guardian says it will use AI only when it contributes to original journalism and to help with corrections and suggestions — Over the last three months, colleagues from our editorial, creative, engineering, product, legal, commercial and partnerships teams …
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Financial Times:
Sources: media companies like News Corp and The Guardian have discussed LLM copyright issues and a subscription fee with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, or Adobe
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Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
Duolingo says the company significantly scaled back TV ads and its DAUs growing 62% YoY to 20.3M in Q1 2023 is due in part to efficient social media marketing — The language-learning app now relies more on memes—helping it climb to 20 million daily active users
Washington Post:
Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers that led to a landmark press freedoms SCOTUS ruling and founded the Freedom of the Press Foundation, dies at 92 — Disillusioned by the Vietnam War, he leaked a top-secret history of the conflict, leading to a landmark Supreme Court case
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Imax says its North American market share is up 50% from 2019, as studios fight over access amid growing demand to watch certain movies on premium large formats — There's been a battle brewing between two of Hollywood's blockbuster talents. — In one corner, Tom Cruise is gearing …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Sources: Thomas Fox has left Fox News, in addition to Alexander McCaskill; both were producers for Tucker Carlson and are defendants in Abby Grossberg's lawsuit — The departures are the latest fallout since the network sidelined Mr. Carlson in April. — Two top producers …
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The Daily Beast:
Sources: Alex McCaskill, the Fox News producer who wrote the chyron labeling President Joe Biden a “wannabe dictator”, has left the company
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Lucy Westcott / Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ helped journalists in exile, via immigration support letters and grants for necessities like rent and food, 206 times in 2022 vs. 63 times in 2020, up 227% — Keep closely connected to your homeland and don't despair: that is advice Syrian journalist Okba Mohammad said he would offer …
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Pew Research Center:
Study of 451 top-ranked US podcasts: 24% are true crime shows, 15% focus on news, and 18% are affiliated with news orgs; 51% produce video to accompany shows — Although it's much newer than other media like television or books, the podcast ecosystem has created a rich library of content covering …
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@galenstocking, @pewresearch, @pewresearch, @pewresearch, @johngramlich, Variety and Podnews
Mia Sato / The Verge:
How the “arms race” of SEO experts has left Google Search and the web drowning in garbage text, resulting in customers and businesses failing to find each other — The SEO arms race has left Google and the web drowning in garbage text, with customers and businesses flailing to find each other.
Derrick Bryson Taylor / New York Times:
Spotify and Prince Harry and Meghan's production company Archewell Audio end their partnership less than a year after Meghan's podcast debuted on the platform — The couple's production company and the streaming service announced an end to their relationship, less than a year after Meghan's podcast debuted on the platform.
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