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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Adam Mosseri says Threads will not “encourage” politics and “hard news” as such content brings scrutiny that isn't worth the “incremental engagement or revenue” — / Adam Mosseri ran Facebook's News Feed in 2016, and now he tells Alex Heath that politics …
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Bloomberg:
French media companies Le Monde, AFP, Le Figaro, and Liberation are posting on Threads even though Meta hasn't launched the platform in the European Union — European football teams, media like Le Monde and Agence France-Presse and other organizations on the continent have found …
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The Hollywood Reporter and NBC 7 San Diego, more at Techmeme »
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Meta launches Instagram's text-based Threads app on the App Store and Google Play in 100+ countries; users log in via Instagram and can follow the same accounts — - Threads is a text-based messaging app that looks very similar to Twitter. — People will be able to use their Instagram usernames …
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Sky News details experiments with an AI-powered reporter and editor who were expected to work together to create a video package and a feature-length news story — The Comcast-owned channel wanted to see if off-the-shelf AI tools could soon replace human journalists (spoiler: not today). — Video
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
MediaNews Group, the newspaper chain owned by Alden Global Capital, has removed commenting widgets from their sites as of July 1, citing moderation difficulties — MediaNews Group, the local newspaper company owned by Alden Global Capital, has shut down all of its comment sections as of July 1st …
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Tara Deschamps / The Canadian Press:
Canadian publishers face marketing and distribution questions following Bill C-18; one editor says some news posts have disappeared from Instagram and Facebook — TORONTO — Meta and Google's move away from linking to Canadian news sites is a “moment of reckoning” for publishers and broadcasters …
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@stephen_taylor
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: Netflix, Max, Disney+, and Hulu do not accept ads from rivals; Peacock and Amazon's Freevee do, and Paramount+ does from some of its business partners — Welcome to one of the strangest battles in all of Hollywood's earth-scorched streaming wars.
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Between January 1 and July 2, Disney made $3.4B at the box office globally; Universal, $2.89B; Sony, $1.1B; Warner Bros., $898M; and Paramount, $871M — That breaks out to $1.35 billion domestic and $2.05 billion abroad, and this is off of seven theatrical releases so far in 2023.
Jonathan Randles / Bloomberg:
A look at TV shopping networks, who are struggling as baby boomers cut back: iHeart Brands, owner of the ShopHQ network, filed for bankruptcy last week — Welcome to The Brink. I'm Jonathan Randles, a reporter in New York, where I've been reporting on home shopping firms struggling to adapt to the digital era.
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Paul Glynn / BBC:
Ofcom is investigating a complaint against GB News' Don't Kill Cash campaign, which may break rules requiring broadcasters not to express views on public policy — The broadcasting watchdog Ofcom is investigating a complaint made against GB News' Don't Kill Cash campaign.
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Ofcom, @jake_kanter, Broadband TV News, The Desk, The Guardian and @gordy_mc1ntosh
Sarah Alvarez / Columbia Journalism Review:
Philanthropists such as the MacArthur Foundation are weighing whether and how to spend big to help local news; rumors set the amount up to $500M over five years — A group of philanthropy heavyweights including the MacArthur Foundation, the Knight Foundation and others with enough collective spending power …
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Poynter:
Some journalists say Threads has a lot of promise for work, and a few say publishers should be wary of a platform from Meta, which has blocked news links before — Here's what some notable journalists think about Meta's new social network, which has seen explosive growth since its Wednesday launch.
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