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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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Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Threads doesn't have ads, but Meta representatives are talking with ad agencies and brands, some of which, like Netflix and Wendy's, already have many followers — Meta promises more features that will make Threads even closer to Twitter as the rivalry heats up
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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Filing: Vinco Ventures, the majority owner of a joint venture that agreed to buy the National Enquirer, says completing the deal wasn't in its best interests — Vinco Ventures, part of a group that agreed to buy the supermarket tabloid, found transaction wasn't in its best interest
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Vinco Ventures and @wsj
Tara Deschamps / The Canadian Press:
Canadian publishers face marketing and distribution questions after Bill C-18; some users say Canadian outlets' Instagram and Facebook posts have disappeared — 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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Bloomberg, @ldhillonkane, @mgeist and @stephen_taylor
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Sky News details an experiment to develop an AI-based reporter and an AI-based editor tasked with creating 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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Sky News, MIT Technology Review, @matthewkeyslive, New York Post, Simon Owens's Media Newsletter and NBC4 Washington, Thanks:@thedeskdotnet
Sara Fischer / Axios:
MediaNews Group, the newspaper company owned by Alden Global Capital, removed comments from its websites on July 1 because they “can be difficult to moderate” — 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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@scottbrodbeck and @mgsiegler
Forbes:
Entrepreneurs and fashion designers claim to have lost $195K+ to Women of the City, a UK glossy fashion magazine that charged for features but never delivered — Women of the City looked like a glossy fashion magazine on a mission to highlight female entrepreneurs.
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@forbes, @ebakerwhite, @alexrkonrad and @sarahnemerson
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Wesley Lowery on leading the Investigative Reporting Workshop, six methods to guide journalism, and more — Lowery took the helm of the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University as its executive editor this month.
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
From January 1 to July 2, Disney made $3.4B at the global box office, Universal made $2.89B, Sony made $1.1B, Warner Bros. made $898M, and Paramount made $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.
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Fox News Digital retracts an intern's story that “inaccurately attributed” a quote to Trump's ex-HHS secretary Tom Price claiming he wouldn't back Trump in 2024 — Fox News Digital retracted a story on Friday that “inaccurately attributed” a scathing statement …
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@ddiamond, Fox News, The Hill, Breitbart, @mattmackowiak, @maggienyt, @bgrueskin, @trumpstaxes and @brianstelter
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.
Jonathan Randles / Bloomberg:
A look at TV shopping networks, which are struggling more due to baby boomers cutting back; ShopHQ network owner iMedia Brands 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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