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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The MacArthur Foundation and 20+ non-profits announce Press Forward, an initiative to invest $500M over five years in local news, eventually rising to $1B — The effort, spearheaded by the MacArthur Foundation, will give grants to support newsrooms and start-ups as concern grows over the rapid disappearance of local news outlets.
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URL Media, a network of media outlets focused on communities of color, receives a $1M Knight Foundation investment to support its 21 partners — The $1M Grant is made possible by Knight Foundation — New York, NY - URL Media, a network of media organizations that serve …
Linda Hardesty / Fierce Wireless:
The Senate votes 55 to 43 to approve Anna Gomez as the fifth FCC commissioner, breaking the deadlock at the agency and giving the FCC a 3-2 Democratic majority — Today, the U.S. Senate finally approved a nominee to fill the vacant, fifth seat on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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Krystie Lee Yandoli / Rolling Stone:
Interviews with 16 current and former staffers describe a toxic workplace at The Tonight Show, starting at the top with Fallon's outbursts and erratic behavior — Sixteen current and former staffers say Fallon's erratic behavior spoiled their “dream” of working on The Tonight Show — I
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Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz:
The ESA announces organizer ReedPop will not be working on future E3 events and informs the Los Angeles Convention Center that 2024's E3 will not be held there — E3 2024 may still happen, but not at the Los Angeles Convention Center — News by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Snapchat adds new safety features for minors, including making it harder for strangers to contact teens and removing accounts marketing inappropriate content — Snapchat today is announcing a series of new safeguards for its app, aimed at better protecting teen users, similar …
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google releases its relevance and measurement APIs for Privacy Sandbox in general availability, making them available in Chrome without browser flags or trials — Google's Chrome browser is now one important step closer to its goal of phasing out third-party cookies by the end of 2024.
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
An interview with Jonathan Knight, head of games at the NYT, on the paper's new game Connections, creating a “news plus games” daily habit for readers, and more — “Come for the news, stay for the games.” — Jonathan Knight, head of games for The New York Times, has a few rules for new games.
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Mia Sato / The Verge:
Patreon adds Discord-like group chats to mobile, letting creators join up to four chats and restrict access based on subscriber tiers; desktop is coming later — Beginning today, Patreon creators who want a dedicated space to interact with fans will have a built-in option: group chats.
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Financial Times:
Sources: DMGT, which owns the Daily Mail and Metro newspapers, has had talks with Qatari investors about a combined £500M+ bid for Lloyds' Telegraph Media Group — Gulf finance in demand as rival media groups circle conservative broadsheet — Lord Rothermere's Daily Mail and General Trust …
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: Andrew Golis, WNYC's chief content officer and formerly VP of network development for Vox Media, is leaving WNYC — Per an internal memo to staff today, chief content officer Andrew Golis is leaving WNYC.
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Gene Park / Washington Post:
Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser describes the company's evolution from a gaming company to a broader entertainment company, including live events — For decades, Nintendo was synonymous with video games. Now in its second century, the Japanese company wants to be much more.
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