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Publishers Weekly:
Scholastic says it created an optional diversity offering for book fairs due to “enacted and pending” laws, but critics say the publisher is enabling censorship — At school book fairs, a collection to “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice” may go unshared, uncelebrated.
Cointelegraph:
Crypto outlet Cointelegraph apologizes for falsely stating on X that the SEC approved a spot Bitcoin ETF, causing bitcoin to rise 10%+ — Cointelegraph apologizes to its readers and discusses its investigation into what led to the posting of unverified news on X about a spot Bitcoin ETF.
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Bloomberg, @cointelegraph, @mdudas, @ericbalchunas, CoinDesk, @poordart, @nategeraci, @cryptoncoffeee, @zachxbt, @timccopeland, @zachxbt, @cointelegraph and Insider
National Newspaper Association:
The head of the US National Newspaper Association calls a proposed US Postal Service 7.3% rate increase for newspapers mailed within a county “simply punitive” — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Contact: Lynne Lance, executive director, lynne@nna.org
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The Rural Blog
Sahil Patel / The Information:
Sources: Amazon asked one global ad firm to spend $100M+ on Prime Video with ads, which rolls out in 2024, and expects to reach 115M monthly viewers in the US — As Amazon gears up to run ads on its Prime Video streaming service early next year, company executives are asking advertisers …
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@sizpatel
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel's media company, registered under holding company name Last Country, raised a $15M seed led by “anti-woke” investor 1789 Capital — Firm co-founded by Omeed Malik invests in ‘parallel economy’ of conservative-friendly companies
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@asharma, @thechrisbuskirk and The Wrap
Ben Smith / Semafor:
In response to a critic's defamation lawsuit, the journalist union The NewsGuild filed legal motions seeking correspondence between reporters and their sources — The News — The premier U.S. journalists' union wants my emails. — Specifically, in response to a critic's defamation lawsuit …
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@mikeelk, @eisingerj, The NewsGuild, @powellatlantic, @freedomofpress, American Press Institute, @mikeelk, @corbinhiar and Poynter
Adam Forrest / The Independent:
Good Morning Britain says host Richard Madeley apologized for asking UK MP Layla Moran if she knew about Hamas' attack in advance; Moran has family in Gaza — ‘Was there any word on the street?’ host asks Lib Dems' Layla Moran — Richard Madeley asks British-Palestinian MP if family knew Hamas attack was imminent
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ITV News, @nickcarthew, @edwinhayward, @lorrainemking, Mediaite, Yahoo News, @saulstaniforth and The Mirror
Conspirador Norteñ:
X's Community Notes has struggled during the Israel-Hamas war as the volume overwhelms volunteers; just 438 notes were publicly displayed in the first five days — The recent violence in Israel and Gaza has been accompanied by a surge of misleading and false claims on social media platforms …
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@tchambers@indieweb.social, more at Techmeme »
Reuters:
Italy plans to reduce the compulsory license fee that helps finance public TV and radio broadcaster RAI from €90/year to €70/year as part of the 2024 budget — Italy will reduce the compulsory licence fee that helps finance public TV and radio broadcaster RAI from 90 to 70 euros …
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The Desk
Eryk Bagshaw / Sydney Morning Herald:
China imprisoned Australian journalist Cheng Lei for the past three years after she broke an embargo on a Chinese government briefing by just a few minutes — Australian journalist Cheng Lei was imprisoned in a Beijing cell because she broke an embargo on a Chinese government briefing by just a few minutes …
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The Guardian, Reuters and Bloomberg
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Patreon acquires Moment, which has raised $13.5M since its 2019 founding and helps creators host ticketed livestreams like for podcast recordings and concerts — Patreon, which connects creators with fans and get paid by them directly, has acquired Moment, a livestream platform for events …
Sports Business Journal:
Chris LaPlaca, ESPN's head of communications since 2008, plans to retire at the end of 2023, after spending more than 43 years at the company — Longtime ESPN communications chief CHRIS LAPLACA will retire at the end of the year after spending more than 43 years at the company.
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@espn_chris, @kevinmonaghan, @espn_chris and Barrett Media