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Kylie Robison / Fortune:
X tests Not A Bot, requiring new, unverified users to sign up for a $1 annual subscription to be able to post and interact, in New Zealand and the Philippines — The owner of X, Elon Musk, has long floated the idea of charging users $1 to use the platform.
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Matt Mullenweg:
While X charging users $1/year to combat bots and spam is an appealing idea, the value in manipulating X is so high that bad actors will still find a way — Twitter/X is testing charging users $1/year with the idea that will keep out bots and spam. It's an appealing idea …
Jon Porter / The Verge:
YouTube adds a news page on its mobile apps to suggest content from “authoritative sources”, and plans to spend $1.6M to promote the creation of news on Shorts — YouTube is embracing news from “authoritative sources” at a time when Meta is reluctant to promote hard news or politics …
John Burn-Murdoch / @jburnmurdoch:
[Thread] Media outlets keep slipping up on the Israel-Hamas war because they lack in-house OSINT teams or are wary to rely on such teams for breaking news — Some quick thoughts on why large parts of the mainstream media keep slipping up on Gaza/Israel (and why it was the same at times with Covid): The main reason is a failure to keep pace with modern news gathering techniques, but there's more.
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@jaltma, @yuris, @nrg8000, @jburnmurdoch, @jburnmurdoch, @jburnmurdoch, @jburnmurdoch, @jburnmurdoch, @jburnmurdoch, bellingcat, @jburnmurdoch, @justthefacts37, @steveprioruk, @biotechpolicyuk, @slevene, @gregdraws1, @charliecoffee, @andrewpurc, @fetzert, @prestonjbyrne, @shmmor, @modestproposal1, @osinttechnical, @washingtonpost, @jason_paladino, @eliothiggins, @robertmackey, @osinttechnical, @marcowenjones, @bellingcat, @coupsure, @eliothiggins, @davidjhendy, @jerseyrobins, @matthewjdalby, @sdp, @saugust06, @tannerjc, @christophcherry, @gavinsblog, @heddingkj, @asteris, Voice of America and Financial Times
Theo Wayt / The Information:
Sources: Amazon is paying to make commercials for brands that spend $15K+ to run ads on Freevee and Twitch, part of attempts to build a streaming ad business — Amazon is approaching brands that already buy search ads on its e-commerce website with an unusual pitch: if you buy streaming TV ads, we'll make them for you.
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@theo_wayt and The Desk
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: with ESPN and TNT unwilling to spend $2.6B+/year on NBA rights, the league seeks deals with Amazon, Apple, and more, and offers games in local markets — League aims for jump in fees by luring streamers, from Amazon to Apple, and offering games in local markets
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Insider and The Messenger
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
A book by Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa alleges inappropriate behavior by the NYT's Jesse McKinley, who broke big Cuomo news; the NYT says McKinley was reassigned — New York Times reporter Jesse McKinley helped to bring down New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. In February 2021, McKinley …
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Vanity Fair, @tomwatson, @jeremymbarr, New York Post and The Daily Beast
Justin Smith / Semafor:
On its first anniversary, Semafor has nearly 500,000 subscriptions to its free newsletters and 3M monthly readers “on and off platform” — The News — A year ago, we set out to invent a new global news brand designed to address the three big pain-points in global news …
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@katie_robertson, Justin B. Smith on LinkedIn and Ben Smith on LinkedIn
Chloe Melas / NBC News:
Sources: New Mexico prosecutors intend to re-charge Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter over the 2021 “Rust” shooting before a grand jury by mid-November — Special prosecutors dismissed this same charge against Baldwin five months, citing “new facts” in the case.
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Karissa Bell / Engadget:
X now requires a linked source for proposed community notes, as researchers say misinformation on X has reached new heights during the Israel-Hamas war — Researchers have said that misinformation has reached new heights amid the Israel-Hamas war. — X is making a significant change …
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@freddieraynolds, @kcoleman, @communitynotes and Wired, more at Techmeme »
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Megan Greenwell / Columbia Journalism Review:
How Signal Cleveland and the Indiana Local News Initiative, two outlets funded by community foundations, are blending journalism with grassroots community work — How foundation money is transforming local news — Until a few years ago, the Cleveland Foundation had never considered supporting local media.
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@iumediaschool and @journalismproj
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
LADbible Group owner LBG Media acquires US-based women's media brand Betches for $24M in cash, and a further $30M if Betches hits profitability targets by 2026 — The price may rise as high as $54m if the company hits certain profitability targets by 2026.
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@kerrymflynn
Politico:
Analysis: Israel has pushed dozens of ads, including graphic videos, on X and YouTube in the EU, the UK, and the US to drum up support for its actions in Gaza — Since Hamas' attack, Israel has pushed dozens of online ads, including graphic videos, to millions of people to drum up support for its actions.
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@antoanetaroussi, @bylivmartin, @kelseylh, Reclaim The Net, Rolling Stone and Insider, more at Techmeme »
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