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Bloomberg:
Meta plans to deprecate the Facebook News tab in the US and Australia in early April 2024 and stop signing deals for traditional news content in those countries — Meta Platforms Inc. is winding down its news feature in the US and Australia, part of a broader shift away from the category for the social media giant.
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Nic Fildes / Financial Times:
Australia's PM threatens action against Meta after it said it would stop paying media companies; News Corp says it threatens the viability of small media groups — Prime minister pledges to respond to move that News Corp says threatens viability of some media groups
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Wall Street Journal, @camwilsonreporter@threads.net and Australian Financial Review
Anthony Crupi / Sportico:
Diamond Sports files its bankruptcy reorg plan, which includes ending its Bally naming rights deal for RSNs, and says cord-cutting led to 22M fewer subscribers — Almost a year to the day after Diamond Sports filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the operator of the 19 Bally Sports-branded RSNs …
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Sportico, @crupicrupicrupi, Awful Announcing, Awful Announcing and Puck
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Meta plans to make its Threads API, currently being tested by partners like Techmeme, Sprinklr, and Hootsuite, broadly available to developers by June 2024 — Meta-owned social network Threads said today that it will make its API broadly available to developers by June.
The Intercept:
At a Feb. 13 all-hands in London, CNN staff pressed EIC Mark Thompson and others about Israel-Gaza coverage; Christiane Amanpour criticized “double standards” — Amanpour expressed “real distress” over Israel stories being changed, while other staffers described a climate that is hostile to Arab journalists.
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Fox News, @prem_thakker, @riquier.bsky.social, @wajahatali, @jkdamours, @benjamingoggin, Mediaite and @kenklippenstein
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify launches the Audiobooks Access Tier, which lets free US users stream 15 hours of audiobooks from its 200K+ catalog every month for $9.99 per month — After adding 15 hours of free audiobooks listening to its subscription plan late last year, Spotify today is introducing …
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Spotify, @ashleycarman@threads.net, Publishers Weekly, The Verge, 9to5Mac, The Hill, BGR, Engadget and Digital Trends, more at Techmeme »
Reuters:
A US judge says Google must face advertisers' antitrust lawsuit, but dismisses some claims, including those focused on ad-buying tools used by large advertisers — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google must face advertisers' proposed class action lawsuit claiming that it monopolizes the ad exchange market, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday.
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Media Voices, New York Post, WinBuzzer and Bloomberg
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
An interview with Chris Moran, the Guardian's head of editorial innovation, about its new “Deeply Read” list, which uses an “active time spent” ranking metric — The No. 1 most-clicked story on The Guardian's U.S. site right now: “Alabama IVF ruling leaves Republicans stuck between …
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MediaPost, @chrismoranuk, @davidclinchnews and @chrismoranuk
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Genealogy tracker MyHeritage launches OldNews.com, offering access to newspapers, small-town journals, and gazettes mainly from the 1800s and 1900s for $99/year — MyHeritage announced today that it's launching OldNews.com, a new website that offers access to thousands of historical newspapers, mainly from the 1800s and 1900s.
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OldNews.com, OldNews on YouTube, @oldnewsofficial, @myheritage, MyHeritage Blog and @keepmovingtara
@tdsnewsguild:
Union members strike at Gannett's Desert Sun, calling for a fair labor contract and saying they've been denied regular cost-of-living raises for three years — It's official: As of 7 a.m. today, @TDSNewsGuild is now on strike!!! Taking this step is not easy. But after being denied any sort of regular cost of living raises for the last three years, we decided it's time to deny @Gannett our labor until a fair contract is reached!
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The NewsGuild, @tdsnewsguild, @em_brindley, @tomcoulter_ and @janetwilson66
Government of Canada:
Canada's heritage minister announces CA$58.8M to extend the Local Journalism Initiative for three years; the program funded 400+ journalism jobs in 2023-2024 — News release — Local journalism reflects our day-to-day realities, informs us about issues that might affect us and …
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@caj, @jenstden, Broadcast Dialogue and @michelle_gamage
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
To stem the tide of AI-generated work, Amazon starts limiting the publication of “summaries” and “workbooks” that claim to be companions to human-authored books — Authors decry an “explosion” of knockoff books on Amazon as the company struggles to keep up.
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@willoremus@mastodon.social, The Decoder and @karaswisher, more at Techmeme »
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