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Steven Monacelli / Nieman Lab:
Advantage Informatics, which has a contract with Gannett to provide “advertorial content”, has deep ties to “pink slime” sites from Brian Timpone's Metric Media — An executive from a company associated with Metric Media was hired to teach journalism, but the story doesn't end there.
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Financial Times:
How the UK Conservative party establishment fought to frustrate RedBird's UAE-backed Telegraph bid; sources say Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch had a key role — Rishi Sunak's ‘hand was forced’ as PM acts to change law to stop foreign states from buying media groups
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Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal:
Meta plans to shut down CrowdTangle in August 2024, to be replaced by Meta Content Library for academic and nonprofit researchers, but not most news outlets — CrowdTangle, a source for embarrassing articles about Facebook and Instagram, has been used to track conspiracy theories, viral content
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Ukraine's Media Development Foundation executives on increased news desertification in wartime, trouble hiring personnel and diversifying revenue, more — Two years ago last month, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The consequences for the latter country's press …
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Andrey Boborykin on LinkedIn, @jon_allsop and @ifjglobal
The Information:
ByteDance investors, reassessing what the company's value would be without TikTok, estimate that TikTok lost several billion dollars in 2023 on revenue of ~$20B — TikTok, facing a growing threat of a U.S. ban, has been a global juggernaut over the past few years, drawing more than a billion monthly users …
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Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post:
The US House passes a bipartisan TikTok bill that forces a sale or ban of the app; the legislation faces an uncertain Senate path without a companion measure
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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Ex-employees of Mexico's shuttered state news agency, Notimex, launch the Mexican Association of Information, which will operate as a worker cooperative — Mexico's president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, had said last year that there no need for a state news agency since he conducts daily press briefings.
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@hanaatameez and @niemanlab
Reuters:
UN report: Israel violated international law by firing at a group of “clearly identifiable journalists” on October 13, killing Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah — An Israeli tank killed Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon last year by firing two 120 mm rounds at a group of …
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Yasir Khan on LinkedIn and Talking Biz News
Chris Kornelis / New York Times:
Gerald M. Levin, the former Time Warner CEO who oversaw the AOL merger, widely considered the worst corporate merger in US history, died on March 13 at age 84 — He was called a visionary in cable television, but his foray into the world of the internet, in a marriage with AOL, proved disastrous.
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Wes Davis / The Verge:
Meta will be “forced” to remove news from its platforms in Illinois if the state passes a bill requiring Meta, Google, and others to pay local news outlets — A new Illinois bill called the Journalism Preservation Act (SB 3591) that's currently sitting in the state's Senate …
Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
The FCC adopts a rule requiring cable and satellite TV providers to show the total price in ads and bills, including fees for regional sports programming — - Consumer charges have been targeted under President Biden — Cable industry calls rule unneeded and costly to implement
Zachary Small / New York Times:
Artforum names Tina Rivers Ryan as its editor-in-chief to replace David Velasco, who was fired after signing an open letter calling for Palestinian liberation — The curator and essayist will become the magazine's next leader after a period of turmoil. — Artforum named Tina Rivers Ryan …
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@annespalter, ARTnews, Vogue, @andrewrusseth and Artforum
Jonathan Randles / Bloomberg:
Kast Media, which was accused by Theo Von and other podcasters last year of missing payments, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, listing $6.3M+ in liabilities — - Podcast producer Kast Media filed Chapter 11 after accusations — Comedian Theo Von is owed $456,398, according to filing
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@benjaminriskin, @tvgrimreaper, @ashleycarman@threads.net and @theinsneider
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Reddit launches free-form ads, an ad format that looks similar to posts made by users, but with a “Promoted” label, to help advertisers get maximum engagement — Reddit is introducing a new ad format that looks similar to posts made by users on the platform, the company announced on Thursday.
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