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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
After Apple's threats, Patreon memberships via its iOS app will be subject to Apple's 30% fee from November 2024; creators must switch to subscription billing — Apple has threatened to remove crowdfunding app Patreon from the App Store if creators continue to use unsupported third-party billing options …
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
NYT, WaPo, Politico, others say they received documents that were stolen from Trump's campaign; Microsoft says Iranian hackers targeted a presidential campaign — Politico first reported getting emails with internal communications and a 271-page dossier on JD Vance
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Politico, The Verge, emptywheel, New York Times, New York Magazine, Axios, @mazmhussain, @inthehands@hachyderm.io, Washington Post, @jeffjarvis, Talking Points Memo, @frankfigliuzzi1, @teddipasketty, The Register, @merrillbro, Financial Times, Associated Press, The Cyber Express, CBS News, Breitbart, Semafor, New York Post, UPI, Rolling Stone, The i Paper, Mediaite, RADAR, Fox News and NBC Bay Area, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
NYT's Opinion editor says the editorial board will no longer make endorsements in New York elections, including in races for governor and mayor of New York City — The paper's editorial board will continue to endorse presidential candidates, as it has for more than 160 years.
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CNN, @semaforben, @jackmirkinson, @brianmcc, @lincolnrestler, @semaforben, @dcg1114 and @katie_robertson
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
While Netflix posts healthy profits, Disney looks like it will remain profitable moving forward, and Peacock and Paramount are in the red but trimming losses — The five major Hollywood streaming services reported a collective profit of $3.2 billion in the first six months of this year.
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The Streamable, @lucas_shaw@threads.net and @lucas_shaw@threads.net
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
A profile of Bari Weiss as The Free Press expands, hiring a COO and running live events; TFP had over 750K subscribers in July, with 100K+ paying $8/month — Bari Weiss has long been blessed with two superpowers, those close to her say: She knows how to make useful enemies, and she knows how to make useful friends.
Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times:
TikTok has been sending inaccurate and misleading news-style alerts to users, including a weeks-old disaster warning; TikTok removed some of the notifications — False claims about Taylor Swift and outdated tsunami warnings are among misleading notifications posted by video-sharing app
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Nieman Lab, more at Techmeme »
Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
BuzzFeed Q2: revenue down 24% YoY to $46.9M, net loss down 71% to $6.5M, ad revenue down 19% to $23.8M, programmatic ad revenue up 3%; BZFD up 20%+ after hours — Programmatic advertising revenue came in at $16 million compared to $15.5 million a year ago.
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The Information and BuzzFeed
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
NYT, Puck, and others are focusing on Reddit as its traffic went from 132M monthly visitors in August 2023 to 346M in April 2024 following Google Search changes — Several publishers notched a record number of Reddit referrals in July — Last September, in an initiative called the Helpful Content Update …
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@markstenberg3 and @pressgazette, more at Techmeme »
Adam Piore / Columbia Journalism Review:
A profile of CNN CEO Mark Thompson, including his time at the BBC and the NYT, and a detailed look at his plans to “stabilize” and turn around the network — Mark Thompson, CNN's chief executive, is tasked with transforming a struggling network. All he asks is patience.
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@tvgrimreaper, @johnnydollar01 and TVNewsCheck
Max Tani / Semafor:
Conservative indie publishers struggle to recreate the book sales of major publishers' conservative imprints; The Daily Wire has wound down its publishing arm — The Scoop — It's hardly a surprise that Ben Shapiro is working on another book. Publishing remains one of the most lucrative elements …
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@semaforben and @risj_oxford
Charlie Wells / Bloomberg:
Some longtime users of LinkedIn lament the barrage of performative content from hustle-culture influencers and AI-generated “thought leadership” on the site — Longtime users irked by personal content lament that the job-hunting website has become more like Facebook.
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The Guardian
Stan Alcorn / Rest of World:
A look at the consequences of Spotify's disinvestment in podcasts in Latin America, where one survey found 90% of podcast listeners used Spotify — In Latin America, “podcast” and “Spotify” became synonymous; now the audio industry is reckoning with the company's retreat. — • BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA
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Podnews and @Cefr@beige.party
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and a key figure in Google's creation, dies at age 56, after two years of living with cancer — On Friday evening, Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai shared that Susan Wojcicki has died. She was 56. … Her husband, Dennis Troper, made the announcement earlier this evening:
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Washington Post:
An obituary of Susan Wojcicki, who was one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley, helped launch and grow AdSense, and pushed for Google to buy YouTube
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