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2:50 PM ET, August 12, 2024

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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
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Patreon says it has begun a migration process to force all creator to pay Apple's 30% commission by November 2025, after Apple threatened to remove the app  —  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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Sara Fischer / Axios:
A look at the shrinking pay-TV market, after write-downs by Paramount and WBD of their networks' value, as they try to compete with larger streaming companies
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a weeks-old disaster warning; TikTok removed some of the notifications  —  False claims about Taylor Swift and outdated tsunami warnings are among misleading notifications posted by video-sharing app
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.
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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Priyanjana Bengani / Columbia Journalism Review:
Marah Eakin / Wired:
None of the 27 social media creators that NBC sent to the Paris Olympics went viral, in part because they weren't allowed to post videos of the actual events  —  In an attempt to lure in younger viewers, NBCUniversal sent dozens of social media influencers to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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  —  Ms. Wojcicki, who helped build Google, was one of the most prominent women in technology.  —  Susan Wojcicki, whose garage …
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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
 
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Polymarket, which lets users bet on real-world events, partners with AI search engine Perplexity to show news summaries and with Tako to make AI visuals
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Meta and UMG sign a multiyear agreement about AI, monetization, and more for UMG artists and songwriters on Meta's apps, including WhatsApp for the first time
Ina Fried / Axios:
How Getty transmits Olympics photos globally with fully remote editing as it aims for a 26-second delay between when photos are taken and when they hit the wire
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Juliana Kim / NPR:
Microsoft research details Iranian government efforts to interfere with the US election, including four fake outlets likely using AI to plagiarize news content