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5:00 PM ET, August 12, 2024

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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 …
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
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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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a weeks-old disaster warning; TikTok removed some of the notifications  —  False claims about Taylor Swift and outdated tsunami warnings are among misleading notifications posted by video-sharing app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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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.
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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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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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
Priyanjana Bengani / Columbia Journalism Review:
An in-depth analysis shows Metric Media, which runs a network of ~1,300 “pink slime” news sites, received $14M+ from four PACs and four nonprofits in 2021-2022
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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
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