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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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New York Times:
NYT Opinion Editor Kathleen Kingsbury says the editorial board will no longer make endorsements in New York elections, including in governor and NYC mayor races — The paper's editorial board will continue to endorse presidential candidates, as it has for more than 160 years.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Politico, the NYT, the WaPo, and others refusing to give details about leaked Trump campaign materials stands in marked contrast to Clinton's emails in 2016 — At least three news outlets were leaked confidential material from inside the Donald Trump campaign, including its report vetting JD Vance as a vice presidential candidate.
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Columbia Journalism Review, @warondumb, @hatr, @dbauder, @nycsouthpaw, @semaforben, emptywheel, HuffPost, Politico, New York Times and Washington Post, more at Techmeme »
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The Guardian:
The NYT, WaPo, Politico, and others say they received documents stolen from Trump's campaign; Microsoft says Iranian hackers targeted a presidential campaign
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HuffPost, The Verge, Washington Post, Politico, New York Times, @mazmhussain, @jeffjarvis, Forbes, New York Post, Rolling Stone, @frankfigliuzzi1, Vox, @teddipasketty, The Hill, The Daily Beast, @merrillbro, New York Magazine, @inthehands@hachyderm.io, Talking Points Memo, CBS News, Fox News, Reuters, The Register, The Information, Financial Times, Associated Press, The Cyber Express, Axios, Breitbart, Semafor, UPI, The i Paper, RADAR, Mediaite and NBC Bay Area, more at Techmeme »
Alicia Clanton / Bloomberg:
Accountable Tech: the average weekly reach per post of five prominent political Instagram accounts fell 65% after Meta began to downrank political content — - Prominent political accounts saw fewer views, study says — Meta changed political stance to make services less combative
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@accountabletech, @coreyciorciari, @glaad, @tomcoates, @zamaan_qureshi, Zach Praiss on LinkedIn and Cybernews.com
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
DoorDash partners with WBD to offer a free Max With Ads subscription to subscribers of the DashPass plan, which costs $96 per year, in the US — Food and grocery delivery platform DoorDash has launched a partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery to offer a free Max subscription to all of its DashPass customers.
John Reed / Financial Times:
India withdraws a draft broadcasting services bill after facing backlash from online creators over its potential effect on free speech and the compliance burden — Narendra Modi government's climbdown points to weakened parliamentary mandate, analysts say — Narendra Modi's government …
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
Reuters:
Tencent Music reports Q2 revenue down 1.7% YoY to ~$999M, vs. ~$996M est., paying users up 17.7% YoY to 117M, and social entertainment revenue down 42.8% YoY — Tencent Music Entertainment (1698.HK) reported a smaller than expected fall in quarterly revenue on Tuesday …
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MarketWatch and Tencent Music
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
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
A look at the UK's Psychic News, the “journal of British spiritualism” that exposes “fake mediums” and faces a crisis after a charity withdrew its funding — Journal of British spiritualism, which ‘exposes fake mediums’, faces financial crisis after subsidy is withdrawn
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBCUniversal says the 2024 Paris Olympics averaged 30.6M viewers across all platforms for its US daytime and nightly prime telecasts combined, up 82% from Tokyo — The company says 30.6 million people watched its daily coverage from Paris. — NBCUniversal will always have Paris …
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Next TV, NBCSports.com, Front Office Sports, Poynter, Adweek, UPI, Front Office Sports, The Wrap, Deadline and Barrett Media
The Guardian:
Bangladeshi journalists say they are cautiously optimistic that Sheikh Hasina's resignation as prime minister will bring an era of censorship and fear to an end — Reporters cautiously optimistic as interim government takes over after years of intimidation and censorship
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Foreign Policy, NPR and Semafor
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