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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.
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 — Several news outlets have reported receiving internal campaign documents, including dossier on Vance
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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
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@warondumb, @hatr, @dbauder, @nycsouthpaw, @semaforben, emptywheel, HuffPost, New York Times, Politico and Washington Post, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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
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
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
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
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, Semafor and New York Times
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
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
The NYT, Puck, and more are focusing on Reddit; Semrush says Reddit's monthly visitors went from 132M in August 2023 to 346M in April 2024 after Google 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
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