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Snapchat gets a redesign that pares down five tabs to three, including a new unified For You feed of full-screen videos from publishers and creators — Snapchat is undergoing its biggest redesign in years by simplifying from five to three tabs: one for messages and Stories with friends …
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Sources: Air Mail, founded in 2019 by Graydon Carter, hires investment bank Raine Group to explore a sale; talks with Standard Investments are no longer active — The company, founded in 2019, is known for its weekend newsletter of deeply reported features, travel recommendations and shopping tips.
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@mediaevan


A look at the growth of fashion and shopping on Substack, including coverage of New York Fashion Week and Substack's plans for a Paris Fashion Week event — The newsletter platform has become a place to discuss, offer advice on and celebrate shopping — and make a lot of money doing so.
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Marc Bridge on LinkedIn and Christina Loff on LinkedIn


In her new memoir, “Connie”, Connie Chung discusses her career as CBS' anchorwoman, the sexism that shadowed her career, and her experiences with Dan Rather — In a frank and entertaining new memoir, the TV newscaster recounts how sexism, and Dan Rather, sidelined her groundbreaking career.
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Washington Post and Associated Press


The Atlantic poses as a magazine of thoughtful ideas, but its writers get away with sloppy, unsupported arguments, and its errors are long-lasting and insidious — Regular Current Affairs readers know that I have a tendency to make grumbling remarks about a magazine called The Atlantic.


The foundation backing Washington, DC's Fallen Journalist Memorial unveils concept designs and expects completion in 2028, funded entirely by private donations — The concept designs are for D.C.'s first public memorial to celebrate press freedom and honor the journalists who have been slain while doing their jobs.


Five contestants in Beast Games sue MrBeast and Amazon, claiming unpaid wages, emotional distress, the production failed to prevent sexual harassment, and more — Lawsuit on behalf of five unnamed participants seeks class-action status — A class-action lawsuit against YouTube star MrBeast …
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Union members at Powerhouse Animation Studios in Austin ratify their first contract; the local union affiliated with the Animation Guild represents 129 workers — The Animation Guild now officially, successfully represents animation workers in a right-to-work state.
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Guardian Media Group announces talks to sell The Observer, acquired in 1993, to Tortoise Media, which would invest £25M in The Observer over the next five years — Guardian Media Group announces it is in negotiations with Tortoise Media over world's oldest Sunday newspaper
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German nonprofit Media in Cooperation and Transition is providing sanctuary for exiled journalists exposing human rights abuses in their own countries — As attacks on the press rise, the House of Critical Voices offers sanctuary for media workers exposing abuses
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Klaas Glenewinkel on LinkedIn


Pew survey: 17% of US adults say they regularly get news on TikTok in 2024, up from 14% in 2023 and 3% in 2020; 39% aged 18 to 29 do so, up from 32% a year ago — - Almost 40% of young adults regularly get news from the app — TikTok faces a ban in the US if parent company doesn't divest
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Microsoft: starting in late August, Russian cyber operatives focused on Harris' campaign, with disinfo including videos spread by a site posing as a news outlet — - One claimed to show a group of alleged Harris supporters attacking an assumed Trump rally attendee.


California Governor Gavin Newsom signs two bills restricting the use of AI replicas of performers, building on protections SAG-AFTRA sought in its 2023 strike — In a symbolic move, the governor visited the Los Angeles headquarters of performers' union SAG-AFTRA to greenlight the legislation …