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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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Alex Heath / The Verge:
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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Katie Campione / Deadline:
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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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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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Rachel Tashjian / Washington Post:
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
New York Times:
Instagram unveils Teen Accounts, a sweeping update to boost privacy and limit intrusive effects for under-18 users, including making accounts private by default — The app, which is popular with teenagers, introduced new settings and features aimed at addressing inappropriate online contact and content …
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
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in 2019 by Graydon Carter, hires investment bank Raine Group to explore a sale; talks with Standard Investments are no longer active — The company, founded in 2019, is known for its weekend newsletter of deeply reported features, travel recommendations and shopping tips.
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Nathan J. Robinson / Current Affairs:
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.
Ian Wylie / The Guardian:
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
The Guardian:
Australia's ABC removes a 2022 video of Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, admitting it was “incorrectly edited” after accusations ABC had added gunshot sounds — News director Justin Stevens confirms in Melbourne Press Club speech broadcaster has removed the clip and is ‘looking into how this happened’
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Miranda Murray / Reuters:
The German cartel office says RTL and Paramount have withdrawn their bid to merge their respective kid-focused TV networks, Super RTL and Nickelodeon — German broadcaster RTL and Paramount (PARA.O) have withdrawn their bid to merge Super RTL, a children's television network, with Nickelodeon, the German cartel office said on Tuesday.
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New York Times:
In the final weeks of the campaign, Kamala Harris' team promises a series of media appearances, with a strong focus on local TV and radio in battleground states — The vice president, who has granted few interviews as the Democratic nominee, is now ramping things up.
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