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5:05 PM ET, September 23, 2024

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Max Tani / Semafor:
A look at Tim Miller's “Never Trump” outlet The Bulwark's surging popularity on YouTube, with subscribers up from 50,000 in September 2023 to 631,000 now  —  The Scoop  —  Tim Miller doesn't enjoy making the MrBeast face, the wide-eyed, open-mouthed smile of a million YouTube thumbnail images.
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Al Jazeera says Israeli forces raided its Ramallah bureau in the West Bank early September 22 with a military order to immediately close the office for 45 days  —  Israeli troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Sunday …
Jessica Testa / New York Times:
A look at Racquet, a tennis magazine whose co-founders, David Shaftel and Caitlin Thompson, are in a legal dispute over their differing visions for the magazine  —  The indie magazine Racquet aims to become a major player in the business of tennis — after a messy dispute between its two founders.
Discussion: @jtes
Eve Batey / Vanity Fair:
The relationship between Olivia Nuzzi and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. casts renewed scrutiny on the ethical line between all journalists and subjects  —  An allegedly inappropriate relationship between the New York reporter and 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has rocked the media world
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
TikTok rolls out its redesigned Subscription feature, which lets creators offer three tiers, to eligible creators in select regions, including the UK and the US  —  TikTok announced on Monday that its redesigned “Subscription” monetization offering is rolling out to eligible creators in select regions …
BBC:
Peter Jay, the former economics editor of the BBC and the Times, presenter of ITV's Weekend World, and launch chairman of TV-am, dies at age 87  —  Peter Jay, the former economics editor of the BBC, has died aged 87.  —  At various times, Jay was also economics editor of the Times newspaper …
Ryu Spaeth / New York Magazine:
An interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates on his new nonfiction book The Message, how US journalistic institutions failed about the Israeli-Hamas conflict, and more  —  A decade after “The Case for Reparations,” he is ready to take on Israel, Palestine, and the American media.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
DMG Media CEO Rich Caccappolo discusses how UK tech regulation and Google lawsuits may benefit news publishers, Mail Online's partial paywall success, and more  —  Revenue and profit up for DMG Media this year after Mail Online partial paywall move.  —  DMG Media chief executive Rich Caccappolo …
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
How Russia uses criticism of the US and the West to spread propaganda through RT and related networks in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa  —  Social media companies may try to ban RT, the Russian state media broadcaster.  But the network has proved in the past to be a wily adversary …
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg: WP Engine is a “cancer to WordPress” and profits off the confusion between the WordPress project and WP Engine's paid services  —  Automattic CEO and WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg unleashed a scathing attack on a rival firm this week, calling WP Engine a “cancer to WordPress.”
 
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Agata Pyka / Notes From Poland:
Facebook removes images and text from articles that Polish outlets post, citing legal doubts over Poland's implementation of an EU copyright directive
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
Docs: in Perplexity's new ad model, brands will be able to bid for a “sponsored” question, which features an AI-generated answer approved by the advertiser
New York Times:
X capitulates in Brazil and could return next week, as the company's lawyers say it took down some accounts, paid fines, and named a new formal representative
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David Shariatmadari / The Guardian:
An interview with Nate Silver on his new book On the Edge, election models, how Elon Musk has been “very pilled by right wing memes”, misinformation, and more
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
A US judge overseeing the Google ad trial calls Google's testimony that it faces “fierce competition” from the likes of Microsoft and Meta “highly questionable”
Justin Ling / Bug-eyed and Shameless:
Justin Ling, who has had a recurring Canadaland podcast hosting job, says he is quitting after publisher Jesse Brown cut a guest's comments on Israel and Gaza
Ash Parrish / The Verge:
Twitch changes how it enforces its community guidelines: strikes for some offenses will depreciate over time, users will get more info about strikes, and more