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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN launches a paywall, asking US website visitors to pay $3.99 per month for access after they consume a certain number of free articles — New York CNN — — CNN, one of the most popular news websites in the world, is starting to ask some of its visitors to pay $3.99 a month for access.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Washington Post's Taylor Lorenz is leaving the newspaper to launch her own publication on Substack called User Mag, to “cover technology from the user side” — Lorenz, who is leaving the newspaper to launch the publication, says that it will “cover technology from the user side …
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Elias Leight / Billboard:
Memo: Spotify's global head of music, Jeremy Erlich, is leaving the company after joining in June 2019; he will advise Spotify until the end of February 2025 — After more than five years at the streamer, the executive is leaving to pursue an “entrepreneurial journey”
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Filing: New York Magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi accuses her ex-fiancé, Politico journalist Ryan Lizza, of harassment and blackmail; Lizza denies the accusations — New York magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi is publicly accusing her ex-fiancé Ryan Lizza, a prominent political journalist with Politico …
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Katherine Jacobsen / Committee to Protect Journalists:
The US Press Freedom Tracker recorded 68 assaults on journalists in 2024 so far, up from 45 in 2023, and 240 subpoenas for reporters' materials since 2017 — Download PDF … Introduction — In the moments after a would-be assassin's bullet grazed the ear of presidential candidate Donald Trump …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Paramount Global says its contract with Nielsen for audience measurement has expired, part of a broader dispute between Paramount and Nielsen over costs — With just hours to go before its CBS television network televises what is certain to be a heavily watched debate between two candidates …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Duke Reporters' Lab: the number of fact-checking sites has declined globally; North American active sites have fallen from 94 to 90 from 2020 to 2023 — - In some parts of the world, political pressure has directly impacted the closure of fact-checking operations.
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Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
Apple Podcasts debuts a Top Series chart, Series category, and monthly Series Essentials spotlight for narrative shows with episodes to be listened to in order — Today Apple has announced changes to Apple Podcasts designed to better spotlight a specific type of show: narrative series.
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@9to5Mac@mastodon.online and The Hollywood Reporter
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Pinterest unveils generative AI tools for advertisers who want to enhance backgrounds on their Product Pins, after similar moves by Google, Amazon, and others — Image inspiration and shopping site Pinterest is the latest tech company to roll out generative AI products to its advertisers …
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The Media Leader and MediaPost
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Microsoft plans to pay outlets like Reuters, FT, and Axel Springer for content in Copilot Daily, a new assistant that gives a spoken summary of current events — Microsoft is going to pay publishers for content that will appear in Copilot Daily, a new feature of its Copilot AI-powered, cross-platform assistant.
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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
A look at Google's arguments in the DOJ's ad antitrust case, focusing on Google's definition of the online ads market, which the judge calls “core to the case” — To wrap up its case, Google tried to fit it into a Supreme Court precedent that could undermine the government's argument.
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The Keyword, Ars Technica, Search Engine Land, Business Insider, DNyuz, MEDIANAMA, Reuters, MediaPost, MarTech, Digiday, Digiday and DNyuz
Deborah Turness / BBC:
BBC CEO Deborah Turness says critics on both sides of the war in Israel accuse the BBC of systemic bias and says both Israel and Hezbollah block reporting — We are approaching the anniversary of the horrific events of October 7th , and the start of a devastating year-long war that has killed tens …
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Reuters plans to launch a $1 per week subscription in October in Canada ahead of a rollout to the US and parts of Europe “in the coming weeks and months” — Publishers turn to subscriptions in search of new revenue, entering a crowded field — Thomson Reuters' news site has been free for consumers since 1995.