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Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Putin tells Trump that he, too, has the “problem” of “fake news” in Russia; CPJ says 26 journalists have been murdered in Russia since Putin became president — US president voices disdain for ‘fake news’ at G20 and makes light of election meddling — Play Video
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Nieman Lab:
WSJ's Project Habit analyzed behavior driving retention, like newsletter signups and loyalty to a beat, and optimized reader onboarding to instill these habits — The Journal went on a quest to identify the user actions — an app download, an article share, repeat reading …
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: podcast network Wondery had $10M revenue in 2018 and has raised $10M in latest round at a valuation of $100M+, a five-fold increase since March 2018 — New investment values largest independent podcast network at over $100 million — Wondery Inc. has raised $10 million …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple's Eddy Cue says Apple Music has 60M paying and free trial account customers, up from 50M in January 2019 — Apple Music is still growing at a nice clip — but the company keeps touting different stats to mark its upward trajectory. — The tech giant now has surpassed 60 million subscribers …
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Washington Post:
WaPo's Arc introduces Broadcast, a mobile app that allows journalists to launch live video streams on multiple sites and social media platforms simultaneously — Arc Publishing today introduced Broadcast, a first-of-its-kind mobile app that allows journalists to stream high-quality live video …
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Quartz lays off seven business-side employees; 10% of the company staff has either left voluntarily or been laid off in the past year — When Quartz launched in 2012, branded content and custom advertising were its bread and butter. Today, hoping to transform itself into a membership-focused media company …
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
AP and the Google News Initiative are building a way for newsrooms to share content and plans, starting with a pilot involving about two dozen NY publishers — “We're living in an age of journalism where people want to help each other and are prioritizing collaboration over competition.
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Tali Arbel / Associated Press:
AT&T donates $500K to Locast, which streams broadcast channels for free, and will offer access to Locast through DirecTV and its cable service, U-verse — NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T, the owner of DirecTV, is backing a free streaming service as a hedge against losing broadcast channels in disputes over fees.
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Conde Nast has expanded its board and added its two first truly independent directors, which has historically been dominated by Newhouse family members — Condé Nast, home of The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Vogue, quietly expanded its board to eight members months ago and added …
Micah Singleton / Billboard:
Spotify users who pre-save albums are granting record labels like Sony Music broad access to their accounts and data, the extent of which is often obscured — Users who “pre-save” an upcoming release to their Spotify accounts may be sharing more personal data with the act's label than they realize.
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Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Following criticism, Twitter rolls out a notice for tweets from political figures, verified users, and accounts with 100K+ followers that break its guidelines — The platform has been criticized for letting politicians break the rules without consequence — Today, Twitter is rolling …
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Mediaite:
NBC's first Democratic debate attracted 15.26M viewers from NBC, MSNBC, and Telemundo, according to Nielsen, and 9M streaming viewers, according to the network — The numbers are in from the first night of the Democratic presidential debates and it looks like — despite technical difficulties — NBC managed to score.
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