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Pacific Stand EIC says its board is shutting down the publication from next Friday after its primary funder cut off funding — Today is an extremely difficult day, the worst day—and I'm heart-broken and devastated. We learned this morning, without any warning, that our primary funder is cutting off all charitable giving and that our board is shutting down @PacificStand, effective next Friday.

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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:

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TikTok's ad-fueled popularity could wane unless it can add new features, court influencers, please regulators, and curtail the rate that new users abandon it — With Facebook under antitrust scrutiny around the world, the company is spending more time making the case that it is beset on all sides by competitors.

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Disney CEO says Disney+ will have a $12.99 bundle that includes ad-supported Hulu and ESPN+ when it launches on November 12 — The Streamable is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission when you sign up with our links. — On today's, 2019 Third Quarter Earnings Call Disney …

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Daniel Green / Journalism.co.uk:

After shutting down its Blogs self-publishing product, HuffPost UK launches new Personal and Opinion sections, both of which will pay contributors — To compete with rival self-publishing platforms and social media, the website is experimenting with a new, sustainable way to source stories from marginalised groups

Elias Leight / Rolling Stone:

Even though paying for radio play was prosecuted 15 years ago, sources say payola lives on in more sophisticated forms — 15 years ago, New York's attorney general investigated pay-for-play in the radio industry. Insiders say the practice lives on — in a more sophisticated form

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