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John Grippe / New York Times:
Behind NYT's decision to feature a list of 1,000 COVID-19 victims on Sunday's print edition front page, with more inside, as the US nears 100,000 deaths — A presentation of obituaries and death notices from newspapers around the country tries to frame incalculable loss.
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Craig Pittman / Washington Post:
Trump spreads a debunked conspiracy theory in tweets attacking MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, baselessly insinuating he was involved in the death of an associate — A little after 8 a.m. on July 20, 2001, a couple arriving for an appointment opened an unlocked front door at an office …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
How services like Cameo and Substack have opened up new ways for prominent media figures and journalists to make a living from smaller audiences — With short videos and paid newsletters, everyone from superstars to half-forgotten former athletes and even journalists can, as one tech figure put it, “monetize individuality.”
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Moves by Joe Rogan and others don't mean YouTube will get cut out of the podcast game, because creator success still relies upon discoverability on the platform — What does podcasting on YouTube look like without Rogan? — Joe Rogan is largely moving on from YouTube …
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@loudmouthjulia, Dickie's Digest, SEO Book, Turnaround, SlipStream and Music Business Worldwide
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Andrew Wilkinson / Supercast:
Joe Rogan's deal with Spotify has a big payday and less risk, but at a high cost: losing direct subscriber relationships and building someone else's business — Oil companies are famous for approaching hapless farmers and buying drilling rights for their properties for next to nothing.
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg:
Sensor Tower data: TikTok and Chinese twin app Douyin were number one globally for in-app purchases in April, generating $78M, up 10x from April 2019 — - ByteDance's popular video-sharing platform keeps rising — Douyin, TikTok's China version, contributed 87% of revenue
Charlotte Graham-McLay / The Guardian:
New Zealand media group Stuff will be sold to its chief executive Sinead Boucher for NZ$1, with plans to introduce a staff ownership model — Boucher - who has plans for a staff ownership model - says the acquisition gives the company ‘a chance to do things differently’
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Financial Times:
Sources: Len Blavatnik's sports streaming group DAZN seeks sale of equity stake in the business, or an outright sale, but unlikely to reach 2018's £3B valuation — Group owned by Len Blavatnik faces upheaval as pandemic shuts down sports — Online sports group DAZN is racing to secure …
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
YouGov poll: 50% of Fox News viewers say they believe a debunked COVID-19 conspiracy theory about Bill Gates, while just 15% of MSNBC viewers believe it — According to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll, 44 percent of Republicans believe that Bill Gates is plotting to use a mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign …
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Anjanette Delgado / Better News:
Lessons from the Detroit Free Press after it published its first community impact report to show readers how its journalism drives social change — Here's an idea to steal and adapt: Inspired by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the Detroit Free Press published its first community impact report …
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@ylichterman and @ampress
New York Times:
The pandemic has made journalists reconsider covering apparently important vaccine developments, with companies like Moderna accused of profiting off minor news — The desperate hunt for treatments and vaccines has changed how researchers, regulators, drug companies like Moderna, investors and journalists do their jobs.
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@abdulelsayed, @cnn and @peterhotez
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Wikimedia's board votes to adopt a formal moderation process, with policies drafted by the end of 2020, to deal with harassment and other “toxic” behavior — Trustees say it hasn't done enough to stop abuse — Wikipedia plans to crack down on harassment and other “toxic” behavior with a new code of conduct.
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@ekp and MediaNama, more at Techmeme »
Matthew Carey / Deadline:
YouTube pulls Michael Moore-backed doc “Planet of the Humans”, which had 8.3M+ views, over a copyright claim; filmmaker says claim was politically motivated — EXCLUSIVE: Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs' controversial documentary Planet of the Humans has been removed from YouTube …
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