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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Facebook warns publishers that Apple's upcoming privacy changes in iOS 14, which clamp down on ad tracking IDFA usage, will make Audience Network less effective — Facebook is warning advertisers that they can expect weaker ad performance from iPhone users once iOS 14 comes out next month …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Media enabled Kellyanne Conway by not forcefully calling out Hatch Act violations, giving her tons of airtime, and offering kid-glove treatment for inside info — Among the many appalling scenes in the many tell-all books written from an inside-the-Trump-administration perspective …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Many RNC speakers, including Melania Trump, Covington Catholic teen Nick Sandman, and Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa, targeted the media and complained of bias — Many of the 2020 Republican National Convention's speakers have gone after the media, blaming outlets for targeting Trump supporters …
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What's New in Publishing:
Report: UK digital publishing revenues fell less than expected in Q1 to £117.1M, down 2.3% YoY; subscription revenues grew 19.3%, offsetting ad revenue declines — 29% of publishers citied rises in excess of 25% year-on-year in Q1 2020, up from 24% that reported this level of growth in the previous quarter
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Profile of Fletcher Greene, whose Hollywood Fix has become an essential source for on-the-ground coverage of TikTok stars and other internet influencers in LA — Fletcher Greene, 38, used to photograph all sorts of celebrities. But when the pandemic hit, the A-listers hid while Gen Z's rising stars stayed in plain sight.
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Rafat Ali / Skift:
A few lessons for the events industry from digital turning points in music, video, and news industries, as Zoom transforms events like Napster changed music — All types of business events are in danger of their revenue streams of tickets, sponsorships, memberships, and other types of fees being eroded.
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Alison Weissbrot / AdExchanger:
WarnerMedia, parent of CNN, launches a method for political ad buys that includes a manual review integrated with programmatic buying via its ad-tech unit Xandr — Political advertisers have shied away from programmatic because they require stringent fact-checking and creative approvals.
Denise Petski / Deadline:
BuzzFeed signs a first-look deal with Universal TV, with the studio producing scripted content based on stories published by BuzzFeed — Buzzfeed is making an expanded push into television, signing a first-look deal with Universal TV, in which the studio will produce scripted content based …
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Guardian takes legal action to shut down parody headline generator guardianmeme.com, alleging copyright infringement for using photos of its journalists — The publisher of The Guardian has taken legal action to shut down a parody headline generator which it claims has infringed its copyright …
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@robmanuel, @gspellchecker, @martinsfp, @jonholmes1, @drleejones, @thattimwalker, @brokenbottleboy, @jbenton and Plagiarism Today
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to add AR content to Apple TV+ next year, as a form of bonus content akin to director commentaries, ahead of an AR headset in 2022 — - Company plans to add AR-based bonus content to original video — Apple seeks to make AR more mainstream ahead of headset launch
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
CBS News launches CBS Village, a multiplatform franchise for news division content about diverse groups like Black, Asian, LGBTQ, LatinX, women, and millennials — CBS News is launching CBS Village, an online destination for news division content about diverse groups, while it has made more additions …
Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE:
Most of Scots Wikipedia appears to be written by an American attempting a Scottish accent, not Scots, Scotland's official language; the user has 23K+ articles — Scots is an official language of Scotland. An administrator of the Scots Wikipedia page is an American who doesn't speak Scots …
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