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Tim Peterson / Digiday:
TikTok confirms publishers can apply for Creator Fund payments; sources: pubs need to have at least 10K followers and 10K views over the last 30 days — TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer may be jumping ship three months after joining the company, but some publishers are preparing to hop aboard …
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MediaNama, @xpangler, @neilcybart, @loudmouthjulia, @loudmouthjulia, @loudmouthjulia and @loudmouthjulia, more at Techmeme »
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
DMG Media says Mail Online's iOS revenue could fall by 75% due to Apple's privacy changes but some publishers see upside in ending Google and Facebook dominance — Mail Online has threatened to delete its iPhone app because of a new privacy policy from Apple that threatens to eat into its advertising revenues.
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BuzzFeed News, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Mac, MediaNama, @robenfarzad, @pkafka and @kurtwagner8, more at Techmeme »
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
The White House is compiling a “very large” dossier on WaPo's David Fahrenthold and others, a spokesperson responded when asked for comment on a WaPo story — New York (CNN Business)The White House said in a story published Thursday that it was compiling a “very large” …
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@abeaujon, American Press Institute, @fahrenthold, @ddale8, Poynter, @birbigs, @fahrenthold, @juddlegum, @blackamazon, The Atlantic, @oliverdarcy, @davidcloudlat, @atrupar, Washington Post, @ianbassin, @danrather, @brianbeutler, @tarasetmayer, @jessecharleslee, @erikwemple, @erikwemple, @erikwemple, bookforum.com, @thekenyeung, @nickkristof, @ruthbenghiat, @martinsfp, @anthropunk, @jamalgreene, @vivian, @oliverdarcy, @fahrenthold, The Week, Law & Crime, Otherwise, Forbes, The Hill, Mediaite and Boing Boing
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBCUniversal's Peacock is trying out a new kind of commercial that asks viewers to speak a phrase to gain gift cards or other promotions from advertisers — Madison Avenue has for decades trotted out a dizzying array of marketing avatars to talk to consumers.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku, approaching ~40% of broadband household penetration in the US, now often holds an upper hand in negotiations with streamers like HBO Max and Peacock — In virtual deal talks over the past several months, Roku execs have delivered a basic message — in not so many words …
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@lanceulanoff, Gizmodo, @richlightshed and @scottporch
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Facebook is testing linking users' accounts to their news subscriptions, with AJC, The Athletic, and the Winnipeg Free Press participating in the test — Facebook is testing out a new feature that could help news publishers create a better experience for paying subscribers on the social network.
Discussion:
Adweek and @scottnover, more at Techmeme »
Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Sources: Comcast is pitching X1 software powering its set-top boxes and Flex streaming hardware as a potential operating system to smart TV manufacturers — Comcast wants to turn the software running on its set-top boxes into an operating system for smart TVs, Protocol has learned …
Discussion:
TheStreet, FierceVideo and @robpegoraro, more at Techmeme »
The Guardian:
Belarus deports a Swedish journalist and bans him from the country for five years; he was one of 50 reporters detained on Thursday to ostensibly check documents — Paul Hansen one of 50 reporters, including BBC Moscow's Steve Rosenberg, detained by police — A Swedish photojournalist …
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@lukeharding1968 and @helenclarknz
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Belarusian police detained dozens of journalists working for local and foreign media such as AP and TASS amid demonstrations in Minsk; most were later released
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Reuters, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, @hannaliubakova, Al Jazeera, Metro.co.uk, belsat.eu and The Guardian
Eben Novy-Williams / Sportico.com:
NBC Sports signs a five year $500M sports betting partnership with gambling operator PointsBet — NBC Sports has inked a five-year partnership with PointsBet worth almost $500 million, including a small equity stake in the gambling operator. — PointsBet will be the official sports betting …
Discussion:
Front Office Sports, @s_hennesseygd, @robdauster, @dividendblower and @noisyhuevos
Chico Felitti / BuzzFeed News:
Over 20 former staffers and contractors of Globo Condé Nast in Brazil say Daniela Falcão, managing director of Edições Globo Condé Nast, created a toxic culture — “Humiliation was a constant,” one employee said. “Someone was always coming out of the bathroom with their face puffy from crying.”
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
UK's fourth biggest local newspaper publisher Archant, which publishes the The New European, has been bought out by the private equity firm Rcapital Partners — The UK's fourth biggest local newspaper publisher Archant has been bought out by a private equity firm in a deal which leaves shareholders with nothing.
Discussion:
@jimwaterson, @angearsimon and @jimwaterson
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Profile of BBC's new director general Tim Davie, who has no hands-on experience with journalism or program-making and joined BBC 15 years ago to run marketing — The last time Tim Davie was director general of the BBC, he found himself dealing with a crisis over the corporation's news output …
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