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Facebook warns it will block Australian users and news organizations from sharing news stories on Facebook and Instagram if the ACCC's proposal passes — The move, a response to pressure to pay publishers when their stories are posted on the social network, could add to internet silos springing up around the world.
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NBC News:
Facebook says, after an FBI tip, it took down several pages and accounts pushing a fake left-wing news outlet made by people linked to Russian troll group IRA — Some of Russia's most infamous internet trolls have launched a news website that hired real-life journalism freelancers …
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Black Kenosha News journalist quits the paper over a since-changed headline that highlighted a threat made by one of several speakers at a peaceful rally — Daniel Thompson, an editor at The Kenosha News, resigned over a headline that highlighted a speaker who made a threat during a peaceful protest.
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Alison Weissbrot / AdExchanger:
Ad tech startup InfoSum, which lets companies match customer data in a privacy-compliant way, raises $15M and names Xandr's Brian Lesser CEO — InfoSum, a UK-based data platform that allows companies to match data in a privacy compliant-way, has raised $15 million and appointed Brian Lesser …
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Luke Winkie / Nieman Lab:
Profile of Study Hall, a gossipy media site for freelancers that started as a Patreon-funded newsletter and now has 4,500 subs paying between $1 and $11/month — Study Hall doesn't want to be Nieman Lab, nor does it have any interest in aping Mediaite, Digiday, or the Columbia Journalism Review.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: AT&T's exploring a sale of Xandr, its digital advertising unit, after acquiring one of its biggest components, ad exchange AppNexus, in 2018 for ~$1.6B — The telecom giant had hoped to use its scale and AppNexus deal to build up an advertising business
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Source: YouTube TV to add NFL Network to its base tier and allow subscribers to add on other sports channels, including NFL RedZone and Fox Soccer Plus — YouTube TV will add the NFL Network and a handful of other sports channels in September, according to a source.
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The Streamable, Awful Announcing, @pff_sam, @michaelbruntz, @bymikewilson and @benaxelrod
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Interview with Laura Helmuth, new EIC of the 175-year-old Scientific American, on pandemic coverage, how credibility of science became a political issue, more — While the nation's news cycle was focused last week on Hurricane Laura, the Republican National Convention and protests …
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@kerrymflynn and @rickedmonds
Lillian Rizzo / Wall Street Journal:
Gray Television and other local TV station groups partner with streaming company Syncbak to launch ad-supported streaming service VUit with 200+ local channels — VUit, an ad-supported platform, offers access to over 200 local channels — A new streaming service featuring …
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Deadline and The Streamable
Gilad Edelman / Wired:
A leading antitrust scholar says Google's ad marketplace should be regulated as it both runs the market and competes as its biggest buyer and seller — A leading antitrust scholar says yes. Congress may be listening. — The days of suit-clad men shouting out orders on the bustling floors …
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Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Colorado News Collaborative, a new nonprofit coalition known as COLab, is assembling journalists from 60+ news orgs in the state to share resources/stories — The story of contemporary Colorado journalism can be told in two acts. In the first, the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post …
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Tatiana Cirisano / Billboard:
Artists can now livestream directly on Amazon Music across all streaming tiers through a partnership with Twitch — Plus: How music licensing fits in to the Twitch partnership and why livestreaming concerts could be the next step for streaming platforms. — As the concert livestreaming …
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TechCrunch, Variety, @tigermomtoy, @lowco2525, @jimmywhis, Music Business Worldwide and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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