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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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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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@scottthurm, @dinasrinivasan, @nxthompson and @giladedelman, more at Techmeme »
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.
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@niemanlab, @orianabklyn, @aegallagher, @midamericapress, @studyhallxyz, @laurahazardowen and @luke_winkie
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
Jacqui Banaszynski / Nieman Storyboard:
A magazine writer and a documentary filmmaker discuss how their storytelling formats shaped their coverage of the same cold case hate murder from 1983 — On Oct. 9, 1983, the body of Timothy Wayne Coggins, a 23-year-old Black man, was found in the woods off a power line easement in Griffin, Georgia.
Thomas Macaulay / The Next Web:
Stanford launches Cable TV News Analyzer, a free AI-powered online service for querying the screen time of public figures or specific topics on cable TV news — THE STANFORD CABLE TV NEWS ANALYZER USES COMPUTER VISION TO IDENTIFY PUBLIC FIGURES ON THE IDIOT BOX
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Brown Institute, @jeremyscheel1, @brendannyhan, @janinezacharia and Stanford News, more at Techmeme »
Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Months after many media orgs issued statements supporting BLM and promised to improve diversity and inclusion, some say it “feels very much like lip service” — Was it all just lip service? That's the question employees inside media companies are starting to ask about their employers' diversity and inclusion pledges.
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@rachelysanders, @petersontee and @kerrymflynn
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
TikTok partners with Teespring to let creators sell merch directly from the app, a first for the platform, planning to roll out the integration soon — The exclusive partnership kicks off in September — TikTok creators will soon be able to sell merchandise they design and create directly to fans via the app itself.
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Tubefilter, USA Today, Mashable and @blackamazon, more at Techmeme »
Megan Lebowitz / Nieman Reports:
After Assad's regime made Syria inaccessible for journalists, the country's citizen journalists stepped in, creating safety concerns and ethical dilemmas — After Assad's regime made the country inaccessible for journalists, Syrian citizens stepped in, creating safety concerns and ethical dilemmas
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@megan_lebowitz and @jamesgeary
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
When writing about Trump's Kenosha visit or his remarks on Portland, media needs to be explicit about his political calculations — On Saturday, protests in Portland turned violent after a convoy of Trump supporters drove into the city, their pickup trucks filled with American flags …
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@peterbakernyt, @benyt, New York Times, Forbes, @arainert, @cjr, @mathewi, New York Post and East Bay Times
Jessica Bartlett / Boston Business Journal:
WGBH say it is rebranding as GBH to reflect a growing focus on digital platforms; the W reflected that it had a broadcast license east of the Mississippi River — WGBH announced it's rebranding as “GBH” to reflect a growing focus on digital platforms. — The rebrand goes into effect Tuesday …
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@kerrymflynn, @bosbizdon, @felixsalmon, @felixsalmon, @bgoldst and WGBH.org
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Sources: BBC has looked at replacing the license fee with a new special income tax, based on the Swedish model for funding public service broadcasting — The BBC has looked at whether the licence fee could ultimately be replaced with a new special income tax, based on the Swedish model …
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