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12:40 PM ET, September 3, 2021

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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Apple's change to let “reader” apps link out for subscription signups is good news for newspaper and magazine publishers, giving them more user data and money  —  Early September is usually a big time for Apple.  Until Covid broke the streak last year, it had released …
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Apple will let developers of “reader” apps worldwide link to a website to set up or manage accounts early next year, closing an antitrust investigation by Japan
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Vice raises $135M from existing investors, including James Murdoch's Lupa Systems and TPG; Shane Smith will remain executive chairman  —  Lupa Systems and TPG are among those putting fresh cash into the media company as SPAC plans stall for now.  —  Vice Media's dreams of going public appear …
Discussion: The Wrap and @edmundlee
Lara O'Reilly / Insider:
Uber hires former Amazon ad director Mark Grether to leads its ad division as it looks to grow its ad revenue, which is set to hit $300M in 2022  —  - Uber has hired Mark Grether, a former Amazon Advertising director, to lead its ads division.  — The ride-hailing company began running ads …
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Profile of Li Jin, who founded Atelier Ventures, which manages $13M, to invest in influencer-related startups and acts as a guru for many online creators  —  Li Jin, 31, began backing creators years ago.  She has raised her own fund to invest in influencer-related start-ups.
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
Sling TV is launching the Barstool Sports Channel, which will carry the latter's series and video podcasts as well as an exclusive show  —  Sling TV has launched a new exclusive channel with Barstool Sports.  The channel is available to Sling TV Blue, Sling TV Orange, and Sling Free users.
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Interviews with four local journalists who have joined Facebook's Bulletin on what they're providing their communities, why Facebook is a good fit, and more  —  It's tempting to be cynical about Facebook's push into local news.  —  The company last week named 25 local journalists who will join Bulletin …
 
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Benjamin Butterworth / inews.co.uk:
LGBTQ activists say UK's Online Safety Bill could provide the legal basis for censorship of LGBTQ content and say ending online anonymity could harm queer users
Stephen Harrison / Slate:
A look at Wikimedia's Wikifunctions, expected to launch in 2022, which could help partially unify information across the 323 individual-language Wikipedias
Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Shang-Chi becomes first MCU film not to be granted approval for distribution in China; since 2013, China has made up between 10% and 20% of Marvel's box office
Discussion: AIPT
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple begins prompting iOS 15 users for consent to enable Personalized Ads for their Apple ID, which was previously on by default and led to antitrust scrutiny
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Ben Bowman / The Streamable:
Locast suspends operations after a court rules that donation solicitations and revenue made it not a nonprofit, a status that let it claim copyright exemption
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
YouTube Music reached 50M paying subscribers in August, up from 30M paid music and premium subscribers that YouTube had reported in October 2020
William Earl / Variety:
Joe Rogan announced on Instagram that he tested positive for COVID-19 and says he is feeling better after he used ivermectin and other remedies
Kait Sanchez / The Verge:
Twitter launches Super Follows for iOS, letting a select group of US test users charge either $2.99, $4.99, or $9.99 per month for their tweets
 

 
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Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Apple removes three AI image generation apps from the App Store after a 404 Media probe found the apps advertised being able to create nonconsensual nude images

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: China's muted response to TikTok bill reflects the view that TikTok is of less strategic value than Huawei; China prefers TikTok US closure to sale

 
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