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Chris Eggertsen / Billboard:
Joni Mitchell pulls her music from Spotify in solidarity with Neil Young, saying “irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives” — “Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives,” Mitchell wrote on her official website Friday.
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Joni Mitchell, CNN, Variety, @thedavidcrosby, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Verge, @brianstelter, The Signorile Report, @helenkennedy, The Wrap, The Guardian, Stereogum, @frankconniff, UPROXX, @farhip, @adriennelaw, The Daily Beast, @stevesmithffx, @louispeitzman, Top Celebrity News …, NME, @rollingstone, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, @ericboehlert, The Hollywood Reporter, @shannonrwatts and Deadline
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Internal messages detail Spotify's lax health content policy; the company told staff multiple Joe Rogan podcast episodes “didn't meet the threshold for removal” — Leaked messages reveal the company has reviewed every Rogan episode and none ‘meet the threshold for removal’
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Deadline, @reckless, @reckless, @natjarv, @reckless, @ericgeller, @mattdpearce, @datadrivenmd, @mickpuck, @dylanreeve, @evoterra, @mmasnick, The A.V. Club, @ericboehlert, @caseynewton, @themadstone, @robaeprice, @joshsternberg, @kimzetter, @caseynewton, @subjectburst, @doctorkarl, @ashleyrcarman and Los Angeles Times, more at Techmeme »
Randall Roberts / Los Angeles Times:
A look at Neil Young's history of feuding with corporations and big institutions, from MTV to Spotify, and his digital music startup Pono that shut down in 2017 — When Neil Young announced he was pulling his entire discography from music streaming giant Spotify over the platform's alliance …
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Variety, Variety, @nicoleperlroth, Engadget, @latimes, @liledit, Ars Technica, Engadget, The Verge and The Verge
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Stephen Hayes, The Weekly Standard's former EIC who broke ties with Fox to protest Tucker Carlson's January 6 special, joins NBC News — Stephen Hayes, the conservative political analyst who raised eyebrows in November when he took to The New York Times to announce his breaking ties …
James Hale / Tubefilter:
YouTuber Hank Green compares TikTok's creator fund, which pays creators less as more creators join, unfavorably to YouTube, which pays 55% of ad revenue — In 2020, TikTok established a creator fund that distributes $200 million annually to creators based in the U.S.
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Platformer, contextisking.com, @caseynewton, @theblakeguidry, @mvzelenks, @carnage4life, @hankgreen, @shiraovide, @martinsfp, @yoda, NBC News, TechCrunch and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Joanne Kenen / Politico:
Some experts say David Leonhardt, author of the influential NYT newsletter “The Morning” underestimates and underplays COVID-19's risks by cherry-picking data — THE NIGHTLY READS ‘THE MORNING’ — With 5 million readers, David Leonhardt, the author of The New York Times …
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New Republic, @alexanderrusso, @rameshponnuru, @dankennedy_nu, @thrasherxy, @garettjones, @alexanderrusso, @michaelkruse, @jayrosen_nyu, @abbydphillip, @lpdonovan, @demfromct, @froomkin, @alexthomp, @froomkin, @jbarro, @michaelbd, @joannekenen, @eggerdc, @coreypein, @awinston, @jlcroner, @joannekenen, @joannekenen, @zackstanton, @whstancil, @yeselson, @mikiebarb, @evanmcmurry, @mdaware, @conorpwilliams, @joannekenen and @zackstanton
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The Salt Lake Tribune tells staffers to hire and expense services to scrub their personal info from the internet, after threats followed a pandemic editorial — The Salt Lake Tribune alerted police to threats that the newspaper received after publishing a Jan. 15 editorial that ripped state leaders …
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Media Nation, @dabeard, @nickparkerstet, @deborahblum and @oliverdarcy
Stefanie Murray / Center for Cooperative Media:
A look at Ad Lab, which launched last year as an advertising network of 16 independent media organizations in New Jersey with a shared sales representative — The Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University has served as a central connection point, a hub, for New Jersey journalists for 10 years.
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@mitrakalita, @elzbthtilis, @stefaniemurray and American Press Institute
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Hearst Newspapers claims 300K digital-only subscribers, up 50% YoY, of which 140K are the San Francisco Chronicle's, as it plans a shared product and data hub — Heart's newspapers represent a sort of counterpoint to the perception that the industry is all about financial distress and contraction.
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@risj_oxford, @medici1, @caseyseiler, @timafranklin, @poynter, @timothyorourke and American Press Institute
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
A US judge refuses to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought by a Georgian chess master against Netflix over a mention of her in an episode of The Queen's Gambit — A judge on Thursday refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Georgian chess master who alleged that she was defamed in an episode of the Netflix series “The Queen's Gambit.”
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@jenshahade, Engadget, New York Post, The Guardian, SlashFilm, The A.V. Club, Hollywood Reporter and The Wrap
Vipal Monga / Wall Street Journal:
Shopify denies copyright infringement claims from publishers and says court is the wrong venue to force changes in copyright laws that shield tech companies — E-commerce company says it isn't liable for copyright infringement by sellers; has responded to takedown requests
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple had 785M paying subs globally across all services in Q1, up 27% YoY; Cook says Apple doesn't make “purely financial decisions” about Apple TV+ content — And CEO Tim Cook acknowledged that it isn't necessarily looking for a financial payback on that investment.
Discussion:
The Streamable, @stevesi, @xpangler and MediaPost
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Kara Swisher / New York Times:
Interview with Bob Iger, recently retired as Disney CEO, on the shift to streaming, China, wages, NFTs, and the relationship between Big Tech and Hollywood — (SINGING) When you walk in the room, do you have sway? — I'm Kara Swisher, and you're listening to “Sway”.
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