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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Amazon starts rolling out a Prime Video redesign for Android and connected TV devices, with a Netflix-like look and feel, a top 10 list, and more — New navigation, a top 10 list, and a very familiar look and feel — Compared to Netflix, Disney Plus, and other major streaming services …
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The Wrap, Vulture, The Streamable, Fast Company, TechCrunch, TechRadar, Deadline, Decider, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, The Hollywood Reporter, @samitsarkar and @chriswelch
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBC News' Stay Tuned now averages 1M views/episode on Snapchat, has 1M+ followers on TikTok, will launch its first documentary in September, and plans a podcast — The show, which debuted on Snapchat this week in 2017, is planning a documentary, a podcast, and a return to YouTube.
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Digiday, @petersontee and @nbcnewspr
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
After the WSJ editorial board called the story, later verified, of a 10-year-old rape victim “fanciful”, its ensuing correction mischaracterized the piece — Listen — Gift Article — When is an editor's note like a comb-over? When it's trying to hide what the editor would rather not own up to.
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SheKnows, USA Today, @alikimoncrief, @laurie_garrett, @stanveuger, @kwoodsome, @jayrosen_nyu, @brentsnavely, @indystar, @rjcc, @erictopol, @amlwhere and @nicole_carroll
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox Sports says its revenue in the 2022 MLB All-Star Game is up to 30% higher than in any previous game; 25 marketers purchased spots for the first time — Some of the nation's big-spending advertisers are taking a new swing at one of its oldest sports.
Discussion:
The Streamable and @bristei
Julia Angwin / The Markup:
An interview with Lucia Walinchus, the executive director at nonprofit Eye on Ohio, who recently published a proposal to tax digital ads to support journalism — One of the most meaningful changes in our economy in the past decade has been the astronomical growth in online advertising …
Discussion:
American Press Institute, @aarongrunwald, @sosayslucia, @juliaangwin, @juliaangwin, @digiphile, @themarkup and @farai
Matthew Belloni / Puck:
HBO and HBO Max content chief Casey Bloys signs a five-year contract; source: CEO Zaslav made re-signing Bloys the top personnel priority of his first 100 days — Sure, Zaslav and Gunnar have been fleecing WBD looking for redundancies, but re-signing Casey Bloys was a goal of the new C.E.O.'s first 100 days.
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The Streamable, The Wrap, @mattbelloni, Variety, @great_katzby, @pkafka, The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Just 11% of US adults say they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in TV news and 16% in newspapers, both down five percentage points since 2021 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' confidence in two facets of the news media — newspapers and television news — has fallen to all-time low points.
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@gmikewebb, Opinion Today and Fox News
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom finds that RT breached the UK's broadcasting code 29 times in four days after Russia invaded Ukraine, with bulletins that amounted to “propaganda” — “Biased” RT breached the UK's broadcasting code 29 times in four days after Russia invaded Ukraine, regulator Ofcom has said.
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Broadband TV News, @emmalbriant, @jimwaterson, @pressgazette and @pressgazette
Kris Holt / Engadget:
Crunchyroll drops prices in nearly 100 countries and territories, including a reduction for the Mega Fan plan of 25% in the UK and nearly 90% in India — Crunchyroll is changing prices for users in nearly 100 countries and territories, but not in the way you'd probably expect.
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Variety, Crunchyroll, 9to5Mac and 9to5Mac
Seth Smalley / Poynter:
A look at automated fact-checking tools tested by the UK's Full Fact, which detect and categorize claims in real time and cross reference with existing work — Fact-checkers in London have developed a verification tool to live fact-check false claims with a goal of global implementation.
Discussion:
What's New in Publishing, @factchecknet, @poynter and @poynter
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Snapchat launches Snapchat for Web to let users send snaps and make video calls on desktop, with plans to add features like Stories and Memories in the future — Snap announced today that it's introducing Snapchat for Web to let users send snaps and chat with friends via video calls all from their desktops.
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@dtrinh, Engadget, Adweek, 9to5Mac and @mattnavarra, more at Techmeme »
Rob Salkowitz / Forbes:
Webtoon, the online comics platform owned by Korea's Naver, says it paid English-language creators $27M since 2020; Webtoon has 82M+ MAUs, with 15M in the US — Webtoon, the popular mobile online comics platform owned by Korean tech giant Naver, just announced its payments …