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A profile of the Investigative Journalism Foundation, “Canada's ProPublica”, a new nonprofit set to publish investigations and build public interest databases — “Think of us like ProPublica meets OpenSecrets.” That's how editor-in-chief Zane Schwartz describes Canada's newly launched Investigative Journalism Foundation.
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@michellemanafy, @zaneschwartz and @fatimabsyed


Parks Associates: 63% of US households with internet have a connected TV, a 65% increase over 2015, and 87% of them subscribe to at least one streaming service — Smart TVs are an increasingly important tool for consumers. They allow users to navigate between their various streaming apps and services …
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Media Play News, Broadband TV News and Light Reading


TikTok, Instagram, and other social media apps expect age verification measures in the UK's Online Safety Bill to reduce their user numbers, hurting ad revenue — UK's Online Safety Bill requires stronger age verification measures for platforms including TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat
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@webdevlaw and Future News, more at Techmeme »


MoviePass raised a seed of undisclosed size led by Animoca Brands and plans to accelerate its beta movie theatre subscription relaunch and set a Web3 strategy — MoviePass Inc. announced it has raised its seed financing led by Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong-based game software, blockchain and venture capital company.
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AppleInsider and Financial Times


YouTube is testing a hub of free, ad-supported streaming channels with select media partners, looking to compete with Roku, Paramount's Pluto TV, and Fox's Tubi — Tech company's effort could rival Roku, Fox in fast-growing area of streaming business — Created with sketchtool. — 1x
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@aaronwall, @phkeane, @jasonkilar, @cityofthetown, @cordcuttersnews, @jtoonkel, The Verge, Gizmodo, The Hollywood Reporter and The Streamable


[Thread] NBC NewsGuild files an Unfair Labor Practice charge against NBC News for “abruptly and illegally laid off” some journalists without warning the union — Yesterday, @NBCNews management abruptly and illegally laid off several union journalists. This is a clear violation of the law and we have filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge against the company. We will fight until we win a fair contract that protects everyone in our newsroom. https://twitter.com/...


How Finland, ranked first of 41 European countries in a media literacy survey, teaches students to spot misinformation on social media, starting in preschool — The Nordic country is testing new ways to teach students about propaganda. Here's what other countries can learn from its success.


Emails: Twitter is offering free ad space by matching ad spending up to $250K, if the $500K of ads are run by February 28, a period that includes the Super Bowl — Tech company to match advertisers' ad spending up to $250,000 — Twitter Inc. is offering advertisers a new incentive …
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@nspector4, @loupas, @thecultureofme, @oalexanderdk, @patiencehaggin, @axelmerk, @patrickw, @sawyermerritt, Reuters and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »


The AP, Bloomberg, FT, NYT, Reuters, CoinDesk, and other outlets ask the judge in Sam Bankman-Fried's case to reveal the names of two backers of his $250M bail — Lawyers for the former CEO of failed crypto exchange FTX requested and were granted anonymity for two parties who backed …
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@jackshafer, @metalawman, The New York Times Company, Klaris and Davis, Wright, Tremaine LLP


How popular tech podcast All-In, with hosts Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya, and David Friedberg, gives some insight into Elon Musk's Twitter — On Nov. 7, about a week after Elon Musk took over Twitter and laid off half the staff, a company vice president offered a group …
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@ericnewcomer, @coinstokes, @mattzeitlin, @rafat, @rafat, @pahwa_nitish, @mattsheffield and Fortune


Over 75% of St. Louis Public Radio's on-air and off-air staff sign a petition to unionize; the union would cover 42 people and be Missouri public radio's first — Staffers at St. Louis Public Radio informed management Thursday of their intent to form a union with the Communications Workers of America.
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@currentpubmedia, @stlprguild, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, @repcori, @petit_smudge, @nypr_union and @shahlafarzan


Medford, Oregon's Mail Tribune, which Rosebud Media acquired from GateHouse Media in 2017 with financing help from Sinclair Broadcast Group, ceases operations — Medford's Mail Tribune, one of Oregon's oldest operating news organizations, said Wednesday it would shut down by the end of the week.
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@caseyseiler, @clairearush, @michaelwhite, @travismayfield, @jimwhittington, @jimwhittington, @ryansabalow, @leszaitz, @jimwhittington, @son_of_sandor, @zachsoroutdoors, @shanedkavanaugh, @ka_tornay, @girlwonderau, @andrewselsky, @ryantclarke, @jontalton, @caseykulla, @johnmcnews, Mail Tribune, Associated Press and OPB