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Meta launches Instagram's text-based Threads app on the App Store and Google Play in 100+ countries; users log in via Instagram and can follow the same accounts — - Threads is a text-based messaging app that looks very similar to Twitter. — People will be able to use their Instagram usernames …
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Hands-on with Threads: fairly bare-bones text-based messaging app, log in via Instagram, no hashtags, no edit button, search is only for user handles, and more — Programming note: I really was trying to take a vacation, but this felt like it was worth the one-day interruption.
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GQ EIC Will Welch, who sources say made the call to pull a piece critical of WBD CEO David Zaslav, is producing a Warner Bros. movie, a likely ethical conflict — On July 3, GQ.com rolled out a hot-take story titled “How Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Became Public Enemy Number One in Hollywood.”
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GQ pulls an article criticizing David Zaslav; sources say a Zaslav spokesman complained, causing extensive edits and the author asking GQ to remove his byline — The writer said he asked to have his byline removed after GQ made extensive changes after publication. The magazine removed the story instead.
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G/O Media's outlets start posting AI-generated content despite staff pushback; a Gizmodo editor calls an AI-generated Star Wars list with errors “embarrassing” — A few weeks back, we wrote about the seemingly never-ending drama at G/O Media, wondering why writers …
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Memo: NBC CEO Mike Cavanagh promotes Donna Langley, to make entertainment content creative decisions, and Mark Lazarus, to have purview over business decisions — Donna Langley will gain broader oversight of creative decisions for the company's entertainment content.
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Peter Chernin's The North Road Company names David Nevins as its CEO; Nevins was previously Paramount Premium Group's chairman and CEO — Formerly chairman and CEO of Paramount Premium Group and chief creative officer of Paramount+ scripted series, Nevins will oversee North Road's portfolio of brands …
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The first modern US election without a “minimum viable media” could be in 2024, as automated content helps news institutions and distribution systems collapse — In a recent interview with Canadian right-wing influencer Jordan Peterson, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
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Twitter quietly backtracks on requiring users to log in to see individual tweets, ending Elon Musk's “temporary emergency measure”; profiles remain blocked — The platform is becoming slightly more usable just as Meta opens up its Twitter competitor.
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Trade groups push back against the FTC's “click to cancel” proposal; News Media Alliance says its members get “very few complaints” about cancellation processes — Mandating a simpler cancellation process would confuse consumers and create problems for businesses, trade groups say

Canada's government, media company Quebecor, and cable TV operator Cogeco suspend advertising on Facebook and Instagram in response to Meta's move to drop news — The Canadian government is suspending its advertisements on Facebook and Instagram in response to Meta Platforms Inc.'s plan …
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Philanthropists such as the MacArthur Foundation are weighing whether and how to spend big to help local news; rumors set the amount up to $500M over five years — A group of philanthropy heavyweights including the MacArthur Foundation, the Knight Foundation and others with enough collective spending power …
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Spotify stops letting subscribers paying via Apple's App Store to use IAP as a payment method, after barring new subscribers from using Apple's IAP in May 2016 — Spotify hasn't let new Premium subscribers pay for service using in-app purchases via Apple's App Store since May 2016 …
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