Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
3:40 PM ET, August 18, 2023

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
Pete Evans / CBC News:
Evacuees from fires threatening Yellowknife in Canada say Meta's fight with Canada's government makes it hard for them to share life-saving news and information  —  Meta notes government sources not blocked as northerners duck ban by sharing screenshots of information
Bloomberg:
Email: Amazon offers some creators up to $12,500 for 500 videos, or $25 per video, for its TikTok-like shopping feed; creators typically charge $200+ per video  —  - Content creators typically charge more than $200 a pop  —  Amazon.com Inc., looking to amp up its TikTok-like shopping feed …
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
A look at nonprofit news outlet The Conversation's first foray into investigative reporting, which involves pairing reporters with academics  —  “It is elevating investigative reporting to a level where we are able to access ... jewels lying on the beach in the research of the academic world.”
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Twitch plans to roll out a long-requested anti-harassment feature within weeks that automatically blocks a streamer's banned users from watching their streams  —  Twitch's chat ban tools have been around for ages, but the platform is about to hand streamers a way to control who can watch a stream to begin with.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Elon Musk claims “block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs”, without giving any details, in a reply to a user's X post about block vs. mute  —  “Block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs,” the tech mogul posted on X Friday.  “Makes no sense.”
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Columbia's journalism school begins offering graduates in nonprofit news $5K to $10K forgivable loans each year, with a max total of $50K, to pay student loans  —  “It takes away a little bit of anxiety about pursuing a degree in journalism if you know that there is a path through which the cost can be covered.”
Sahil Patel / The Information:
Sources: Verizon has been in talks with Disney about partnering on a streaming version of the ESPN cable channel  —  Disney CEO Bob Iger has said he's looking for strategic partners to help launch a streaming version of the ESPN cable channel.  One key distributor, Verizon, has already thrown its hat into the ring.
Reuters:
How major advertisers have adopted AI: WPP is using AI in Nestle and Mondelez campaigns, citing 10x-20x savings; Unilever developed its own generative AI  —  Some of the world's biggest advertisers, from food giant Nestle (NESN.S) to consumer goods multinational Unilever (ULVR.L) …
Discussion: The Verge
Louise Matsakis / Semafor:
Q&A with TikTok Head of Music Ole Obermann on launching TikTok Music in Indonesia and Brazil before the US and helping artists from discovery to distribution  —  The Scene  —  Since it first exploded in popularity five years ago, TikTok has evolved into the de facto launching pad …
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Netflix partners with Jio Platforms, India's largest telecom operator, to bundle its Netflix Basic streaming tier with two of the carrier's pay-as-you-go plans  —  Netflix has inked a “first-of-its-kind” deal with Jio Platforms, India's largest telecom operator, to bundle the streaming service …
Kim Zetter / Zero Day:
How Timothy Burke accessed video from Fox News and why his lawyer says Florida prosecutors are using a “novel and unsupported” interpretation of the CFAA  —  But attorneys for Timothy Burke say a raid on his home and office exhibit government over-reach and misuse of the federal hacking law …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Microsoft's Start, using “algorithmic techniques with human review”, listed the Ottawa Food Bank as a tourist site and suggested visiting on “an empty stomach”  —  A Microsoft travel guide for Ottawa, Canada, prominently recommended tourists visit the Ottawa Food Bank …
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
The WGA urges antitrust regulators to stop M&A in streaming, saying that Netflix, Amazon, and Disney amassed market power that depresses wages and limits choice  —  The Writers Guild of America issued a report on Thursday calling Netflix, Amazon and Disney the “new gatekeepers” …
RELATED:
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 3:40 PM ET, August 18, 2023.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sources: news publishers in the US say Meta made changes that cut their Facebook referral traffic; one publisher said traffic fell by 30%+ YoY, another by ~40%
 Earlier Picks: 
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Internal doc: Spotify weighed removing white noise podcasts and redirecting users to “talk” content, which would boost the company's annual gross profit by €35M
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A Revson Foundation report looks at how governments, banks, and philanthropy could help make loans and credit programs more accessible for local news outlets