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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
After Apple's threats, Patreon memberships via its iOS app will be subject to Apple's 30% fee from November 2024; creators must switch to subscription billing — Apple has threatened to remove crowdfunding app Patreon from the App Store if creators continue to use unsupported third-party billing options …
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The Guardian:
The NYT, WaPo, Politico, and others say they received documents stolen from Trump's campaign; Microsoft says Iranian hackers targeted a presidential campaign — Several news outlets have reported receiving internal campaign documents, including dossier on Vance
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HuffPost, The Verge, Washington Post, Politico, TVNewsCheck, The Daily Beast, emptywheel, New York Times, @mazmhussain, @inthehands@hachyderm.io, @jeffjarvis, Forbes, New York Post, Rolling Stone, Talking Points Memo, @frankfigliuzzi1, Vox, @teddipasketty, The Hill, @merrillbro, New York Magazine, CBS News, Fox News, The Register, Reuters, The Information, Financial Times, Axios, Associated Press, The Cyber Express, Breitbart, Semafor, UPI, The i Paper, RADAR, Mediaite and NBC Bay Area, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
NYT Opinion Editor Kathleen Kingsbury says the editorial board will no longer make endorsements in New York elections, including in governor and NYC mayor races — The paper's editorial board will continue to endorse presidential candidates, as it has for more than 160 years.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Conservative indie publishers struggle to recreate the book sales of major publishers' conservative imprints; The Daily Wire has wound down its publishing arm — The Scoop — It's hardly a surprise that Ben Shapiro is working on another book. Publishing remains one of the most lucrative elements …
Discussion:
@semaforben and @risj_oxford
Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times:
TikTok has been sending inaccurate and misleading news-style alerts to users, including a weeks-old disaster warning; TikTok removed some of the notifications — False claims about Taylor Swift and outdated tsunami warnings are among misleading notifications posted by video-sharing app
Discussion:
Nieman Lab
Alicia Clanton / Bloomberg:
Accountable Tech: the average weekly reach per post of five prominent political Instagram accounts fell 65% after Meta began to downrank political content — - Prominent political accounts saw fewer views, study says — Meta changed political stance to make services less combative
Discussion:
@accountabletech, @coreyciorciari, @glaad, @tomcoates, @zamaan_qureshi, Zach Praiss on LinkedIn and Cybernews.com
Reuters:
Tencent Music reports Q2 revenue down 1.7% YoY to ~$999M, vs. ~$996M est., paying users up 17.7% YoY to 117M, and social entertainment revenue down 42.8% YoY — Tencent Music Entertainment (1698.HK) reported a smaller than expected fall in quarterly revenue on Tuesday …
Discussion:
MarketWatch and Tencent Music
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
The NYT, Puck, and more are focusing on Reddit; Semrush says Reddit's monthly visitors went from 132M in August 2023 to 346M in April 2024 after Google changes — Several publishers notched a record number of Reddit referrals in July — Last September, in an initiative called the Helpful Content Update …
Discussion:
@markstenberg3 and @pressgazette, more at Techmeme »
Adam Piore / Columbia Journalism Review:
A profile of CNN CEO Mark Thompson, including his time at the BBC and the NYT, and a detailed look at his plans to “stabilize” and turn around the network — Mark Thompson, CNN's chief executive, is tasked with transforming a struggling network. All he asks is patience.
Discussion:
@tvgrimreaper, @johnnydollar01 and TVNewsCheck
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
A profile of Bari Weiss as The Free Press expands, hiring a COO and running live events; TFP had over 750K subscribers in July, with 100K+ paying $8/month — Bari Weiss has long been blessed with two superpowers, those close to her say: She knows how to make useful enemies, and she knows how to make useful friends.
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBCUniversal says the 2024 Paris Olympics averaged 30.6M viewers across all platforms for its US daytime and nightly prime telecasts combined, up 82% from Tokyo — The company says 30.6 million people watched its daily coverage from Paris. — NBCUniversal will always have Paris …
Discussion:
NBCSports.com, Front Office Sports, Poynter, Adweek, UPI, Barrett Media, Front Office Sports, The Wrap and Deadline
The Guardian:
Bangladeshi journalists say they are cautiously optimistic that Sheikh Hasina's resignation as prime minister will bring an era of censorship and fear to an end — Reporters cautiously optimistic as interim government takes over after years of intimidation and censorship
Discussion:
Foreign Policy, Semafor, NPR and New York Times
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
While Netflix posts healthy profits, Disney looks like it will remain profitable moving forward, and Peacock and Paramount are in the red but trimming losses — The five major Hollywood streaming services reported a collective profit of $3.2 billion in the first six months of this year.
Discussion:
The Streamable, @lucas_shaw@threads.net and @lucas_shaw@threads.net
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