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What We’re Reading
TechCrunch / Devin Coldewey
Starlink, SpaceX's satellite internet service, arrives in Antarctica →
"In such a remote location like Antarctica, this capability is enabled by Starlink's space laser network."
Business Insider / Tanya Chen
Substack’s new recruiting target? Instagram influencers who are fed up with the algorithm →
“Substack is no longer offering creators a yearly salary or a lump sum payment to post (as it had in the past), but is now focused on poaching prospective talent by selling them on its services.”
WSJ / John D. McKinnon
A bill aimed at helping preserve local journalism is mired in a debate about content moderation →
“Republicans frequently complain that conservative voices are censored on the internet, a charge that the big tech companies—and Democrats—generally reject. Some Republicans at last week's vote sought to use the bill as a way to build in legal protections for conservative publishers.”
BBC News
Man jailed for having gun used to kill Irish journalist Lyra McKee in 2019 →
“Speaking outside the court, Ms. McKee’s sister Nichola McKee-Corner said: ‘Now the story of the gun has come to an end, but the story of the gunman continues.'”
British GQ / Chris Stokel-Walker
How the U.K. government is using the monarchy to bury bad news →
“There's no doubt that the government — and the new Prime Minister in particular — are benefiting from sympathy for events that have taken place during its first week, not least the death of the Queen.”
Online News Association
The Online News Association is looking for a new CEO →
The ONA is “the world's largest digital journalism professional association.” (Current CEO Irving Washington will be stepping down in December 2022.)
The Hill / DOMINICK MASTRANGELO
Ahead of midterms, Bloomberg News has gone on a D.C. hiring spree and plans to launch a “livelier” alternative to Sunday shows →
“Bloomberg is the latest in a slew of major national and international news companies who have made pushes into the lucrative D.C. media market ahead of the coming election cycles.”
Aljazeera / Abid Hussain
The U.S. expressed concern over press freedom in Pakistan after a television channel was blocked by the government →
The ARY Network, considered to be sympathetic towards former Prime Minister Imran Khan, was blocked for more than three weeks before it was allowed back on air on September 3.
AP NEWS
Two Haitian reporters were fatally shot while investigating worsening violence in Port-au-Prince →
The victims were identified as Tayson Latigue and Frantzsen Charles. The journalists were ambushed along with five other reporters, who fled unharmed.
Columbia Journalism Review / Jon Allsop
What primaries coverage got wrong →
“When media watchers (myself included) criticize horserace journalism, it's a criticism of proportion (the fact that such coverage can drown out everything else, including scrutiny of candidates' policy stances) and framing (the boiling down of weighty matters, like the Mar-a-Lago search, to shallow questions of political advantage and strength).”
TechCrunch / Amanda Silberling
The creator subscription company Patreon laid off 17% of staff →
“Last year, Patreon raised a $155 million round of venture funding, bringing the company's valuation to $4 billion … Patreon makes its money from taking a cut of the subscriptions that fans pay creators each month.”
Axios / Sara Fischer and Kerry Flynn
For publishers, Twitter still dominates on social →
Roughly one-quarter of media outlets analyzed do not have official TikTok accounts. Many that do still have relatively small followings. In contrast, every publisher observed has a Twitter account, and the vast majority have YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn accounts.
The Hollywood Reporter / J. Clara Chan
NYT Cooking will sell $95 at-home cooking kits curated by guest chefs →
“Unlike other meal delivery services, each kit will only include non-perishable items. The focus will instead be toward speciality ingredients that can be used across four signature recipes from the chefs, which will be written down in a booklet inside the kit, and four other recipes on NYT Cooking that incorporate similar ingredients. Home cooks who prefer a more visual experience will also receive access to a video tutorial for two recipes from each chef.”
NBC News / Kevin Collier
Disinformation via text message is a problem with few answers →
“While there's now a cottage industry and federal agencies that target election disinformation when it's on social media, there's no comparable effort for texts.”
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