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Patreon adds Autopilot, which predicts free members that are most likely to upgrade and offers discounts, after finding upgrade rates grew by ~19% in testing— Patreon is rolling out new automated features for creators to convert free members to paid ones.
Discussion: Patreon and Tubefilter

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New York Times:

Sources: Air Mail, founded in 2019 by Graydon Carter, hires investment bank Raine Group to explore a sale; talks with Standard Investments are no longer active— The company, founded in 2019, is known for its weekend newsletter of deeply reported features, travel recommendations and shopping tips.

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@matthewkassel and @mediaevan

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Matthew Kassel /
@matthewkassel: “Mr. Carter plans to continue his involvement with Air Mail, which has 500,000 subscribers for its newsletter, in the event of a sale, one of the people said.” https://www.nytimes.com/...

Current Affairs:

The Atlantic poses as a magazine of thoughtful ideas, but its writers get away with sloppy, unsupported arguments, and its errors are long-lasting and insidious— Regular Current Affairs readers know that I have a tendency to make grumbling remarks about a magazine called The Atlantic.

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@marsinra: For years, I've struggled to articulate why I find the Atlantic so off-putting, but this article gets it: the pernicious disguise of racism under the banner of intellectualism (most recently exhibited with Palestine) & the embarrassing clickbaity packaging of serious topics.

Nathan J Robinson /
@nathanjrobinson: have received several critical responses to my article that are basically “Yes, you are right that @TheAtlantic sucks for exactly the reasons you say, but you should have picked these other terrible articles to criticize.” Sorry everyone, there were just too many to choose from!

Claire Potter /
@tenuredradical: As someone who recently published in The Atlantic, I obviously think it is a worthwhile platform. But I can't help admire the detail this guy goes into, and the willingness to justify his animus concretely. That said, I think similar criticisms could be made of all opinion

Briallen Hopper /
@briallenhopper: I loved the conversation Ta-Nehisi Coates created at the Atlantic (I'm thinking more of the blog than the cover stories, though both mattered); I relied on Ed Yong during the pandemic; & I just taught a great piece by Ross Perlin. But this takedown definitely brings the receipts!

Claire Potter /
@tenuredradical: @speechboy71 No, it doesn't: but still. Given how many people offer almost no evidence for their strident views, you have to hand it to someone who gives it his all. I think there is a bigger argument to be made about factual and opinion journalism, though.

Nathan J Robinson /
@nathanjrobinson: @ANSchmidtLebuhn @TheAtlantic yeah that's exactly it!

Michelle Celarier /
@mcelarier: A must read. Thanks to @NathanJRobinson for writing this.

Alexander N Schmidt-Lebuhn /
@anschmidtlebuhn: @NathanJRobinson @TheAtlantic Great read. Reminds me of certain realisations I had about Der Spiegel in my late teens, supposedly the most serious German magazine and my parents' main source of political thought when I grew up: Their editorial approach was entirely argumentation by selected anecdote.

Michael A. Cohen /
@speechboy71: @TenuredRadical Ugh, tangential nonsense. Deconstructing a handful of pieces (and doing do with a clear bias) doesn't make for a persuasive argument

Sheila Liming /
@seeshespeak: Okay but you forgot the part about how they also stiff writers after and don't pay after the article has gone to press [image]

Nathan J Robinson /
@nathanjrobinson: Have written an 11,000 word article on why I think @TheAtlantic is the worst magazine in America, including its regular publishing of terrible arguments, its sloppiness with basic facts, its lack of editing, and its promotion of horrible ideas: https://www.currentaffairs.org/ ... @rafat: This is the best headline in media critique ever written. Delicious and 🎯🎯🎯https:// www.currentaffairs.org/...

Miguel Afonso Caetano /
@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org: “So I want to explain exactly what it is that I think makes The Atlantic terrible and why I think we'd all be better off if it stopped publishing. My basic criticism is that while it presents itself as a magazine of ideas—which makes readers feel as if they are engaging intelligently with important issues …

Washington Post:

A look at the growth of fashion and shopping on Substack, including coverage of New York Fashion Week and Substack's plans for a Paris Fashion Week event— The newsletter platform has become a place to discuss, offer advice on and celebrate shopping — and make a lot of money doing so.

Discussion:
Christina Loff on LinkedIn and Marc Bridge on LinkedIn

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Christina Loff /
Christina Loff on LinkedIn: Great piece by Rachel Seville Tashjian in The Washington Post highlighting the vibrant fashion community on Substack. …

Nieman Lab:

Interviews with 20 journalists focused on why they stayed in the profession: emotional ties with audiences, chances to learn for a living, camaraderie, and more— “The day-to-day work of news, journalists reminded us, was the opportunity to learn for a living.”

Discussion:
Karly Cox on LinkedIn, @gregperreault, @niemanlab and @mbalter

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Karly Cox /
Karly Cox on LinkedIn: Nobody goes into journalism for the money! But most of us, either deliberately or by falling into it, whether writing about sport, wars …

Gregory P. Perreault /
@gregperreault: New by me @NiemanLab! Here I reflect on recent scholarship on joy in journalism by @claumellado and I https://www.niemanlab.org/... @niemanlab: “There are stories that motivate you to be generous...I think you can't be in this business unless you are generous, empathetic, wholesome. You have to understand where people are coming from in order to connect them to your audience.” https://www.niemanlab.org/...

Press Gazette:

The London Standard, the new-look weekly edition of London's Evening Standard, and City AM strike a distribution deal; City AM also debuts a major brand refresh— City AM also debuts first major brand refresh in its 19 years. — City AM has struck a deal to take up the vacant spots …

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Rupert Hargreaves /
Rupert Hargreaves on LinkedIn: City AM keeps growing and growing. — After signing the deal with Reach to become the UK's largest publisher of business news and moving …

Harry Owen /
Harry Owen on LinkedIn: Lots of news from City AM today, starting with our first re-brand in 20 years - many thanks to the creative team at THG Studios who led the project …

Washington Post:

The foundation backing Washington, DC's Fallen Journalist Memorial unveils concept designs and expects completion in 2028, funded entirely by private donations— The concept designs are for D.C.'s first public memorial to celebrate press freedom and honor the journalists who have been slain while doing their jobs.

Discussion:
Axios, Adweek and The Daily Beast

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Mimi Montgomery /
Axios: National Mall to get D.C.'s first public memorial for fallen journalists

Corbin Bolies /
The Daily Beast: Design of D.C. Memorial for Slain Journalists Is Unveiled

New York Times:

In her new memoir, “Connie”, Connie Chung discusses her career as CBS' anchorwoman, the sexism that shadowed her career, and her experiences with Dan Rather— In a frank and entertaining new memoir, the TV newscaster recounts how sexism, and Dan Rather, sidelined her groundbreaking career.

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Washington Post

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Bloomberg:

UK filing: Zee Entertainment says Disney's Indian unit is seeking $940M in damages after Zee defaulted on payment for TV rights of cricket matches— Disney Star, previously called Star India, filed the claim for damages and termination of the alliance pact before the London Court …

Deadline:

Union members at Powerhouse Animation Studios in Austin ratify their first contract; the local union affiliated with the Animation Guild represents 129 workers— The Animation Guild now officially, successfully represents animation workers in a right-to-work state.

Discussion:
@deadline

Bloomberg:

Pew survey: 17% of US adults say they regularly get news on TikTok in 2024, up from 14% in 2023 and 3% in 2020; 39% aged 18 to 29 do so, up from 32% a year ago— - Almost 40% of young adults regularly get news from the app — TikTok faces a ban in the US if parent company doesn't divest

Discussion:
Adweek, Pew Research Center, Digital Music News, Pew Research Center and more at Techmeme »

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Pew Research Center: More Americans - especially young adults - are regularly getting news on TikTok

Ashley King /
Digital Music News: TikTok Made Its Case Against a Ban In Front of An Appeals Court Panel of Judges — And It Didn't Go Well

Variety:

Five contestants in Beast Games sue MrBeast and Amazon, claiming unpaid wages, emotional distress, the production failed to prevent sexual harassment, and more— Lawsuit on behalf of five unnamed participants seeks class-action status — A class-action lawsuit against YouTube star MrBeast …

Discussion:
NME, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Consequence, Deadline, The Wrap and Superior Court, State of California

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Kelly Kasulis Cho /
Washington Post: YouTuber MrBeast, Amazon sued by show contestants for alleged abuses

Tomás Mier /
Rolling Stone: MrBeast Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Sexual Harassment, Unpaid Wages on ‘Beast Games’ Reality Show

Jo Vito /
Consequence: MrBeast Facing Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Mistreatment of Contestants on Reality TV Show

Dominic Patten /
Deadline: MrBeast & Amazon Hit With Sexual Harassment, Wages & Nevada Tax Credits Scamming Class Action Suit By Game Show Contestants

JD Knapp /
The Wrap: ‘Beast Games’ Contestants Sue MrBeast, Amazon for Sexual Harassment, Emotional Distress and Widespread Business Negligence

The Verge:

Snapchat gets a redesign that pares down five tabs to three, including a new unified For You feed of full-screen videos from publishers and creators— Snapchat is undergoing its biggest redesign in years by simplifying from five to three tabs: one for messages and Stories with friends …

Discussion:
The Hollywood Reporter, The Information, Deadline, Tubefilter, Axios, 9to5Mac, Bloomberg, Engadget, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, more at Techmeme »

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Dade Hayes /
Deadline: Snap Rolls Out New AR Glasses, Streamlined App Design And Other New Features At Sixth Annual Partner Summit

Sara Fischer /
Axios: Snap debuts operating system for AR glasses

Ryan Christoffel /
9to5Mac: Snapchat is getting redesigned, plus new AI lens displays an old-aged you

Karissa Bell /
Engadget: Snap is redesigning Snapchat and adding new AI powers

Aisha Malik /
TechCrunch: Snapchat launches video comments and tools for creators seeking brand deals

Maxwell Zeff /
TechCrunch: Snapchat tests ‘simple’ version of the app without Snap Map or Stories tab

Abner Li /
9to5Google: Fitbit app redesigns Heart Rate stats page

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TechCrunch:
Snap debuts a tool that lets select creators generate AI videos from text prompts and, soon, from image prompts, powered by Snap's own foundation video models

Discussion:
MIT Technology Review, TVNewsCheck and Business Insider

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Rhiannon Williams /