The US DOJ sues TikTok, saying it collected children's data without parents' permission, knowingly let users under the age of 13 create accounts, and more (New York Times)
Mediagazer: The US DOJ sues TikTok, saying it collected children's data without parents' permission, knowingly let users under the age of 13 create accounts, and more (New York Times)
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New York Magazine:
The White House asked news outlets to hold their stories on the prisoner swap until Evan Gershkovich and others were in US custody, an embargo Bloomberg broke— How did Bloomberg beat The Wall Street Journal and the rest of the press corps on one of the most-watched stories in the world …
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David Gilmour /
Mediaite: Bloomberg Under Fire for Breaking Embargo To Seize Russia Prisoner Exchange Scoop
Warner Crocker /
@WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social: Inside media embargo-ball — Everybody Is Mad at Bloomberg for Its Embargo-Breaking Gershkovich Scoop — #journalism — https://nymag.com/... [image]
Ted Bridis /
@tbridis: Hearing from inside @WSJ - which at moment remains notably silent on this - news was embargoed until Evan was out safely, so that premature reporting wouldn't muck things up. Ecstatic if this happens but such scoops are risky.
Evan DeSimone /
@mediaevan: As a general rule, embargoes are for losers, but in this specific instance, with lives a stake, unconscionable.
Oriana Pawlyk /
@oriana0214: “The Russian plane was still in the air at the time of publication. That plane could have just turned around and gone back to Moscow, which is why the Journal and other publications had agreed to hold off.”
James Ball /
@jamesrbuk: I had wondered when Bloomberg ran this earlier than everyone else - especially when it wasn't clear whether or not Evan was actually out of Russia yet - whether something like this had happened.
Brian Floyd /
@brianmfloyd: breaking a prisoner swap embargo and celebrating it (when it's not even your reporter either!) is unforgivable and says a lot about the editors' judgment [image]
Dan Nguyen /
@dancow: who is the editor whose greatest career honor was to break embargo and endanger the lives of hostages [image]
Maggie Haberman /
@maggienyt: Reporting it before Gershkovich and other prisoners were safe and the deal was completed
Adam Taylor /
@mradamtaylor: Assumed this was a case of one side of newsroom not knowing what the other side was doing, but perhaps not? [image]
Ishaan Tharoor /
@ishaantharoor: The Post respected a embargo imposed by US officials who didn't want this to be derailed last minute, so other outlets (and Ankara) got ahead of us Live updates: Evan Gershkovich, others to be freed in U.S.-Russia prisoner swap, Turkish government says https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Tom Jones /
Poynter: Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich freed in a prisoner swap with Russia, according to Turkish officials Fox News: WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich released by Russia in prisoner swap; Paul Whelan also being freed
Shaun Walker /
The Guardian: Russia prisoner swap involving US journalist Evan Gershkovich under way
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Columbia Journalism Review:
RFE/RL says it plans to use the “relationships and expertise” developed in its efforts to free Alsu Kurmasheva to free three non-American RFE/RL journalists— Two weeks ago, Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was jailed last year in Russia …
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ComingSoon.net, HuffPost, Adweek, MediaPost, USAGM, Committee to Protect …, Reporters Without Borders, Voice of America, Boston Herald, Variety, The Hill, CBS News and BBC
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Vritti Johar /
ComingSoon.net: Is Evan Gershkovich Married? Relationship Explained
Nick Visser /
HuffPost: Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva Land In U.S. After Russia Prisoner Swap
Mark Mwachiro /
Adweek: TV Journalists React to Release of WSJ's Evan Gershkovich and Other Prisoners From Russian Custody Committee to Protect Journalists: CPJ: Release of Gershkovich, Kurmasheva welcome, but Russia must stop stifling reporting Reporters Without Borders: Free at last: American journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva swapped in Russian prisoner exchange
Liam Scott /
Voice of America: Historic prisoner swap sees Americans Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva freed from Russia
Jessica Schladebeck /
Boston Herald: Gershkovich, Whelan freed with several others in prisoner swap with Russia
Ellise Shafer /
Variety: Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich to Be Released From Russia in Prisoner Swap
Jeffrey M. McCall /
The Hill: Russia is using American journalists as pawns on its geopolitical chessboard
New York Times:
The US DOJ sues TikTok, saying it collected children's data without parents' permission, knowingly let users under the age of 13 create accounts, and more— The Justice Department said that TikTok illegally collected children's data and knowingly allowed users under the age of 13 to create accounts.
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CBS News, Reuters, ABC News, Washington Post and Semafor, more at Techmeme »
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Caitlin Yilek /
CBS News: Justice Department sues TikTok over alleged children's online privacy law violations ABC News: Justice Department sues TikTok, alleging the social media company violated a children's online privacy law
Tasneem Nashrulla /
Semafor: US government sues TikTok over child privacy concerns
The Canadian Press:
Study: a year after Meta blocked news content in Canada due to the Online News Act, Canadians' total engagement with news content on social media is down 43%— Canadian news struggling after Meta ban: study — MONTREAL - A new study is painting a grim portrait of how local Canadian news outlets …
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CBC News, @mediaecosystem, ChrisD.ca, @mediaecosystem and Media Ecosystem Observatory, more at Techmeme »
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Kate McKenna /
CBC News: One year after news ban, Canadian journalism is suffering — but Meta isn't budging @mediaecosystem: Surprisingly, only 22% of Canadians know that news is banned on Facebook and Instagram. And despite the ban, news organization content is still available on #Meta platforms through work-around strategies. [image]
@mediaecosystem:
It's been a year since #Meta decided to block Canadians from viewing/accessing/sharing news article links on its platform! Our new brief shows a dramatic drop in news reach and social media impact with minimal public awareness. https://www.shorturl.at/SYvn0 [image]
@mediaecosystem:
Overall, Canadians are simply seeing less news online - an estimated reduction of 11 million views per day across Instagram and Facebook - due to the ban. Read the full brief by @s_j_parker, @AengusBridgman, Christopher Ross and Zeynep Pehlivan 👉🏽https://www.shorturl. at/ SYvn0
Aengus Bridgman /
Media Ecosystem Observatory: Old News, New Reality: A Year of Meta's News Ban in Canada
New York Times:
Docs and sources: The News Movement, a social media-first outlet, has slashed revenue expectations and is in talks to sell a controlling stake to Antenna Group— The Washington Post is creating a division to find valuable audiences in new places. The C.E.O.'s last company shows that's a tough road.
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TVNewsCheck, @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social, @ainemacdermot.bsky.social and @benmullin
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Sharon Knolle /
TVNewsCheck: Assistant Director Says Hundreds Of Production Workers Are Sitting At Home
Jeff Jarvis /
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social: Will Lewis left behind a business disaster. Will his fabled 3rd newsroom at The Post be built on BS such as this? — 'The company began adopting the “HIPPO” method for engaging its audience, short for “hook + intrigue, pace and payoff.” Making Money From News Aimed at Gen Z Is Easier Said Than Done https://www.nytimes.com/...
Áine /
@ainemacdermot.bsky.social: Strange. I've never even heard of them, & I'm usually at least peripherally aware of that space. 💭 [embedded post]
Kotaku:
GameStop shuts down Game Informer, the oldest gaming magazine in the US, and lays off staff; launched in 1991, it was among the last print gaming magazines— Game Informer, the longest-running gaming magazine in the U.S., is officially dead and GameStop killed it.
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Variety, The Verge, Digital Trends, @gameinformer and My Nintendo News
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Jordan Moreau /
Variety: Game Informer Magazine Shuts Down After 33 Years
Jay Peters /
The Verge: Game Informer is shutting down
Carli Velocci /
Digital Trends: Game Informer, one of gaming's longest-running magazines, shuts down after 33 years
Animation Magazine:
WBD plans to shut down Boomerang, its standalone streaming service for classic cartoon brands, on September 30, and move both content and subscribers to Max— Warner Bros. Discovery announced today that the standalone video streaming app and website for its Boomerang service …
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David Satin /
The Streamable: Warner Bros. Discovery Shuttering Boomerang, Moving Cartoon Network Content to Max Advanced Television: Boomerang not coming back — Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) will shut down its Boomerang streaming service …
Rick Porter /
The Hollywood Reporter: Warner Bros. Discovery Shutting Down Boomerang Streaming Service
Amid Amidi /
Cartoon Brew: Warner Bros. Discovery Is Shutting Down Its Classic Cartoon Streaming Platform Boomerang
Gene Maddaus /
TVNewsCheck: Teamsters, Basic Crafts Unions Ratify Contracts
R. Thomas Umstead /
Next TV: That's All Folks: Warner Bros. Discovery to Shut Down Boomerang Streaming Service
Futurism:
ChatGPT is citing DNyuz as an authoritative and original source, but DNyuz is a notorious pirater of news for copy-pasting articles from the NYT, AP, and others— Back in June, The New York Times published a fascinating investigation by its award-winning tech reporter Kashmir Hill …
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@thezedwards and @matdryhurst
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Zach Edwards /
@thezedwards: Ad tech companies need to stop working with websites flagrantly stealing news content - all these accountIDs need to be suspended by specific ad tech companies https://dnyuz.com/ads.txt cc @CheckMyAdsHQ [image]
Mat Dryhurst /
@matdryhurst: Why we spent so much time on deduplication for our opt out, and more reason why robots.txt is not fit for the AI data question You can opt out work on sites you control, but if someone reposts the work you have no say The more success you have with your art, the less control
Nieman Lab:
How three journalists used tools including the Wayback Machine, Airtable lists, Dropbox links, and scrapers to save their work, as news sites shut down— From loading up the Wayback Machine to meticulous AirTables to 72 hours of scraping, journalists are doing whatever they can to keep their clips when websites go dark.
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@internetarchive and TVNewsCheck
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@internetarchive: Since corporations are bad archivists (see: MTV News 🕳️), where do journalists turn to preserve their own work? First stop: The Internet Archive's @waybackmachine. And then? Well, it gets complicated, as @HanaaTameez highlights for @NiemanLab 👉 https://www.niemanlab.org/... [image]
Axios:
NABJ President Ken Lemon says Trump's Q&A was delayed because he threatened not to take the stage if he was going to be fact-checked— - “[Trump's team] said, 'Well, can you not fact check? … - At the time, President Trump blamed the delay on audio problems.
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Vibe, Mediaite, New Republic, @sophiacai99, @phil_lewis_, Boing Boing, HuffPost, Poynter and CBS News
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DeMicia Inman /
Vibe: Kamala Harris In Talks With NABJ For Virtual Event
David Gilmour /
Mediaite: Trump Refused to Take NABJ Stage Unless They Called Off Live Fact Check, Per NABJ President
Edith Olmsted /
New Republic: Now We Know Why That Disastrous Trump Event Started So Late
Sophia Cai /
@sophiacai99: SCOOP: Trump didn't want to be fact-checked live at NABJ, refusing to go onstage, a stalemate so prolonged NABJ leaders were prepping a statement to say why Trump wouldn't show. As Ken Lemon was preparing it, Trump walked onstage, Lemon told @DelanoMassey https://www.axios.com/...
Philip Lewis /
@phil_lewis_: Axios confirming my reporting that Trump did not want to be fact-checked live and was refusing to go on stage, according to the NABJ president https://www.axios.com/...
Jason Weisberger /
Boing Boing: Trump whined about delays he caused at the NBJA conference
Ben Blanchet /
HuffPost: Fox News Host Trashes Trump's NABJ Interview With ‘Complete’ On-Air Takedown
Washington Post:
Vladimir Kara-Murza, one of the journalists released after being held by Russia, wrote some of his Pulitzer-winning WaPo columns from Moscow's detention center— The Russian journalist, author and opposition politician won a Pulitzer Prize for columns written at a Moscow detention center.
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James Halpin /
The Sun: Brit Vladimir Kara-Murza feared he was being EXECUTED when he was hauled from Russian cell for swap as he breaks silence
Christian Caryl /
Washington Post: Putin's narrative on the prisoner exchange? Don't believe a word of it.
James Hookway /
Wall Street Journal: For Vladimir Kara-Murza, Release Could Mean Survival The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: Reporters Committee statement on the release of Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Vladimir Kara-Murza Wall Street Journal: Russia frees Evan Gershkovich, RFE/RL reporter Alsu Kurmasheva, and others as part of a prisoner swap involving 24 prisoners and at least six countries
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Wall Street Journal:
A detailed timeline of Evan Gershkovich's arrest and release and the months of negotiations involving spy agencies, billionaires, politicians, and his mother
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Fox News, Washington Post, Fox Business, Sarah Krouse on LinkedIn, Associated Press, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, New York Times, Media Nation, @davidgura@threads.net, Reuters, Poynter, The Sun, @WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social, New York Daily News, Newser, Metro.co.uk, New York Post, CNN, @mikeisaac, ABC News, @bashowicks@threads.net, @efindell, The Information, CBS News, New Yorker, Ben Eisen on LinkedIn, @Nonilex@masto.ai, The Guardian, Mediaite, The Hill, Florida Phoenix, Jamie Heller on LinkedIn, Semafor, Politico, NPR, Slate, Forbes and Talking Biz News
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Fox News:
Wall Street Journal calls for US policy change on hostage takers after Gershkovich release: ‘Pay a price’
Robyn Dixon /
Washington Post: Putin's arrest tactics pay off as Russia brings home its own — even a killer Fox Business: Trump calls US-Russia prisoner swap a ‘win for Putin,’ says detainments 'wouldn't have happened with us'
Sarah Krouse /
Sarah Krouse on LinkedIn: What a day for Evan and his family, WSJ and anyone who believes in the importance of a free press. If you read one thing today …
Dasha Litvinova /
Associated Press: Kremlin acknowledges intelligence operatives were among the Russians freed in prisoner swap Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Kurmasheva, Gershkovich, Whelan, Kara-Murza Included In Historic U.S.-Russia Prisoner Swap
New York Times:
Live Updates: Russia Releases Evan Gershkovich in Sweeping Prisoner Swap, Turkish Officials Say
Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: Your morning reads: The Evan Gershkovich talks, Will Lewis' folly and changes at CBS
David Gura /
@davidgura@threads.net: The @wsj's piece about the secret negotiations to free Evan Gershkovich ends with an incredible anecdote:
Andrew Osborn /
Reuters: Putin welcomes Russians freed in prisoner swap as heroes loyal to the Motherland
Tom Jones /
Poynter: ‘It is a joyous day’: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich freed in a prisoner swap with Russia
Ellie Doughty /
The Sun: Tragic Navalny was meant to be freed in huge prisoner swap until his death in Russian hands threatened to derail mission
Warner Crocker /
@WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social: “From self-quarantine in his Delaware home, Biden, testing positive for COVID-19, was tuning out frenzied speculation about his future to push the deal over its finish line. . .Biden called Prime Minister Robert Golob to nudge things along, adding wistfully: “I've really got to get to Slovenia. …
Evann Gastaldo /
Newser: Gershkovich Made a Big Final Ask of Russia
Sara Odeen-Isbister /
Metro.co.uk: Putin hugs freed murderer who may know some of his most explosive secrets New York Post: Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan greeted by Biden, Harris before emotional reunion with loved ones after historic prisoner swap with Russia
Oliver Darcy /
CNN: Champagne and cheers: The Wall Street Journal fought for Evan Gershkovich's release for 16 months. It finally paid off
Bash O Wicks /
@bashowicks@threads.net: This WSJ story is such a good (long) read on the events that went on behind the scenes with Evan Gershkovich since day one. I've been so slammed with traveling today that I had to read it again to fully grasp the details.
Elizabeth Findell /
@efindell: How Evan was freed: “The secret negotiations to free The Wall Street Journal's Evan Gershkovich unfolded on three continents, involving spy agencies, billionaires, political power players and his fiercest advocate—his mom” https://www.wsj.com/...
Theo Wayt /
The Information: Prime Video Ads Have Yet to Pay Off CBS News: U.S., Russia agree to prisoner swap to free Americans Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and others
Joshua Yaffa /
New Yorker: Evan Gershkovich Is Finally Coming Home
Ben Eisen /
Ben Eisen on LinkedIn: Evan Gershkovich is free. A great day for WSJ, journalists everywhere and the world. This is the story of the behind-the-scenes effort to get him released: @Nonilex@masto.ai: #EvanGershkovich is a badass: — “The Russian Federation had a few final items of protocol to tick through w/the man who had become its most famous prisoner. One, he would be allowed to leave w/the papers he'd penned in detention, the letters he'd scrawled out & the makings of a book he'd labored over. … The Guardian: How Evan Gershkovich was finally freed after a 500-day odyssey in Russia's prison system
Zachary Leeman /
Mediaite: ‘Pretty Badass’: Freed Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich Asked Captors For an Interview With Putin
Tara Suter /
The Hill: Gershkovich requested interview with Putin in Russian form finalizing his release
Jennifer Shutt /
Florida Phoenix: Wall Street Journal reporter, former Marine, Putin critics freed in prisoner swap
Jamie Heller /
Jamie Heller on LinkedIn: We waited to rejoice until he walked off the Russian plane, and thank god he did. This is our story of Evan's plight, and the remarkable efforts that culminated in his release today. …
Caroline Anders /
Semafor: Russia frees WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich in prisoner swap with US
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs /
Forbes: Paul Whelan And Evan Gershkovich Freed From Russia: What To Know About Their Cases
Chris Roush /
Talking Biz News: How the Gershkovich negotiations ended
Variety:
About 500 actors and other SAG-AFTRA members picketed outside WB Games in Burbank over contract protections for workers amid the growth of AI— In a replay of last year's strike, hundreds of actors picketed Thursday outside WB Games in Burbank, demanding protection from artificial intelligence.
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Kotaku, The Sun, Deadline, Associated Press, Reuters, BBC and Los Angeles Times
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Ethan Gach /
Kotaku: Here's What The Video Game Actors Strike Might Mean For Fortnite And Other Games
Georgina Young /
The Sun: Over 500 actors ambush Warner Bros. demanding protection from misuse of AI in massive strike action
Danielle Broadway /
Reuters: Striking U.S. video game actors say AI threatens their jobs
Marc Cieslak /
BBC: Video games strike rumbles on in row over AI
Variety:
A US district court judge throws out a jury verdict ordering the NFL to pay $4.7B+ to Sunday Ticket subscribers, finding the verdict was unsupported by evidence— The NFL got a major call overturned: A federal judge Thursday threw out a jury's $4.7 billion award to subscribers …
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The Desk, Associated Press, Barrett Media, Cord Cutters News, @adamschefter, @joepompliano, @eriqgardner, @mccannsportslaw, CBSSports.com, New York Times, Reuters, Fox Business, Sportico, Next TV, New York Post, CNN, Bloomberg, Front Office Sports, Sports Media Watch, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Sportico, Awful Announcing and The Streamable
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Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Judge tosses verdict in NFL Sunday Ticket antitrust case
Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: The NFL Get Its $4.7 Billion NFL Sunday Ticket Lawsuit Judgment Thrown Out
Adam Schefter /
@adamschefter: NFL statement on a federal district judge overturning the jury verdict in the Sunday Ticket case: “We are grateful for today's ruling in the Sunday Ticket class action lawsuit. We believe that the NFL's media distribution model provides our fans with an array of options to follow
Joe Pompliano /
@joepompliano: BREAKING: A federal judge in the NFL's Sunday Ticket class action lawsuit has overturned the jury's $4.7 billion verdict. The judge says the jury did not follow instructions and miscalculated damages. A huge turn of events. [image]
Eriq Gardner /
@eriqgardner: Wow, the judge just threw out the jury's $4.7 billion “NFL Sunday Ticket” verdict. Finds the plaintiff's economics experts to be unreliable and the jury's award to be based not on the “evidence and reasonable inferences” but instead “guesswork or speculation.”
Michael McCann /
@mccannsportslaw: I read the NFL Sunday Ticket ruling and why the NFL won despite the jury finding NFL liable. Although the judge allowed certain expert testimony, he now concludes he was wrong to do so since it was too speculative and confused the jury. Here's my article: https://www.sportico.com/....
John Breech /
CBSSports.com: NFL scores huge victory in ‘Sunday Ticket’ case after judge overturns $4.7 billion verdict against league
Mike Scarcella /
Reuters: US judge throws out $4.7 bln verdict against NFL in ‘Sunday Ticket’ lawsuit
Michael McCann /
Sportico: NFL Scores Sunday Ticket Win on Stunning Judicial Reversal
Daniel Frankel /
Next TV: Judge Tosses $4.7 Billion ‘Sunday Ticket’ Antitrust Verdict Against the NFL
Ryan Glasspiegel /
New York Post: $4.7 billion NFL Sunday Ticket decision overturned in bombshell
Ramishah Maruf /
CNN: Judge throws out the $4.7 billion NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’ verdict
Ted Johnson /
Deadline: Judge Tosses Out $4.7 Billion Jury Verdict Against NFL In Class Action Lawsuit
Michael McCann /
Sportico: NFL Sunday Ticket $4.7B Verdict Faces Key Court Hearing
Reice Shipley /