The New York Times says the Tech Guild is ending its strike after a weeklong work stoppage; during the strike, dozens of tech workers crossed the picket line
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Pluto TV co-founder Ilya Pozin's Telly opens a waitlist to give away 500K 55-inch 4K HDR TVs, which have a second screen for constantly showing ads, in 2023
but there's a massive catch Cesar Cadenas / TechRadar : This free TV has a second screen for extra ads - and it could be a privacy nightmare Axios : Axios Pro: Media Deals Kyle Funk / Techaeris : Want...
The Associated Press signs deal with blockchain startup Civil, licensing its content to Civil newsrooms and collaborating on blockchain tech for news
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Chartbeat study: only a third of 159 publishers that adopted Google's AMP in 2017 saw clear statistical evidence of a traffic increase
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Publishers like NPR, Al Jazeera, and Bloomberg Media add editorial resources to smart speaker efforts but monetization remains unclear
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Facebook's News Feed changes are good for media industry in the long term; journalism engineered to be picked by an algorithm is not journalism, it's marketing
and less news from journalists Alexandra Burlacu / Tech Times : Facebook News Feed To Feature Less News And Public Content, More Posts From Friends And Family Farhad Manjoo / New York Times : The Diff...
A year after launch, Facebook Journalism Project gets mixed reviews for developing products with news outlets, providing training, and helping to curb hoaxes
Lucia Moses / Digiday : Tweets: @digiday , @digiday , and @bmorrissey Tweets: @digiday : Critics say the Facebook Journalism Project hasn't delivered in meaningful ways and is a public relations exer...
Some publishers complain about underwhelming traffic from Apple News, no real-time data on posts and users, delayed comScore integration
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