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“In under five minutes, Stephanie was able to tell a story that resonates far beyond any soccer team or sporting event. She gave voice to a struggle many children and their families are experiencing in this country by doing what the best reporters do—cultivating understanding and empathy through personal storytelling.”

“Patreon now has more than 3 million patrons who pay to support any of its over 100,000 creators every month, the company announced Wednesday. It’s also on track to pay more than $0.5 billion to creators this year.”

“The first time my attention was drawn to this was a man who accused me of scamming him out of £19,000. I don’t do adverts, full stop. Any advert with me in it is a lie, it’s a scam. That’s where the anger came from.”

“The newspaper group, with titles such as the Houston Chronicle and the San Francisco Chronicle, which once formed the backbone of the company, is now the fifth-largest division in terms of revenue. But [CEO Steve] Swartz points out that it is still profitable. And as The Post reported Monday, the group is still in expansion mode, kicking the tires on some of the newspapers at Tribune Publishing.”

“This is the regulators going for the most public — and arguably prolific — name in town when it comes to the use of consumer data,” said Jon Slade, chief commercial officer of the Financial Times. “But publishers and anyone handling data would be crazy not to look at this strong enforcement of GDPR and double-check themselves.”

“It’s not very likely that the typical reader would understand that this is a sponsored story,” Bartosz Wojdynski, director of the Digital Media Attention and Cognition Lab at the University of Georgia, says. “Typically somewhere between a tenth and a quarter of readers get that what they read was actually an advertisement.”

“But Twitter is not that carefree clubhouse for journalism anymore. Instead it is the epicenter of a nonstop information war, an almost comically undermanaged gladiatorial arena where activists and disinformation artists and politicians and marketers gather to target and influence the wider media world.” (Remember, Farhad spent time “away” from Twitter before.)

“5. News is more diverse than ever, and the best journalism in many cases better than ever, taking everyone from the most powerful politicians to the biggest private companies.”

“The reality is that we’re facing a long road to adoption & need to be sensitive to a market that has speed limits. What does 100MPH really accomplish other than tickets, accidents, and extra gas?” Here’s the Post’s announcement on his rehire, as vice president of commercial technology and development.

“This solution obviously only helps users distinguish the ‘owner’ of the thread they are viewing, but it’s a worthwhile start. As the company verifies more accounts but still allows users to easily change their names or profile pictures, this could avert some imitation issues.”