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Kevin Collier / BuzzFeed:
Twitter took 11 months after being notified by GOP to shut down a fake Twitter account with 136K+ followers run by a Russian troll farm, posing as Tennessee GOP — The account was one of hundreds created by Russia's Internet Research Agency and drew 136,000 followers by tweeting divisive messages …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Facebook and Google helped Secure America Now, a conservative nonprofit advocacy group, target ads for an anti-refugee campaign in swing states — The big tech companies worked closely with Secure America Now to target an audience the group felt could be swayed by the message.
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TechCrunch, @zeynep, @pinboard, The Hill, Business Insider, New York Magazine, @boztank, @dseetharaman, Gizmodo, @mekosoff, @tomgara, Fortune, Engadget and @mollymckew, more at Techmeme »
McClatchy:
McClatchy reports Q3 adjusted net loss of $5.9M on revenue of $212.6M, down 9.4% YoY; total ad revenue was $115.3M, down 13.4% YoY — McClatchy (NYSE American-MNI) recorded after-tax non-cash charges of $230.9 million in the third quarter of 2017, leading to a quarterly net loss of $238.9 million, or $31.28 per share.
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Poynter
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Morning Consult/Politico poll: 46% of voters think the media makes up stories about Donald Trump, with the number rising to 76% among Republican voters — But voters diverge from the president on whether the federal government should be able to punish news organizations that he believes make up stories about him.
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Media Matters for America, Business Insider, @dylanlscott, @anthony, @owillis, The Week, The Daily Caller, VICE News, Axios and Mediaite
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Time's Michael Duffy, deputy managing editor and editorial director of parent company Time Inc., is leaving company after 32 years — A three-decade, 50-cover-story vet goes over the side as a new digital regime consolidates: “With Duffy gone, the vestiges of what Time used to be go with him,” said a former colleague.
HuffPost:
Ex-Variety staffers call former editor-in-chief Peter Bart one of Harvey Weinstein's greatest protectors, a charge Bart denies — In the 1990s, Peter Bart turned Variety into one of the most powerful institutions in Hollywood. In doing so, he helped turn Harvey Weinstein into another.
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Washington Post, New York Times, Business Insider, TIME, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, EW.com, @jillianstampher, @onlxn, @maxwellstrachan, @melissaradz, @maxwellstrachan, Stratechery, Variety, Folio and Fortune
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Rob Price / Business Insider:
The Guardian announces $55M venture capital arm, GMG Ventures, which will focus on media tech and invest in areas ranging from AI to payments — - The Guardian is launching a £42 million venture capital firm to invest in startups related to media-tech.
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The Drum, The Guardian and @rafat
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Nielsen is to launch a new service measuring viewership figures for Netflix shows; the streaming service does not currently disclose ratings — Studios and networks sign on for SVOD content ratings — While Netflix doesn't divulge how many people are watching its shows …
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Radio & Television …, Recode and Ad Age
New York Times:
Politifact and Snopes, using Google AdSense, unwittingly hosted ads by fake news publishers; source says AdSense has terminated the ads — SAN FRANCISCO — The headlines are eye-catching. Melania Trump is leaving the White House! Home renovation cable star Joanna Gaines has abandoned her HGTV show and husband Chip Gaines!
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Engadget, DoubleClick and The Hill, more at Techmeme »
Jon Lafayette / Multichannel News:
Discovery Communications Eurosport unit partners with Snap to create Olympics-focused content for Snapchat Discover, in a bid to attract younger viewers — Mobile content from Eurosport to be aimed at younger viewers — Discovery Communications' Eurosport unit and Snap have formed …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Report shows that data journalism has not changed much in last four years: still labor intensive, mostly done by newspapers, tilts towards political coverage — “Our findings challenge the widespread notion that [data-driven journalism] ‘revolutionizes’ journalism."
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@dataeditor, @ndiakopoulos, @charliebeckett, @laurahazardowen and @niemanlab
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Ted Sarandos says Netflix plans to produce 80 original movies in 2018 — Aiming for a level of output not seen since the two-reeler silent movie days, Netflix plans to put out a new original movie on average every four and a half days in 2018, for an eye-popping total of 80 releases …
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The FADER and CinemaBlend
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Advertisers are drifting towards streaming services like Amazon and Netflix at the urging of their clients, as viewers shift eyeballs and TV ratings dwindle — When Ben Watkins wanted to buoy the quality of his series “Hand of God,” he turned to what might be an unlikely partner: an online compendium of real-estate data.
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