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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Five women accuse veteran journalist Mark Halperin of sexual harassment while he was at ABC News; Halperin apologizes — Veteran journalist Mark Halperin sexually harassed women while he was in a powerful position at ABC News, according to five women who shared their previously undisclosed accounts …
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Mark Halperin placed on indefinite leave at MSNBC following accusations of sexual assault — Mark Halperin appears at the Showtime portion of the 2016 Television Critics Assn. summer press tour in Beverly Hills. (Richard Shotwell / Invision) — Political journalist and author Mark Halperin …
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Twitter:
Twitter decides to ban advertising from all accounts owned by Russia Today and Sputnik and will donate estimated $1.9M earnings since 2011 to misinfo research — Twitter has made the policy decision to off-board advertising from all accounts owned by Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, effective immediately.
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RT:
Russia Today shares details of 2016 advertising pitch from Twitter to promote RT's US election coverage, after Twitter bans its ads — Twitter pushed RT for a large ad buy for the 2016 US election, but the channel declined the offer. — Trends — At the end of September …
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Selina Wang / Bloomberg:
Twitter's Q3 revenue of $589.6M tops estimates; MAUs grew 4% YoY to 330M, DAUs grew 14% YoY; net loss down to $21.1M; shares rise 13%+ — Monthly active users grew 4% year-over-year to 330 million — Quarterly sales of $589.6 million topped analysts' estimates
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New York Times:
Sources: cash infusion from Colony Capital falls through for Weinstein Company; Fortress Investment Group is working on potential financing valued at about $35M — The Weinstein Company is looking for a new financial lifeline after a preliminary agreement for an immediate cash infusion from Colony Capital fell through.
Nancy Scola / Politico:
New research uses interviews with tech staffers to show how Facebook, Twitter, and Google helped Trump team as part of ad services; Clinton team declined embeds — A study reveals employees the companies placed in the Trump campaign played a surprisingly active role in shaping its message and targeting voters.
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Reddit shuts down Nazi and white supremacist subreddits, after updating policy to ban content encouraging violence; subreddits banned had 25 to 7,000 users each — Reddit has shut down several Nazi and white supremacist subreddits after a policy change banning material that “encourages …
Max Chafkin / Bloomberg:
How Snapchat avoids misinformation: commitment to newsroom values, vetting videos it distributes to a wider audience, partnering with credible media outlets — To get a sense of how rough things are for Snapchat, consider the Dancing Hot Dog. In June the disappearing-messages app began …
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Raphael Minder / New York Times:
Spain's central government in Madrid may try to take charge of Catalonia's public broadcasters, Catalunya Radio and TV3, as soon as this weekend — BARCELONA, Spain — If Spain has not split in two, its media almost has. There, the struggle over the restive region of Catalonia plays out in parallel universes.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Comcast beats expectations but loses 134K cable subscribers in Q3, continuing the trend established by Verizon and AT&T; revenue drops 1.6% YoY to $20.98B — Comcast delivered third-quarter quarter earnings that topped Wall Street expectations even as the cable arm posted a loss …
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Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
Charter reports a 4.2% revenue increase to $10.5B YoY, but a net loss of 104K subscribers in Q3 — The cable giant, led by CEO Tom Rutledge, continues to face stiff competition from online video streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon. — Cable operator Charter Communications …
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Time Warner reports excellent results in Q3: 6% revenue increase to $7.6B YoY; HBO and Turner subscription revenues up 12% and 13% YoY, respectively — In what is likely its last quarter as a stand-alone company before merging with AT&T, Time Warner reported strong results across all of its divisions …
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