Mediagazer: E-mail: Twitter offered Russia Today “share of voice” increase from 2% to 15% for $3M via ads during US election vs 56% SoV for CNN, 32% for Fox; RT declined (Alex Kantrowitz/BuzzFeed)

5:45 AM ET, November 2, 2017

Top News:

Lawmakers release a sampling of Russian Facebook ads placed during and after campaign — Lawmakers on Wednesday released a trove of ads that Russian operatives bought on Facebook, providing the fullest picture yet of how foreign actors sought to promote Republican Donald Trump …

Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:

E-mail: Twitter offered Russia Today “share of voice” increase from 2% to 15% for $3M via ads during US election vs 56% SoV for CNN, 32% for Fox; RT declined — Twitter wanted RT to spend big ahead of the 2016 US election, offering a significant portion of its election-related ad inventory in return.

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Politico:

Prior actions shows Facebook, Google, and Twitter cannot be counted on to police themselves; it's time for proactive prevention with real oversight — Google, Facebook and Twitter took a beating on Wednesday testifying in front of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees …

Discussion: Washington Post, BuzzFeed, TechCrunch, TechCrunch and Fortune, more at Techmeme »

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

During congressional hearing, Facebook's general counsel said 120K Instagram posts from Russian-linked accounts reached 16M Americans from Oct '16 to election — Facebook detailed the extent of Russia's election interference campaign on Instagram today during its second congressional hearing.

Discussion: @d1gi, @d1gi, @d1gi, @alexismadrigal, @alexstamos, Recode, Slate, Fast Company, Axios, Forbes, @umairh, @margarita, Mashable, @anthony, @hannahkuchler, Broadcasting & Cable and @alexismadrigal, more at Techmeme »

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook says Clinton and Trump campaigns spent combined $81M on ads on the platform, compared to $46K spent by Russian Internet Research Agency

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Los Angeles Times:

Six women, including actress Olivia Munn, have accused filmmaker Brett Ratner of sexual harassment and assault — Natasha Henstridge was watching a movie on Brett Ratner's couch when she fell asleep. She was a 19-year-old fashion model; he was an up-and-coming music video director in his early 20s.

Beatrice Verhoeven / The Wrap:

Filmmaker Brett Ratner to “step away from all Warner Bros.-related activities” amid sexual misconduct allegations — Brett Ratner has decided to “personally step away from all Warner Bros.-related activities” following a Los Angeles Times report Wednesday in which six women accused the producer of sexual misconduct.

Discussion: Deadline, Variety, The A.V. Club, @superdizzy14, Vanity Fair, @danielnmiller, IndieWire, LAist, Jezebel, Mediaite, KTLA, Just Jared, The Guardian, Business Insider and Consequence of Sound

Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:

Wall Street Journal alumni and staff fear an exodus of top reporters after recent editorials that attacked special counsel Mueller and undermined reporting — A series of virulent anti-Mueller editorials has reporters worried about their paper's credibility.

Discussion: MediaFile, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, @oliverdarcy, The Daily Caller, @jayrosen_nyu, Slate and Financial Times

Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Sources: some Fox News staffers said they were embarrassed by network's news and opinion coverage of Mueller's investigation into Russian election influence

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Times, Business Insider, Mediaite, bookforum.com, The Wrap and The Week

CNNMoney:

Memo: NPR's Senior Vice President of News Michael Oreskes has resigned over allegations of sexual harassment — NPR's senior vice president of news Michael Oreskes resigned on Wednesday amid allegations of sexual harassment and improper behavior in his past. — “I am deeply sorry to the people I hurt.

Erich Schwartzel / Wall Street Journal:

Disney sets tough rules for theaters showing The Last Jedi: a 65% cut of ticket revenue for studio, a four-week minimum run, and a 5% penalty for violations — Exhibitors say the studio's top-secret terms are the most onerous they have ever seen — LOS ANGELES—The box-office domination of the …

Discussion: CinemaBlend, Business Insider, io9, Mashable, /Film, The Week and @dangillmor

Ken Doctor / TheStreet:

Print advertising now makes up 17% of revenue for The New York Times, and reader revenue tops 60%; 43% of ad revenue is digital — Roll those digital presses. With its third straight better-than-the-economy-growth- rate quarter, New York Times Co. (NYT) can almost mark 2017 as its turnaround year.

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu

New York Times Company:
In Q3, NYT adds 154K net digital-only subscribers, up 14% YoY; Cooking app, which launched early in the quarter, adds 23K subscribers; revenue up 6% YoY

Discussion: Recode, Publishing Executive, @dleonhardt, @jonathanvswan, @mattdpearce, @peterbakernyt and The Wrap

Dade Hayes / Deadline:

During a conference call, Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO Chris Ripley said Bill O'Reilly did approach the company but said they have “no interest” in hiring him — During a conference call with Wall Street analysts, Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO Chris Ripley fielded a question …

Discussion: Politico, Media Matters for America, Broadcasting & Cable, The Week, FierceCable, @karaswisher, @jeremymbarr and Washington Free Beacon

Ben Munson / FierceCable: Sinclair Broadcast Group Q3 earnings: overall revenue down 3.3% to $670.9M YoY, with political revenue down to $7.3M from $45M during presidential elections

BBC:

Three more men have alleged that actor Kevin Spacey sexually harassed or assaulted them; one was a teenager when the incident happened — A man has said he was left traumatised after waking up to find Hollywood star Kevin Spacey lying on him when he was a teenager in the 1980s.

Discussion: Home Media Magazine, Variety, BBC, The Daily Beast, IndieWire, Variety and RADAR

Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:

Snap Maps, Snapchat's location-sharing feature, provided users with real-time footage of the terror attack in Manhattan on Tuesday — During Tuesday's terror attacks in Lower Manhattan, in which a driver in a pickup truck killed eight people and injured 11, Snap Maps, the location-sharing feature …

Discussion: New York Times and Vox, more at Techmeme »

Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal:

Apple changed its standard iPhone review PR strategy for the iPhone X, prioritizing YouTubers and celebrities over established names in tech journalism — ‘Unusual’ change in strategy means latest phone got less testing than most of its predecessors before reviews could be published