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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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
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.
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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.
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Conde Nast will close Teen Vogue print edition; cut 80 jobs, equivalent to 2.5% of their workforce; and lower frequency of some titles, including GQ and Glamour — The publisher continues to slash costs as it builds up its digital business. — Condé Nast headquarters at 1 World Trade Center.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sean Burch / The Wrap:
AMC Networks profit jumps 25% YoY in Q3, revenue rises 2.1% YoY to $648M but narrowly misses estimates — Parent company of AMC, IFC and SundanceTV narrowly misses on revenue estimates for second straight quarter — AMC Networks — the entertainment conglomerate that includes a number …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Discovery Communications Q3 revenue rises 6% YoY to $1.65B while profit remains flat; ad and distribution revenue offset cost of Scripps Networks acquisition — Discovery Communications said its third-quarter profit was essentially flat as improvements in operations due to revenue …
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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 …
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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 …
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