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BuzzFeed:
YouTube says moderation team will have 10K+ people by end-2018, up 25% according to sources, and pledges new approach to ads to curb child exploitation problem — The company plans to have over 10,000 content moderators on staff by the end of 2018, YouTube CEO, Susan Wojcicki said.
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Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed:
Trolls got a reporter's account locked over an old joke, revealing how Twitter's rules can be exploited and how high-profile users get better customer support
Trolls got a reporter's account locked over an old joke, revealing how Twitter's rules can be exploited and how high-profile users get better customer support
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@katienotopoulos, @davidklion, @feministajones, @eff and @jwherrman
David Faber / CNBC:
Sources: 21st Century Fox is close to a deal with Walt Disney Co to sell its studio and TV production assets and it could come as early as next week — - Fox would sell movie and television production assets and keep its news, sports and broadcast network.
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@ourand_sbj, Multichannel News, Business Insider, Polygon, Omega Underground, UPROXX, FierceCable, @ericjackson and Axios
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Alabama Media Group, publisher of AL.com and the state's three largest papers, creates Reckon, which is focused on local news and made for a social audience — “Can we, as an established news company, create something that feels like a news startup focused around investigative and enterprise news, done for a social audience?"
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Washington Post, @petersterne, The Week, VICE, New York Times, Business Insider, UPROXX, The Guardian, New York Magazine, The Daily Caller, Splinter, Refinery29, Boing Boing, CNN, Axios, Mediaite, @johnarchibald, Mother Jones and NPR
CNNMoney:
ABC News president excoriates staff over Brian Ross' Michael Flynn error, announces that Ross will no longer cover stories related to Trump — ABC suspends reporter over faulty Trump report — ABC News president James Goldston excoriated staff Monday over Brian Ross' major error on a report …
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, @ericboehlert and Mediaite
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Brian Ross' Michael Flynn error is one among several high-profile blunders over his career — In 2006, ace ABC News investigative reporter Brian Ross went on the air with a big scoop: Pakistani officials, he reported, had arrested Matiur Rehman, an al-Qaeda explosives expert who kept an “official” list of terrorist recruits.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: daily email newsletter theSkimm is exploring a potential sale after being approached by an interested buyer — Daily email newsletter reaches more than 6 million subscribers, who are mostly women — TheSkimm, the daily news digest that has taken off with younger women …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
PBS to air CNN International's Amanpour on an interim basis to replace Charlie Rose, is finalizing plans for a public affairs program to follow Amanpour's slot — PBS has a plan for replacing Charlie Rose's late-night interview program, and it starts with Christiane Amanpour.
Selina Wang / Bloomberg:
Kremlin-backed Russian IRA operated dozens of Twitter accounts, part of the suspended 2,752 list, posing as local US news sources, amassing 500K+ followers — Twitter has suspended dozens of accounts masquerading as U.S. news sources that had more than 500,000 followers.
The New York Times Company:
New York Times promotes Monica Drake to assistant managing editor, overseeing new digital features and projects — The New York Times announced today that Monica Drake will join the masthead as an assistant managing editor, overseeing new digital features and projects.
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@samdolnick
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
MSNBC won't renew contributor Sam Seder's contract over 2009 rape joke tweet; on his podcast Seder claimed tweet was satire, accused Cernovich of smear campaign — MSNBC has decided not to renew its contract with contributor Sam Seder after an old tweet emerged in which Seder joked …
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IndieWire, The Daily Caller, Mother Jones, @caulkthewagon, @ryangrim, @timcast, @mikeprysner, @ashleyfeinberg, Media Matters for America, @rumpfshaker, @dandrezner, The A.V. Club, Mediaite, @poniewozik, @timothypmurphy, @kt_so_it_goes, @mikeisaac, @drvox, @ggreenwald, @daviddoel, @mattgertz, @aaschapiro, @leslieleeiii, @nathantbernard, @jstein_wonkblog, Washington Times, The Hill, Splinter, @anildash, @scott_tobias, @jbouie, @will_bunch, @coreypein, @existentialfish, @hugetinymistake, @zinoman, @lukeoneil47 and @sonnybunch
Jethro Mullen / CNNMoney:
Russia has designated nine US government-backed news outlets, including Voice of America, as foreign agents, after US forced RT to register as a foreign agent — Russia is labeling nine U.S. government-backed news outlets — including Voice of America — as foreign agents.
Jon Christian / The Outline:
Contributing writers to publications including Mashable, Inc, Business Insider, and Fast Co say they accepted payments in exchange for promoting companies — An Outline investigation found that contributors to prominent publications have taken payments in exchange for positive coverage.
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@jank0
Sara Fischer / Axios:
News Corp has launched a data-driven online advertising network, News IQ, to help buyers place ads directly on properties like The Wall Street Journal — News Corp is taking aim at the digital-ad dominance of Google and Facebook with a new platform to let advertisers reach audiences across all of its online properties.
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@sarafischer and @jarroddicker