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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
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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, UPROXX, FierceCable, @ericjackson and Broadcasting & Cable
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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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.
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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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.
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
Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:
Sources: Apple has acquired Oakland-based Pop Up Archive, an online platform that builds tools to transcribe, organize, and search audio files — Plus: Public radio deals with a new wave of harassment allegations, Reddit and WBUR team up, et l'industrie du podcast au Québec.
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Business Insider, MacRumors, www.wnyc.org, New York Times and PRI, more at Techmeme »
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
Max Willens / Digiday:
TheStreet is pivoting to consumer revenue in 2018, after failed forays into video and branded content; the site laid off 10 editorial staffers last Thursday — TheStreet is pivoting to consumer revenue in 2018 after forays into video and branded content failed to take off.
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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Craig Silverman / Poynter:
Study: Trump causing Dems to trust media more, Republicans expressing more extreme, negative views of media; online consumption less polarized than thought — The presidency of Donald Trump has caused Democrats to experience a surge in confidence in the press at the same time that Republicans …
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@craigsilverman and @cwarzel
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