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11:00 AM ET, December 5, 2017

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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
Taylor Lorenz / The Daily Beast:
Facebook removes posts, suspends users for phrases like “men are scum”; ~500 female comedians staged Nov. protest using the terms, most were suspended
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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.
Discussion: Politico
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 …
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.
Discussion: @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.
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.
Discussion: @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?"
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 …
Discussion: @craigsilverman and @cwarzel
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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Study of 18K people across nine countries finds 67% cite bias, spin, or hidden agendas as reasons they don't trust the news
Discussion: Publishing Executive
 
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Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Marketing tech company Zeta Global acquires commenting service Disqus, whose clients include TMZ and The Atlantic; deal was for ~$90M, says source
Vidhi Choudhary / Livemint:
Q&A: HuffPost editor in chief Lydia Polgreen on the company's India strategy, split with Times Group, the deterioration of trust in media, and focus on mobile
Discussion: Nieman Lab
Erin Carson / CNET:
A look at how hate groups have built their own financing platforms, after being largely pushed off mainstream crowdfunding sites
Discussion: The Guardian
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Oprah Winfrey sells 24.5% of OWN for $70M to Discovery Communications, which now controls 70% of the company; Winfrey extends contract with network through 2025
 Earlier Picks: 
Todd Spangler / Variety:
‘House of Cards’ Sixth and Final Season Shooting to Resume in Early 2018, Without Kevin Spacey
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News and Bill O'Reilly are being sued by Rachel Bernstein, who settled with the ex-anchor in 2002, over comments he made about his accusers in an NYT story
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Netflix's Dir. of Global Kids Content Andy Yeatman told an alleged victim of actor Danny Masterson that senior execs don't believe the claims against the actor
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
The Pulitzer Prizes have expanded the Breaking News Category, will no longer limit newsrooms to entries where the story in question is local
Discussion: Editor & Publisher
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Contributoria alumni open new site Publish.org to public beta to produce peer-reviewed journalism; funding comes from donations, partnerships, and grants
Discussion: Nieman Lab