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ESPN President John Skipper has resigned, citing a substance addiction; George Bodenheimer is taking over as acting chairman of the company — John Skipper resigned as president of ESPN and co-chairman of the Disney Media Networks on Monday. — George Bodenheimer, ESPN's president …
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Thuy Ong / The Verge:
Twitter's new policies on violence, abuse, and hateful conduct do not apply to military or govt entities, appearing to provide a loophole for Trump's tweets — Policies now extend to hateful imagery and to conduct both on platform and off — Twitter says it will now begin enforcing …
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Mary Louise Kelly to succeed Robert Siegel as co-host of All Things Considered as of January 17; Kelly McEvers resigns as co-host to focus on Embedded podcast — Mary Louise Kelly succeeds Robert Siegel; Kelly McEvers steps down to host ‘Embedded’ full-time
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Benjamin Freed / Washingtonian:
Washington City Paper says staff salaries will be cut by 40% starting January 1 as owner struggles to find a buyer; staff expect pay to fall below $30K a year — Staff expect their pay to drop below $30,000 a year, which a source describes as “unlivable.” — Employees of Washington City Paper …
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Filip Struhárik:
Facebook's Explore Feed test led to a 52% drop in interactions for Slovakian mainstream news sites, but only a 29% drop for disinformation sites — Five things we learned when Facebook's Explore Feed destroyed our organic reach. — Two months ago, Facebook launched major “reach-killing” …
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Facebook:
Facebook clamps down on “engagement bait”, or requests for Likes/shares, by demoting them in the News Feed; publishers will see diminished reach within weeks
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Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
Leaked documents: before sale Mashable lost $4.2M in three months through September, was set to miss revenue targets, and relied heavily on digital advertising — - Mashable was in deep trouble financially before it sold for far below its one-time valuation of $US250 million, according to documents reviewed by Business Insider.
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat:
Bloomberg launches TicToc, a 24-hour news channel only on Twitter that combines live video, reported segments, and a curated Twitter stream — For for the first time in several years, we can say without irony that Twitter appears to have a slight wind at its back.
RJ Vogt / McSweeney's:
Former Myanmar Times reporter details the censorship that ruined the paper during his 15 months there — The following is a piece by RJ Vogt excerpted from McSweeney's Issue 51. In light of the distressing recent arrests of journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo in Myanmar …
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic to launch a metered paywall in January, which will let readers access 10 free articles per month — By putting up a metered paywall in January, the Atlantic joins a raft of publications that are launching paid products online — Nearly 10 years ago, the Atlantic tore …
Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
Profiles of three current and one former volunteer moderator of KnowYourMeme, a Brooklyn-based website explaining the internet's inside jokes — Social networks produce inside jokes at a relentless pace. The best, worst, stupidest and funniest of those jokes become memes, and either you get them or you don't.
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Condé Nast representative confirms more layoffs are coming to the company but would not confirm the exact number — The rumor mill is churning furiously regarding the future of Condé Nast in light of two magazine consolidations this year. — Recently, Hearst Magazines swallowed …
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Pew Research Center:
43% of national news posted on Facebook by members of Congress were links to outlets shared mostly by one party; Dems 2x as likely to share news after election — Partisan and ideological divides shape which news outlets legislators share links to on Facebook — Methodological note
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