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Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Las Vegas Review-Journal killed story in 1998 about Steve Wynn sex misconduct claims and ordered its author to delete it from the newspaper's system — Cocktail waitresses at The Mirage sued over sexual discrimination in the 1990's. Jim Laurie Las Vegas Review-Journal — A 1998 fax.
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: in the US, Apple Music subs are growing ~5% a month, may overtake Spotify, which is growing at ~2% a month, this summer; Apple says Music has 36M subs — Apple's U.S. subscriber-account base has been growing about 5% a month, versus No. 1 Spotify's 2% clip
Molly K. McKew / Politico:
How automated Twitter accounts gamed social media to push #releasethememo, along with help from congressmen, far-right media sites, and other influencers — Russian bots and their American allies gamed social media to put a flawed intelligence document atop the political agenda. That should alarm us.
Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
After the Shitty Media Men list emerged, 7 men out of about 70 lost jobs or faced significant job setbacks; others said it affected work and personal lives — On the morning of Oct. 11, a week after The New York Times exposed Harvey Weinstein's systematic harassment and assault of women in Hollywood …
Discussion:
Harper's, The Wrap, Vox, @cherylstrayed, @ohnopaige, @jackiepeiser and Jezebel
Paul Lewis / The Guardian:
How YouTube's recommendation algorithm can promote divisive clips and conspiracy videos and may have spread disinformation during the 2016 election — An ex-YouTube insider reveals how its recommendation algorithm promotes divisive clips and conspiracy videos. Did they harm Hillary Clinton's bid for the presidency?
Discussion:
The Guardian, Fast Company, CleanTechnica, @chatox, @aparatbar, @grady_booch, The Guardian, @lizpelly, @zeynep, @profcarroll, @randfish and The Guardian
Howard R. Gold / Columbia Journalism Review:
Time Inc.'s demise: the result of poor mergers, leaders unprepared for the digital age, and a risk-averse culture fostered by its own prosperity — Workers prepare to cover up the Time Inc. signage with Meredith Corporation signage at the Time Inc. office building on January 31, 2018 in New York City.
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
TheAtlantic.com to replace comments with a curated letters section that seeks to elevate the best reader ideas — “Design-wise, comments are treated as an afterthought. We wanted to find a way to elevate the best ideas from our readers." — TheAtlantic.com pulled the plug on comments on Friday …
Marin Cogan / Topic:
Behind the success of The Old Farmer's Almanac and its rival The Farmers' Almanac, which are among the oldest continuously published periodicals in the US — Meteorologists warned of a coming “bomb cyclone.” Satellite images showed a giant, hurricane-like weather system barreling towards land.
Discussion:
@marincogan
Mike Farrell / Multichannel News:
Viacom strikes streaming deal with Telefonica to make MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and others available on the Movistar Play platform in Latin America — Telefonica to stream MTV, Nick, Comedy Central and others to Movistar Play platform — Viacom has reached a streaming video deal …
Discussion:
Morningstar
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
News organizations using WaPo's Arc publishing software highlight its major benefits as The Lenfest Institute prepares to document Philly.com's switch to Arc — “The amount of effort we'd have to invest into doing these things is completely outweighed by effort it would take for us to just do it with Arc."
Graham Roberts / New York Times:
The New York Times to start adding augmented reality to articles, starting with a piece on Winter Olympics in its iOS app next week; Android support coming soon — Something profound has happened to your camera. — Its very purpose — capturing images — has expanded to include a new role …
Damien Gayle / The Guardian:
Hugh Grant wins damages and admission from Mirror Group that its senior journalists encouraged or condoned “unlawful information gathering activities” — Lawyer says actor donated what is believed to be six-figure sum to campaign group Hacked Off
Discussion:
Reuters, @dailysabah and Hacked Off
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