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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Newsweek fires editors Bob Roe and Ken Li, reporters Celeste Katz, Josh Saul, and IBT's Josh Keefe; all linked to investigations of parent company's finances — Newsweek on Monday fired all of its top staff amid turmoil that has upended the newsroom. — In a company meeting …
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.
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Washington Post, Mediaite, The Hill, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, The Daily Beast, The Week and Jezebel
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, @cherylstrayed, Vox, @ohnopaige, @jackiepeiser and Jezebel
Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Sources: Facebook in talks with media buyers to expand Watch to more individual creators with a revenue split from ads, similar to YouTube — - Facebook has talked to media buyers about expanding Watch to more individual creators and creating an advertising system where everyone would get a split of revenue, similar to YouTube.
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.
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?
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The Guardian, Fast Company, CleanTechnica, @chatox, The Guardian, @aparatbar, @grady_booch, @lizpelly, @zeynep, @profcarroll, @randfish and The Guardian
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.
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@marincogan
The Guardian:
Hugh Grant wins damages and admission from Mirror Group that its senior journalists encouraged or condoned “unlawful information gathering activities” — MGN discloses cover-up of three papers' ‘disgraceful actions’ as it settles Hugh Grant privacy case
Discussion:
Hacked Off, iMediaEthics, Reuters and @dailysabah
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 …
Vanessa Thorpe / The Guardian:
BBC's public funding method makes it accountable for widespread failings like pay inequality, which is a result of sexism compounded by budget cuts — Carrie Gracie's claim of pay inequality has exposed injustice at the broadcaster, and revealed just how poorly it compares to the commercial rivals it seeks to emulate
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Columbia Journalism Review and The Guardian
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