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James Vincent / The Verge:
YouTube temporarily suspends ads on Logan Paul's channels citing “recent pattern of behavior”, after multiple controversial posts since the suicide victim video — It's only a temporary suspension though — Has controversial YouTuber Logan Paul changed? It seems YouTube doesn't think so.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Digital Content Next study: Google and Facebook account for less than 5% of publishers' digital revenue and about 30% of their total distributed content revenue — Google and Facebook are the biggest tech companies in terms of advertising and biggest traffic sources for publishers …
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Paul Sandle / Reuters:
Facebook will award $10M in grants to people creating and leading communities, with up to $1M grants for 5 leaders and $50K for 100 more — LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook (FB.O) launched a community leadership program on Friday that will award $10 million in total to more than 100 people …
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook confirms test of “downvote” button on some comments for users to give feedback to company, with options like “Offensive”, “Misleading”, “Off Topic” — How can Facebook promote meaningful interaction between users?
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Jennifer Maas / The Wrap:
Gary Knell will replace Declan Moore as CEO of Nat Geo Partners, the joint venture between 21st Century Fox and Nat Geo Society, overseeing global media, trips — Former Nat Geo Society head will take the helm on March 1 — Gary E. Knell will replace Declan Moore as Nat Geo Partners CEO, the board announced Friday.
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Rossalyn Warren / BuzzFeed:
Newsweek Media Group's Dayan Candappa to remain chief content officer after investigation following a report of sexual harassment at his previous job — Dayan Candappa was recently placed on leave after BuzzFeed News reported he was accused of sexual harassment while at Reuters.
Tim Peterson / Marketing Land:
Facebook will count organic reach impressions only when a Page post actually appears on a person's screen starting next week — Facebook originally said it would switch to only counting viewable impressions in November 2016, but the new system took longer than expected to build.
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
NBC adopts a new approach to Olympics advertising as TV audiences fall: ad sales are based on total viewership, both streaming and TV — Guarantee to sponsors says online, TV audiences are all alike — Two years ago in Rio, streaming soared while home viewing sank
Wall Street Journal:
Viacom to launch streaming service by September with content it has removed from Hulu, Netflix, is talking to US mobile carriers to distribute its TV channels — Viacom Inc. plans to launch an ad-supported streaming-video service by September that will offer shows and other content from across …
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Christina Pazzanese / Harvard University Gazette:
Q&A with Margaret Sullivan on the state of the news media, why the Times erred in removing the public editor position, and advice for young journalists — In a time when a U.S. president has been known to call journalists the “enemy of the people,” the everyday work of reporting the news has rarely been more challenging.
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat:
Getty Images signs an image licensing deal with Google, signaling a truce after filing an antitrust lawsuit against Google in the EU in April 2016 — Almost two years after filing an antitrust lawsuit against Google, Getty Images announced today that it has signed a licensing deal with the Silicon Valley giant.
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Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Disney preview of 2019 streaming service: starts in US only, excludes R-rated films, keeps Marvel on Netflix, first-year goal is 4-5 new movies and 5 TV series — EXCLUSIVE: The Disney streaming service is beginning to crystallize, and Deadline can provide some details of the initial slate.
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Twitter left up hundreds of videos from two Vine accounts connected to the Russian Internet Research Agency until CNN asked about the accounts — Senate committee grills tech giants over online terrorism — Twitter left hundreds of Russian propaganda videos, with millions of views …
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