Mediagazer: YouTube temporarily suspends ads on Logan Paul's channels citing “recent pattern of behavior”, after multiple controversial posts since the suicide victim video (James Vincent/The Verge)

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.

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 …

Discussion: Digital Content Next

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 …

Discussion: Adweek, Facebook, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Facebook Community … and Fast Company

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?

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.

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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 …

Discussion: @keachhagey

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.

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.

Discussion: TechCrunch, CinemaBlend, Engadget, The A.V. Club, The Verge, io9, /Film, The New York Observer, The Playlist, @rwmead and @pauljordanjr

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.

Discussion: The New York Observer, Getty Images Press Room and Reuters, more at Techmeme »

Megan Farokhmanesh / The Verge:

Twitch tightens community guidelines for hateful behavior, harassment, and sexually suggestive conduct, effective Feb. 19 — New rules go into effect this month — Twitch is enacting stricter policies in the interest of curbing harassment and sexually suggestive behavior.

Discussion: @om3gamouse, Mashable, Twitch Blog, Kotaku, CinemaBlend, VentureBeat, Twitch.tv, Engadget, @twitch, Fast Company, Polygon, @barnacules, @tamsinwood92, @skyhookart, @valroths, @rt_lozelda, @nowyouseebree, @twitch, @riottiza, @pretzel_rocks, @penphiva, Gamasutra, Kotaku, TechCrunch and Polygon

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 …

Discussion: Engadget, The Hill and BloombergQuint, more at Techmeme »