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Tim Cook calls for a retraction of Bloomberg's Chinese spy chip story: “There is no truth in their story about Apple. They need to do the right thing” — “I feel they should retract their story. There is no truth in their story about Apple. They need to do that right thing."
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Woodward's pro-Saudi Arabia stance exemplifies the problem with his insistence on impartiality and reliance on sources who then shape the narrative in Fear — The ultimate White House tell-all actually tells disturbingly little of what the American public most needs to know. — Staff writer at The Atlantic
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Turner to shut down digital studio division Super Deluxe, cites duplication with other units of WarnerMedia — AT&T's pruning of WarnerMedia continues: Turner announced that it is killing off Super Deluxe, its digital studio division. — “Turner is proud of the unique brand Super Deluxe …
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The Guardian:
Source: editorial oversight for websites branded the Independent but run by Saudi Research and Marketing Group would be limited to one “consultant editor” — Journalists voice concern over editorial freedom of UK news firm's Middle Eastern editions Concerns have been raised …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Sources: Vice's London office had a team working on material promoting Saudi Arabia in partnership with Saudi publishing group SRMG; deal is now under review — PR agency Freud's, the Independent, Vice and Tony Blair Institute for Global Change among those with links
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New York Times:
Social platforms are relying on journalists as unpaid content moderators to address misinformation on their sites, even with all the tools at their disposal — Social platforms have a responsibility to address misinformation as a systemic problem, instead of reacting to case after case.
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
At a rally in Montana, Trump praised Greg Gianforte for assaulting Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs during Gianforte's campaign for Congress in 2017 — President's comments at Montana rally in praise of violence against US journalist come amid international outcry over Khashoggi — Play Video
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube announces partnership with Eventbrite to sell concert tickets on artists' video channels in US, says it now covers more than 70% of US ticketing market — YouTube is extending its ticketing initiative, already live with Ticketmaster, with the new addition of Eventbrite.
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Jennifer Faull / The Drum:
Netflix's comedy station on SiriusXM is largely a marketing initiative rather than a revenue stream, say CEO and CCO — Netflix is readying the January launch of its 24-hour comedy channel on satellite radio station SiriusXM. Little is known of the strategy behind its first foray into radio …
Daniel Holloway / Variety:
AMC's Charlie Collier named CEO of entertainment for Fox Broadcasting; sources say negotiations to keep current Fox Television Group head Gary Newman broke down — Gary Newman will exit his role at Fox Television Group as longtime AMC exec Charlie Collier prepares to take over as head entertainment for Fox Broadcasting.
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
The Saturday Evening Post puts its archive online for the first time, access costs $15 per year and includes a subscription to the print magazine — The Saturday Evening Post for the first time in its nearly 200- year existence has its storied history available digitally.