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New York Times:
Sources: Saudis groomed a Twitter employee to spy on accounts of dissidents; he was investigated and fired in Dec. 2015 after Western intelligence warnings — Each morning, Jamal Khashoggi would check his phone to discover what fresh hell had been unleashed while he was sleeping.
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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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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Some newspapers shift to variable rates for print subscribers depending on renewal history, affluence, and other variables, leading to price jumps — Retiree Rob Black lives in an upscale but not wildly affluent suburb of Kansas City and has subscribed to The Kansas City Star since he moved to town in 1970.
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BuzzFeed News:
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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Caroline Scott / Journalism.co.uk:
The Financial Times details a new recommendation and tracking tool that it hopes it will increase revenue by up to £1.5M per year — The publisher hopes Knowledge Builder could bring up to £1.5 million a year in revenue — “Think for a moment - what if you could somehow introduce …
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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
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
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Sarah Sluis / AdExchanger:
Q&A with Bloomberg Media's global chief revenue officer Keith Grossman on the pub's digital media strategy, Twitter, TicToc, advertising, subscriptions, more — Name a trend in digital media, and Bloomberg's tried it in the past year: digital subscriptions, live events …
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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Nicholas Thompson / Wired:
Interview with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on free speech, filter bubbles, the chronological feed, and more — ON MONDAY, AT WIRED's 25th anniversary summit, I spoke with Jack Dorsey about some of the biggest questions he confronts running Twitter and Square. How has his position on free speech evolved?
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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 …
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