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Senate report: Instagram dwarfs all social networks in Russia's IRA posts and engagements, yet Facebook execs have not been upfront about this — - Document prepared for Senate Intelligence evaluates posts — Instagram tops Facebook in IRA posts and unique engagements
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Report prepared for the Senate analyzes Russian disinformation that supported Trump across millions of posts on YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, and more
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Former far right extremists recall how they were radicalized by YouTube as teenagers because of its algorithm that keeps surfacing extremist content — Former extremists say they were sucked in by propaganda as teenagers, thanks to an algorithm's dark side.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
A branded content section of WSJ's website was hacked on Monday, with a message posted praising YouTuber PewDiePie; he later tweeted a link to the page himself — Popular YouTube creator PewDiePie's ongoing battle to keep his channel's subscriber count No. 1 ahead of India's T-Series took …
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Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
CBS board completes investigation of Les Moonves, says grounds to terminate exist, and he will not receive his $120M severance pay — Former CBS CEO Les Moonves will not receive severance pay following a sexual misconduct probe, the company's board of directors announced Monday evening.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
It's time for the media to stop amplifying lies from Kellyanne Conway and to quit repeating falsehoods in tweets and alerts just because the president said them — Lies are coming at the American public in torrents — raining down on them everywhere they turn.
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix has named former ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey as its vice president of original content — She will report directly fellow vp originals Cindy Holland and also oversee a large portion of the streamer's overall deals — including working with the Obamas, Shonda Rhimes, Kenya Barris, among others.
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Stewart Clarke / Variety:
BBC Names Fiona Campbell as New Head of Online Channel BBC Three — The BBC has named Fiona Campbell the new boss of its youth-skewing online channel, BBC Three, replacing outgoing controller Damian Kavanagh, who is leaving in the new year to run Endemol Shine-owned producer Tiger Aspect.
Bari Weiss / New York Times:
When actor Geoffrey Rush sued Murdoch's Nationwide News over a sexual harassment story, the company publicly identified the alleged victim in a court filing — Why Yael Stone is terrified to talk about Geoffrey Rush. — Ms. Weiss is a writer and editor for the Opinion section. — Yael Stone is scared.
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Ben Smith / Nieman Lab:
In 2019, the perceptions of media will move away from the 1980s-style media diet elevated by the president that emphasizes linear TV and legacy media — The president of the United States is, among other things, the media-consumer-in-chief. Presidents elevated the new media of television and radio and …
Reporters Without Borders:
RSF: number of journalists killed increased 15% YoY in 2018 to 63, with the US joining the list of the deadliest countries for the press — Organisation — RSF_en — A total of 80 journalists were killed this year, 348 are currently in prison, and 60 are being held hostage …
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
To drive subscribers to Fox Nation, its new streaming service, Fox is adding membership-type benefits like access to life events, discount on merchandise, more — Fox News is taking a membership approach to its new subscription video product, Fox Nation. — Launched in late November …
Andrew McCormick / Columbia Journalism Review:
19-year-old Sammy Sussman penned a 6,500-word story for his university paper detailing four decades of sexual assault allegations against a music professor — A 6,500-word feature is a feat for any journalist to pull off. It's another thing altogether for a 19-year old music major …
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