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Peter Kafka / Vox:
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki uses her quarterly letter to defend content that may be controversial but draws a line at problematic content that violates standards — YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki speaks at the 2019 Code Conference. Asa Mathat — That means the video platform is okay with …
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YouTube Creator Blog, The Wrap, Business Insider, CNBC, @voxdotcom, CNET, The Verge and Tubefilter
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Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
YouTube terminates a handful of prominent channels that promoted white nationalism, including four the ADL said spread anti-Semitism and white supremacism — YouTube has terminated a handful of prominent YouTube channels that featured content promoting white nationalism.
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VICE, @maureenshaw, @mikestuchbery_, @fred_guttenberg, ThinkProgress, Denver Post, @brianstelter, @susanwojcicki and @youtubeinsider
Bernie Sanders / Columbia Journalism Review:
Bernie Sanders on his plans to reform the media if elected president, including a moratorium on major mergers and giving staff the option to purchase outlets — Walter Cronkite once said that “journalism is what we need to make democracy work.” He was absolutely right …
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American Press Institute, Vox, @rasmus_kleis, VICE, Breitbart, VTDigger, The Verge, Politico, @sarahljaffe, @thrasherxy, @berniesanders, Reason, Talking Biz News, @importantmeagan, @brianstelter, @jstein_wapo, @davidsirota, @carakorte, @thrasherxy, @sarafischer, @thrasherxy and bookforum.com, more at Techmeme »
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Netflix gives The Irishman a 27-day theatrical release window, its longest yet, starting November 1; major movie chains like AMC and Regal will not carry it — BREAKING: In its most ambitious ever theatrical rollout plan for one of its original productions, Netflix will give The Irishman …
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Variety, The Wrap, @theirishmanfilm, Hollywood Reporter, The Ringer, NBC News, New York Times, /Film, The Week, Business Insider, Esquire, The Playlist, The A.V. Club and UPI
Hamilton Nolan / Splinter:
Journalists should not claim it's unfair to publish their tweets, even if done in bad faith, as they are not qualitatively different from the average person — Many journalists are very indignant that Trump allies are reportedly combing through social media to identify embarrassing things …
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Politico, Poynter, Washington Post, Fox News, American Press Institute, @moorehn, @willsommer, @levinejonathan, @broderick, @michaelroston, @brianstelter, @evepeyser, @dangillmor, @genepark, Breitbart, Washingtonian, @kenvogel, @poniewozik, CNN, @swin24, @jamilsmith, @connieschultz and The Daily Caller
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: The Athletic will start offering one podcast episode per week in front of the paywall, with some advertising; it is launching 40 new podcasts on Tuesday — The Athletic, a subscription-based digital sports media company, will begin experimenting with putting some of its audio content …
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Reporters covering Congress for niche outlets outnumber those from broader-focused publications; their work can raise the alarm on important issues when needed — On a humid Wednesday morning in June , a swarm of press greeted Hope Hicks as she marched into a room on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Judiciary Committee.
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Bijan Stephen / The Verge:
YouTube says it will not negotiate with the YouTubers Union, which has partnered with IG Metall, a German metalworkers union; Google Germany has offered to meet — Google Germany did, however, invite the union to its headquarters for a meeting — YouTube says that it won't do business …
Shoshana Wodinsky / Adweek:
Documents show TikTok is beta testing a native audience ad network that lets advertisers target users across third-party apps in addition to TikTok — The program is being beta-tested in East Asia right now — TikTok's viral videos of the #GuacDance and kombucha taste tests might soon be used to target you with ads in other apps.
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@shanthikalathil, @kerrymflynn and Tubefilter, more at Techmeme »
James Walker / Press Gazette:
Daily Mail owner DMGT sells its energy information business Genscape for $364M to reduce operations to five sectors from ten in 2016, says CEO — The owner of the Mail titles has sold its energy information business Genscape for $364m (£297m) to US firm Verisk.
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Reuters and The Times & The Sunday Times
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Quillette says controversial writer Andy Ngo is leaving as an editor, hours after the Portland Mercury surfaces incriminating video of Ngo with far-right group — The writer and photog is out of a job after being caught in incriminating undercover footage with right-wing activists.
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VICE, Mediaite, Portland Mercury, @maxfawcett, @willsommer, @martincizmar, @lamthehighway, @kazweida and @igd_news
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Former Time Inc. CEO Rich Battista has been named the new CEO of Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment — Rich Battista has been named the CEO of Imagine Entertainment, and will be joining the company immediately, based at its Beverly Hills headquarters.
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Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Broadcasting & Cable and TVWeek.com