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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube says it will remove content that violates its guidelines regardless of who said it, including politicians, but will make exceptions depending on context — Context of videos is important, CEO says — YouTube will remove content from politicians using its platform if their content violates …
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Politico, BuzzFeed News and Tubefilter
Patrice Taddonio / FRONTLINE:
Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Salman says Jamal Khashoggi's murder “happened on my watch” but that it occurred without his knowledge — Nearly one year ago, the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul shocked the world.
Discussion:
New York Post, @karaswisher and Sputnik International
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Germany's Lesewert aims to provide print newspapers with analytics insights by using focus groups, whose members are given a digital pen to track their reading — Is that print newspaper getting read, or is it just sitting on a subscriber's coffee table? — For most print publishers …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Vox Media's all-stock bid values New York Media at ~$105M, while Vox is valued at ~$750M in the deal; Vox was worth ~$1B in last funding round in 2015 — Deal would give New York about 12% of combined company — Vox Media's acquisition of New York Media values the New York magazine-parent …
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@benmullin, @bmorrissey, @mccarthyryanj and @asharma
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New York Times:
Vox Media has agreed to acquire New York Media, publisher of New York magazine and websites The Cut, Grub Street, Intelligencer, The Strategist, and Vulture
Vox Media has agreed to acquire New York Media, publisher of New York magazine and websites The Cut, Grub Street, Intelligencer, The Strategist, and Vulture
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Digiday, Nieman Lab, @edmundlee, CNN, @nbj914, CNBC, Vox, Digiday, AdExchanger, @milesperhoward, @mikkipedia, @mikkipedia, @jackshafer, @jackshafer, @pkafka, @jackshafer, @jbenton, @bankoff, @bmorrissey, American Press Institute, Adweek, @pilhofer, Vanity Fair, New York Post, @moorehn, Vox Media, @laura_june, @waltmossberg, @pkafka, @rysimmons, @jheimbrock, @caro, @banikarim, @anildash, @yashar, @fimoculous, @olivianuzzi, @filmcrithulk, @jbenton, @rafat, @edmundlee, @edmundlee, @oliverdarcy, Talking Biz News, TechCrunch, MediaPost, Poynter, bookforum.com, Ad Age and Bookninja
Claire Atkinson / NBC News:
Q&A: Sinclair President and CEO Christopher Ripley on balancing commentary with Ameshia Cross and Boris Epshteyn, an expected streaming bloodbath, and RSN plans — The upcoming war among streaming services is going to mean “losses for many years to come for many of those companies …
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The Streamable, FierceVideo, @jbflint, @claireatki, @richlightshed and @richlightshed
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Samsung: 44% of viewers switch back and forth from streaming to linear TV; 45% of viewing time is spent on streaming, of which 40% is spent on ad-supported VOD — Consumers switching from linear to streaming — While the number of consumers watching streaming video has grown to 74% …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace cut away from Trump's live news conference on Wednesday citing falsehoods made by the president; other networks chose to fact-check — Seven minutes after President Trump began his first news conference since House Democrats opened a formal impeachment inquiry …
Discussion:
The Hill, Vanity Fair, @janinezacharia, @denisohare, @ericzuck, @nytimesbusiness, @nytimesbusiness, @deanluk, @froomkin, @grynbaum, @mlcalderone, @jason_kint, @poniewozik, Variety and MSNBC
Ryan Whitwam / Android Police:
Google to shut down Bulletin, an app it launched in 2018 as a pilot to let users report and publish local news stories, in November — Google launched a new hyperlocal news service in early 2018 called Bulletin. It's understandable if you don't remember—Bulletin still hasn't moved out of the pilot phase, and it never will.
Discussion:
@bhartzer and 9to5Google, more at Techmeme »
Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Alex Jones files a defamation suit against The Young Turks and political candidate Brianna Wu for claiming Jones sent child porn to Sandy Hook parents — InfoWars host Alex Jones filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas …
Fanny Potkin / Reuters:
Indonesian ride-hailing service Gojek launches GoPlay, a mobile-only video streaming platform, for ~$6 per month — JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian ride-hailing and payments firm Gojek launched a video streaming service featuring original movies and TV shows on Thursday …
Discussion:
The Next Web and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
Hearst Magazines launches two illustrated lifestyle book imprints, though the publishers of its books business says it will remain open to licensing deals — Hearst Magazines has announced the launch of two new illustrated lifestyle book imprints designed to take advantage of the media company's portfolio of brands.
Discussion:
MediaPost
BBC:
BBC upholds a complaint against host Naga Munchetty, saying she breached guidelines by giving her opinion of Trump's “go back” comments about Rep. Omar, others — The BBC has released more detail on its decision to uphold a complaint against news presenter Naga Munchetty.
Discussion:
The Guardian, Quartz, The Guardian, @aglasgowgirl, @bbccarrie, @arusbridger, @bbcmatthewprice, @bbcsangita and @tvsanjeev
Hollywood Reporter:
HBO leads with ten awards and PBS wins nine at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards — HBO scored the most wins of any network for the awards, which were handed out Sept. 24 in New York. — The winners of the 2019 News & Documentary Emmys have been announced.
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Verizon is sponsoring a two-year program for free NYT access on computers in any of the 12K US schools in low-income areas that choose to receive it — Deal aims to promote Verizon and the Times simultaneously — Verizon Communications Inc. is sponsoring a program to make the New York Times available free …