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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.
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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
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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