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Brian Stelter / CNN:
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune are creating a joint investigative reporting team of 11 people, with a 5-year commitment funded by $5.75M via Arnold Ventures — New York (CNN Business)ProPublica is widely thought to be the gold standard of nonprofit investigative journalism.
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Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with Lachlan Murdoch about post-Disney plans, Fox Nation success, infighting at Fox News: “unfortunately in the [US], there is less and less civil debate” — The Fox Corp. executive chairman and CEO explains his vision for a slimmed-down company, from acquisitions to sports betting as …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
TikTok is forming a committee to help it craft its US content moderation policies on misinfo, child safety, and more, and hires law firm K&L Gates to help — As TikTok continues its rapid U.S. growth, the company is being challenged to better explain its content moderation choices.
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
On The Vergecast, Twitter Product Lead Kayvon Beykpour says they are exploring “a form of ephemerality” to avoid the risk of old stigmatizing tweets resurfacing — “These are some of the biggest reasons why people don't tweet. Which is why we actually take this very seriously."
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Joe Uchill / Axios:
MIT researchers show ML models aren't yet capable of effectively distinguishing false news reports and reveal flaws in a commonly used database in the field — Current machine learning models aren't yet up to the task of distinguishing false news reports, two new papers by MIT researchers show.
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Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Shari Redstone is exploring a plan to launch a Fox News competitor and has spoken with current and former Fox News personalities, including Megyn Kelly — The mogul, who has spoken with former Fox News star Megyn Kelly, may look to rebrand an existing Viacom linear channel to create a conservative-leaning news network.
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Twitter to restrict user interactions with world leaders' tweets that violate its rules, will let users quote-tweet, but not retweet, like, reply, or share — Twitter said it will restrict how users can interact with tweets from world leaders who break its rules.
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Tristan Loper / News Revenue Hub:
News Revenue Hub partners with Google News Initiative to launch Audience Lab, a pilot project to help newsrooms find loyal readers, funded by a $1.5M grant — Here at the News Revenue Hub, we talk a lot about membership. And for good reason: Helping news organizations achieve sustainability …
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BuzzFeed News:
As Facebook says politicians can lie in ads, so far in October it has banned 160+ ads from Trump, Biden, Warren, Sanders, Steyer for profanity and fake buttons — Last week, Facebook announced that it would allow political candidates to lie in ads posted to its platform …
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Inside Bob Iger's risky bet on Disney Plus, set to launch with 35 originals in first year, which execs hope will have 60M to 90M global subscribers by 2024 — Disney+ leads a wave of billion-dollar Netflix competitors that are transforming the entertainment industry and launching a new age of ambition …
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
The Sun, the most-read newsbrand in print and online in the UK, plans to expand its digital operations to the US — The Sun is expanding its digital operation to the US and claims to have “ambitious plans for growth”. — The title, which is the most-read newsbrand in print and online in the UK …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Based on research and 260+ surveys, the News Integrity Initiative releases the Journalists of Color Resource Guide, addressing salary, career growth, and more — “We pass on information person-to-person in a fashion that sometimes can feel like an elaborate game of telephone," Lam Thuy Vo …
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