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Zuckerberg gives a full-throated defense of Facebook as a champion of free expression and defends Facebook policy to opt out of fact-checking political ads — In an address at Georgetown University, the Facebook chief executive called for more free speech — not less …
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
The Guardian launches subscriber-only, ad-free app that lets users scroll horizontally through sections; the paper currently has 190K digital subscribers — The Guardian has released a daily app for paying subscribers, as part of its quest to reach 2 million financial supporters by 2022.
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Press Gazette, @chrismoranuk and @charliebeckett
VICE:
Despite a memo from NYT's standards editor urging reporters to link and credit others' reporting, competitors and some NYT staff say a lack of links continues — Journalists at the New York Times and its own standards editor say that getting continually dragged by other journalists for not giving credit is embarrassing.
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
The Los Angeles Times reached a tentative agreement with the guild that represents ~475 newsroom employees; the deal could provide immediate pay raises of 5%+ — The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday reached a tentative labor agreement with the guild that represents about 475 members of its newsroom …
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David Cohen / Adweek:
Snapchat says it is testing dynamic ads that let brands automatically create ads in real time based on their own product catalogs — Several design templates are available for the format — Snapchat will conduct an open beta-test of dynamic ads that enable brands to automatically create ads …
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Digiday and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
The Information to launch a tech news app, Ticker, later this fall, costing $29/year and including summaries of the day's tech headlines and an event calendar — Since it was founded by journalist Jessica Lessin in 2013, The Information has stood out in the tech news landscape for its focus on an ad-free …
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Jessica Davies / Digiday:
UK publisher Reach launches Mantis, a tool that detects whether a story is brand safe and flags articles that have been blocked by keyword blacklists — The Daily Mirror's parent company Reach wants to drastically reduce how much ad inventory and revenue is blocked by lengthy keyword blacklists used …
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Press Gazette, HoldtheFrontPage and Newsworks
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
How the Charleston Gazette-Mail overcame bankruptcy, layoffs, and management changes to double digital subscriptions, growing to 4,341, in a year — In the fall of 2018, the new publisher of the Charleston Gazette-Mail sat some of his staff down at a conference room table.
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@poynter and Charleston Gazette-Mail
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
Sinclair and AT&T reach a carriage deal for DIRECTV, AT&T TV, and U-verse for Sinclair's local broadcast stations, regional sports networks, and more — The Streamable is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission when you sign up with our links.
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Radio & Television …, Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable
Elida Moreno / Reuters:
Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca is suing Netflix for its film on the Panama Papers scandal, alleging defamation and seeking to stop its release — PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm at the center of the “Panama Papers” scandal, has filed a lawsuit against Netflix Inc …
Aminda Marques / Miami Herald:
Miami Herald says it plans to raise $1.5M in three years to add five staff to its investigative team as part of its Investigative Journalism Fund — For more than a year, Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie K. Brown sifted through tens of thousands of pages of FBI and court records, lawsuits, and witness depositions.
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MediaPost, Miami Herald and @miamiherald
Chris Rickert / madison.com:
Sandy Hook father Leonard Pozner awarded $450K in his defamation case against man falsely claiming Pozner circulated fake copies of his son's death certificate — A Dane County jury on Tuesday decided a village of Oregon conspiracy theorist must pay the father of a boy killed …
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@brendonbradyy, New York Times, Fox News, New York Post, ABC News and The Wrap
Wall Street Journal:
Analysis of 168,907 tweets at Daryl Morey following his Oct. 4 pro-HK tweet: ~50% came from accounts with 0-13 followers, 4,855 users had never tweeted — 'This wasn't primarily a bot swarm. It was a troll mob.' After his tweet supporting Hong Kong's protesters, the Houston Rockets' general manager …
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q3 revenue of $5.25B, up 31% YoY, 158M paid subs globally, up 21% YoY, as net adds increase to 6.8M, up 12% YoY but below 7M company forecast — - Shares of Netflix surged after the company reported better-than-expected earnings results for the third quarter.
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Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
Netflix says it expects “modest headwind” to near-term growth, but long-term growth should continue as new streaming services accelerate shift from linear TV
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