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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with FT CEO John Ridding on FT's relationship with owner Nikkei, its place in a polarized media landscape, leveraging newsletters as “mini-brands”, and more — “The point is they have personality. They have character. They're engaging, and they have really inside stuff.
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Nikkei Chairman Tsuneo Kita on Nikkei's 2015 buy of FT, his outlet's role in journalism, how Japan's press is coping with digital disruption, and more — Four years ago, the Japanese financial news giant Nikkei sent shocked the global media world with a surprise announcement …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Facebook and YouTube say they are removing content that mentions the possible name of the whistleblower whose complaint prompted Trump impeachment inquiry — New York (CNN)Facebook (FB) and YouTube said Friday that they were removing content that mentioned the potential name …
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New York Times:
In a letter, WhatsApp says 121 users in India were targeted with NSO spyware; 22 of the alleged targets were activists, journalists, and civil rights lawyers — Recent revelations in India show that the threat from the company's spyware to activists and journalists isn't limited to autocratic regimes.
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
As Instagram expands its tests of hiding Like counts to the US next week, it must be wary that it doesn't negatively impact creators' or influencers' business — “We will make decisions that hurt the business if they help people's well-being and health" says Instagram's CEO Adam Mosseri.
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Biz / Variety:
Woody Allen settles his $68M breach of contract lawsuit against Amazon, which canceled a four-picture deal with the filmmaker amid the #MeToo movement — Woody Allen has settled his breach of contract lawsuit against Amazon, which canceled a four-picture deal with the filmmaker amid the #MeToo movement.
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Hollywood Reporter, Slate, Engadget, Vanity Fair, The Wrap, @dantherriault and IndieWire
Tyler Monroe / Media Matters for America:
Fox News has aired 20+ hours of Trump's campaign rallies in 2019, nearly 87% of his total rally speaking time, CNN has aired 10 minutes, and MSNBC aired none — CNN has aired less than 10 minutes and MSNBC hasn't aired Trump's rallies at all — President Donald Trump held his 17th campaign rally …
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Co-founder of slow news publisher Tortoise Media says it has gained ~20K members since its April launch and that just under 40% of its members are under 30 — Tortoise Media has gained nearly 20,000 members within the first six months of its launch, co-founder James Harding has said.
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Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE:
Two former G/O Media executives have sued the company, claiming CEO Jim Spanfeller mistreated women at the company by pushing them out and hiring “cronies” — One sales executive alleges she lost half of her assignments after the CEO replaced her with a former colleague from Playboy.
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Current Affairs, @siritasavage, @zackkopplin, @asankin, @theisen95, @themadstone, @silviakillings, @jeremymbarr, CNN, Awful Announcing and New Republic
Tatiana Cirisano / Billboard:
iHeartMedia reports Q3 total revenue of $948.3M, up 3% YoY, after its digital revenue, which includes podcasts, grew 33.4% YoY to $96.7M — Driven in part by a slate of new podcasting ventures, iHeartMedia posted its best earnings since filing for bankruptcy in 2018 on Friday (Nov. 8) …
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Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
An investigation into I'm Shmacked, which exploited thousands of students by inducing them to provide viral videos of college parties to earn Instagram fame — The chief executive of I'm Shmacked promises students Instagram fame, then silences them with threats.
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@taylorlorenz and @taylorlorenz
The Daily Beast:
Two impeachment witnesses called key elements of John Solomon's columns on Ukraine false; Giuliani once sent a Solomon column, pre-publication, to Daily Beast — Hannity's favorite “investigative” reporter's columns formed the basis for Trump allies like Rudy Giuliani's messaging about Biden and Democrats.
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Raw Story, @timobrien, @davidoatkins, @noahshachtman, @kpoulsen, @swin24, @dandrezner and @haydenblack
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