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Max Read / New York Magazine:
Q&A with Jonah Peretti on BuzzFeed in the 2010s: how microtargeting enables polarization, turning points like the Boston Marathon, Steele dossier, unionization — As the decade began, there were reasons to be optimistic: America had elected its first black president …
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Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
Facebook bans white nationalist outlets Red Ice TV and Affirmative Right, says VDare's page is still under review, after recent report — Platform bars Red Ice TV and Affirmative Right, as VDare continues to operate — Facebook will no longer allow Red Ice TV and Affirmative Right to use its platform …
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Leo Kelion / BBC:
US teen says TikTok blocked her from posting after she accused China of putting Muslims into concentration camps; TikTok blames other reasons for the suspension — A US teenager's TikTok video clip accusing China of putting Muslims into “concentration camps” has gone viral on the Chinese-owned social network.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Jimmy Wales says he is planning to a hire a small number of journalists early next year for his news-focused social network WT:Social — Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales plans to a hire a small number of journalists for a “news-focused social network” in the hopes of finding an audience …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
A subscriber strike for Alden Global Capital newspapers may be in order, to nudge Alden to sell its papers to owners who covet both good journalism and profits — It's not a popular thing to say, but journalism may be approaching the point where dedicated news consumers might take a hard look …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
YouGov survey of five European countries finds Brits are most concerned about fake news and 63% think they're frequently exposed to fake news vs. 28% of Germans — Brits are more worried than their European neighbours about “fake news”, but are the least likely to pay for verified journalism, according to a new Yougov poll.
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Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
Sources: theSkimm is profitable and projects $30M in revenue this year as it looks for an investor or buyer amid slowing subscriber growth — - Buzzy media darling TheSkimm has been looking for an investor or buyer to accelerate its growth, people familiar with the talks told Business Insider.
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Lara O'Reilly / Digiday:
Mozilla says it will block the IAB's DigiTrust universal ID, after updating its policies to reject products that let other services track users — Mozilla intends to block the DigiTrust consortium from tracking users in its Firefox browser, a blow for the IAB-led effort to create …
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Alex Hern / The Guardian:
The online newspaper Nu.nl, which had been Facebook's only factchecking partner in the Netherlands, quits over political ad exemption — ‘Final straw’ was refusal to allow partner to mark dubious claims by far-right parties — Facebook's only Dutch factchecker has quit over the social network's refusal …
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Dayton Daily News and two other Ohio daily newspapers to be cut to three days a week, as part of FCC approval for Apollo to acquire Cox TV/radio stations — The 121-year old Dayton Daily News and two other Ohio newspapers will shrink to three days a week from daily publication to appease regulators …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Republican congressional leaders are avoiding TV interviews and appearances except for Fox News, while Democratic leaders have stayed off Fox in recent months — New York (CNN Business)In the months ahead, the Republican leaders of the Senate will likely determine the fate of the Trump presidency.
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Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:
Podcasting network Headgum launches Gumball, an advertising marketplace that lets creators circumvent sales reps and address advertisers directly — Plus: Google debuts an automated, aggregated, atomized audio experience. Should publishers buy in? — Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts.
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