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George P. Slefo / Ad Age:
Spotify will suspend political ads in early 2020, citing the lack of tools to review them; source: political ads are not a significant source of its revenue — Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders and the RNC are among Spotify advertisers — Spotify is suspending the sale of political advertising …
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Associated Press, CNN, TechCrunch, Variety, Wall Street Journal, @zck, @emilyglazer, @whotargetsme, @seanspicer, VICE, Engadget, Fortune, Marketing Land, @jason_kint, @logandobson, @jason_kint, Mashable and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Comcast is in advanced talks to acquire Xumo, which offers an ad-supported video streaming service, as Comcast prepares to launch NBC's Peacock — Deal would help cable giant's digital-video ambitions as it prepares to launch its own video-streaming service
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
What Chuck Todd blamed on naiveté to lessen his error of ignoring the GOP's spread of disinfo was in fact willful blindness and malpractice — That disinformation was going to overtake Republican politics was discoverable years before he says he discovered it.
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The Wrap, @marty_lederman, @marty_lederman, @marty_lederman, @marty_lederman, @marty_lederman, @marty_lederman, @puestoloco, @bandyxlee1, @bruce_arthur, @digitalsista, @vgescobar, @nhannahjones, @wphillips49, @lindafader, @janetoppan, @marty_lederman, @ravmabay, @jayrosen_nyu, @xgambitt69x, @andreachalupa, Letters from an American, @bernardzuel, @sylviakalston, @annecw, @penenberg, @digitalsista, @jayrosen_nyu, @michaelleppert, @aishas, @moonalice, @toure, @merrillbro, @nhannahjones, @sarahlerner, @brianstelter, @theplumlinegs, @deniseshrivell, @nhannahjones, @pkalina, @tpcarney, @chrismessina, @toddzwillich, @amy_siskind, @naretevduorp, @teymoornabili, Roland Martin, @digiphile, @msignorile, @jason_pontin, @sgw94, @zathras3, @zimbalist, @soledadobrien, Mediaite and Fox News
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Q&A with Chuck Todd about a Dec 29 edition of Meet the Press focusing on journalism and disinformation with guests like NYT's Dean Baquet and WaPo's Marty Baron
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@jayrosen_nyu, @jordanchariton, @brianstelter, Breitbart, @soledadobrien, @teri_atthepaper, @porpentina2017, @jimhansondc, @drvox, @katzonearth, Fox News, @teroterotero, @lukebrussel, Washington Examiner, The Wrap, Axios, BizPac Review, @hoi_pollois, @karacalavera, @imillhiser, @patblanchfield, @adamantxyves, @brooklynmarie, @soledadobrien, @elongreen, @armandondk, @mayatcontreras and @jayrosen_nyu
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
William Greider, a reporter, editor, and author who wrote about the economy and politics for WaPo, Rolling Stone, The Nation, and other outlets, dies at 83 — In interviews with Reagan's budget director, David Stockman, he exposed doubts about the supply-side economics that the administration had embraced.
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The Nation, @blaineharden, @tmorris504, @herecomesdrbob, @ofbyforbook, @markamesexiled, @mikeelk, @marcacaputo, @mikeelk, @katrinanation, @chrispolpsych, Talking Biz News, @schwarz, @charlesppierce, @willdarrell, @tomphilpott, @schwarz, @notjessewalker, @merrillbro, Associated Press, @schwarz, @ofbyforbook, @ariberman, @eilperin, @mikeelk, @damonsilvers, @jonathantasini, @eetheridge, @g_portmanteau, @mikeelk, @danbalz, @nickkristof, @sangernyt, @bcappelbaum, @aewright, @jordangreentcb, @joshmankiewicz, @davidsirota, @rjeskow, @mikeelk, @ofbyforbook, @jonathanalter, @jentaub, @irvingswisher, @zephyrteachout, @froomkin and @mikeelk
David Porter / 8tracks blog:
As 8tracks prepares to shut down on December 31, its co-founder shares a post-mortem of what went wrong with the once-promising music streaming startup — 8tracks has had a long run and its day in the sun. We're sad to announce, however, that the company and its streaming service will wind …
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@mathewi, @hasief, @jherskowitz, @agaresia and @davidporter, more at Techmeme »
Heather Bryant / Nieman Lab:
In 2020, the question of how to save newsrooms will start to shift to how to save journalism as a process, emphasizing more collaboration and inclusiveness — Heather Bryant is founder and director of Project Facet. — There are always two conversations happening in any given field.
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@antonioattolini, @matt_kiefer and @antonioattolini
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Associated Press:
Turkey's top court rules that a two-year ban on Wikipedia violates freedom of expression; it remains unclear when access to the site will be restored — ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's highest court on Thursday ruled in favor of Wikipedia, saying the Turkish government's two-year ban …
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The Guardian, Techdirt, @krmaher, Fox News, The Hill and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Alexander Lim / Storybench:
Q&A with NYT designers Antonio De Luca and Sasha Portis about creating an interactive story on New York City's subway map for the map's 40th anniversary — For the 40th anniversary of the New York City subway map, The New York Times created an interactive story that all but places you directly inside the map.
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@journalims
I-Hsien Sherwood / Ad Age:
For ad agencies, the 2010s weren't as bloody as the 2008 recession, but plenty of them failed or were absorbed including Young & Rubicam and J. Walter Thompson — Economic turmoil, internal strife, poor management or just bad luck meant the end of these shops
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@dangoldgeier
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News:
A look back at how Facebook and Twitter evolved over the 2010s, chasing size and influence at a cost to society that will take years to understand — The two companies had a bad run in the 2010s. It was their own fault. — It's been a rough decade for Facebook and Twitter.
Constance Grady / Vox:
With print books often cheaper than ebooks, whose sales stabilized at ~20% of total book sales, a look at the aftermath of Apple's ebook price fixing lawsuit — Publishing spent the 2010s fighting tooth and nail against ebooks. There were unintended consequences.
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@chrissagers, @jackshafer, @dandrezner, @irhottakes, @sea_baugruppe, @constancegrady, @voxdotcom, @marshacollier and bookforum.com
Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire:
Q&A with Snopes CEO David Mikkelson and reporter Alex Kasprak on the state of news, working and breaking up with Facebook, and preparing for the 2020 election — Disinformation campaigns are expected to be just as pervasive in 2020 as they were in the 2016 presidential election …
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