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Twitter is suspending 70 accounts linked to Michael Bloomberg's campaign for violating its policies, citing platform manipulation and duplicative content — Michael R. Bloomberg's presidential campaign has been experimenting with novel tactics to cultivate an online following, or at least the appearance of one.
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Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Twitter says Bloomberg's edited debate video, which included cricket sounds, would likely be labeled manipulated video per its new policy, unlike on Facebook — What's a joke and what's manipulation? — As platforms prepare for the upcoming 2020 election season, Twitter and Facebook …
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Mike Bloomberg says Bloomberg LP identified 3 NDAs over the past 30+ years about comments he allegedly made to women, who will be given a release on request — I've had the company go back over its record and they've identified 3 NDAs that we signed over the past 30-plus years with women …
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Ben Collins / NBC News:
Twitter confirms it is testing bright labels beneath lies and misinfo posted by politicians and public figures, and points-based “community badges” for users
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Fox Corp has expressed interest in acquiring ad-supported streaming service Tubi in a deal that could be valued at more than $500M — Entertainment giants have been scooping up ad-supported video platforms to complement subscription offerings — Tubi or not Tubi.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Comcast's NBCUniversal is in advanced talks to acquire streaming-video service Vudu from Walmart — The acquisition talks come a few months before NBCUniversal launches a news streaming service, Peacock — Comcast Corp.'s NBCUniversal is in advanced talks to acquire streaming-video service Vudu …
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meredith Kopit Levien, currently the NYT's COO, is a front-runner among candidates to replace Mark Thompson as CEO as soon as April — - Longtime ad-sales executive would succeed Mark Thompson — CEO change would follow a boom in digital subscribers
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Nielsen: about 19.7M people watched the debate on NBC and MSNBC combined, making it the most-watched Democratic primary debate of all time — New York (CNN Business)Nearly 20 million viewers tuned into Wednesday night's Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC in Las Vegas …
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Condé Nast to eliminate the use of NDAs related to harassment and discrimination and plans to cease previously existing agreements “on a case-by-case basis” — The move came amid pressure from New Yorker staffers to eliminate the controversial practice …
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New York Times:
Sources: E. Jean Carroll's contract termination from Elle was in part due to a steep paycheck and giving away the news-breaking excerpt from her book to NY mag — Her contract was terminated early, but the fashion magazine maintains it wasn't because of her allegations against President Trump.
Conrad Duncan / The Independent:
BBC faces criticism for sharing a Question Time clip of an audience member making racist claims without fact-checking or contextualizing her comments — Viewers condemn show for sharing ‘misinformed’ comments without challenge — The BBC has been criticised for sharing a “racist” and …
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Profile of The Daily Memphian, a Memphis news site which launched in 2018 and generated controversy over its opaque fundraising, paywall, and staffing — It's generated controversy over its fundraising, its paywall, and its staffing. But it's also about as close as a major American city …
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Sasha von Oldershausen / New York Times:
How west Texas' oldest newspaper, The Big Bend Sentinel, is subsidizing its journalism through drinks, events, and weddings at a cafe inside its office building — Can drinks, community events and the occasional wedding subsidize small-town journalism? — MARFA, Texas …
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