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Los Angeles Times:
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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@mikebloomberg, @jessreports, @ddale8, @alexstamos, @jgrantaddison, @mantzarlis, @unangbangkay, @kellymakena, Reason, The Hill, Vanity Fair, Mediaite and Digital Polity
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
In the “Trump Unbound” era, media should abandon its phony fairness that gives “both sides” of an argument equal time, regardless of their truth or merit — When Donald Trump was elected, the media spent months figuring out how to cover a far-from-ordinary presidency.
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Filing: The Sun recorded a loss of £68M for the 12 months ending July 2019, after spending £54M on legal fees and damages related to the phone hacking scandal — Accounts show parent firm still spending an eighth of revenue dealing with phone hacking
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@thehumphreyker, @jimwaterson, CityAM, @arusbridger, @hackedoffhugh, @jeffjarvis and @hackinginquiry
Lyndsey Gilpin / Columbia Journalism Review:
A dearth of local newspapers in the three states crossed by the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline is allowing the pipeline's developers to shape the narrative — The proposed path of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline snakes 600 miles through West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina.
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@waterpotential, @nsvann, @cjr, @oliviacpaschal, @cjr, @cjr, @usprojectcjr and @masonatoms
Mike Bloomberg for President:
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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@mikebloomberg, Bloomberg, CBS News, @maxabelson, @juddlegum, @josheidelson, @maggienyt, @jackallisonlol, @bergtholdlara, @chrisgeidner, @jaredhalpern, @eriqgardner, @nycsouthpaw, New York Post, Mother Jones, Slate, New York Times, Mediaite, NPR, Deadline, The Wrap, The Week and The Hill
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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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Variety, @laurenjohnson, @sizpatel, @lilliannnn, @asharma, Broadcasting & Cable, The Wrap, The Streamable and Hollywood Reporter
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Crain's Detroit Business:
Crain's Detroit Business names The Detroit News veteran journalist Kelley Root as its executive editor starting March 16 — Veteran Detroit journalist Kelley Root will move across downtown from The Detroit News to join Crain's Detroit Business as executive editor on March 16.
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Alphabet-owned Jigsaw launched a digital magazine about disinformation called The Current, which wants to “explore today's digital threats and solutions” — Jigsaw, a unit of Google previously known as Google Ideas, recently launched a digital magazine called The Current …
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@cjr and Boing Boing
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
In email to WSJ's top officers, 53 members of WSJ's China staff urge the paper to apologize for “sick man” headline that led China to expel three WSJ reporters — The Wall Street Journal's China staff is urging the newspaper to apologize for a headline that prompted …
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New York Times, @yuanfenyang, @jeff_jacoby, @ron_fournier, @macaesbruno, @bgrueskin, @jbarro, @joshuahol, @baseballcrank, @mariancw, @tomfitton, Talking Biz News and Poynter
Andy Cush / Pitchfork:
Spotify users are uploading unlicensed songs to the app's podcast section, though they don't profit from it; Spotify is working on the issue — Browse Spotify's section for featured music podcasts, and at first you'll find what you'd probably expect. Last week, the top five slots were filled …
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@cushac, @jrichmanesq, @tostenburks, @jasonpwoodbury, @yayyab and @jumonsmapes
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Jessanne Collins, The New Yorker's director of newsletters, on producing newsletter-first content as it launches a free, weekly newsletter about climate change — “Climate is one of those big, overarching topics that feels essential to understand and also very overwhelming.
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