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Anthony Breznican / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Warner Bros. has suspended The Batman filming in UK after Robert Pattinson tested positive for the coronavirus — Vanity Fair has learned the star came down with the virus just days after shooting resumed. — Robert Pattinson has tested positive for the coronavirus …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook says it will stop accepting new political ads a week before the US presidential election, as part of steps to protect against election interference — Striking a compromise to prevent election misinformation — Facebook will stop taking new political advertising in the United States …
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Reuters:
Reuters announces it is partnering with Facebook to give users live US election results, including vote tabulation, exit polls, and winner projections — Reuters announced today a partnership with Facebook to provide social media users with live U.S. election night results.
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Steve Kovach / CNBC:
Facebook's new policies on the US election are so narrow, and come into effect so late, that they won't have any real effect on election misinformation
Facebook's new policies on the US election are so narrow, and come into effect so late, that they won't have any real effect on election misinformation
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Jack Stubbs / Reuters:
Six of Peace Data's writers, the site linked to Russia's IRA, say they were reached on social media, paid $100-$250/story, sometimes told to add political spin — LONDON (Reuters) - When freelance journalist Laura Walters submitted a 1,000 word article about Chinese political influence …
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Alex Heath / The Information:
Sources: Apple has told some developers it plans to delay the enforcement of IDFA changes in iOS 14, after speaking to Activision Blizzard and others — Apple plans to delay the enforcement of a controversial change to its next mobile operating system that would upend how ads are targeted …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Facebook says Watch now has over 1.25B monthly viewers, counting everyone who streamed for at least one minute — Facebook Watch, the social giant's two-year-old video streaming platform, has become a massive destination — now attracting over 1.25 billion users each month, the company claims.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
WarnerMedia's HBO Max, still unavailable on Roku or Amazon's Fire TV, offers new and returning customers a 20% discount on its $15/month price, for up to a year — WarnerMedia is looking to drive up HBO Max subscribers as the third quarter of 2020 winds down.
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Nieman Lab:
How religious misinformation on COVID-19 is spreading in Latin America with the help of Christian publishers working in tandem with religious leaders — On July 30, a Mexican pastor named Oscar Gutierrez broadcast what would become one of the most-watched videos on Facebook about chlorine dioxide solution …
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Dan McCrum / Financial Times:
How Wirecard tried to stop FT from reporting on fraud at the payments firm, using intimidation, private investigators, and allegations of market manipulation — Intimidation, surveillance and conspiracy theories: inside the FT's five-year investigation of a billion-dollar fraud
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NPR:
NPR and member stations name Priska Neely head of the Gulf States Newsroom, one of four regional news collaborations that also include CA, TX, and the Midwest — Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020; Washington, D.C. — NPR and Member stations in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana are building a new model …
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Podcast production company Parcast is unionizing under WGA East, making it the third Spotify-owned company, after Gimlet Media and The Ringer, to do so — Parcast joins Gimlet Media and The Ringer in unionization efforts — Parcast, the podcast production company Spotify acquired last year, is unionizing.
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@kerrymflynn and The Wrap
Associated Press:
California passes a bill exempting some workers from AB5 law, easing limits on freelance writers and editors; bill becomes law immediately if governor signs it — SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Monday OK'd exemptions to about two-dozen more professions …
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BBC:
In first staff address, BBC's Tim Davie rejects subscription fee model and plans to renew commitment to impartiality by enforcing new social media guidelines — The BBC's new director general has said he doesn't support any switch from the licence fee to a subscription service.
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