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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Twitter expands election misinfo policies, prohibiting misleading claims about results, “inciting unlawful conduct” to prevent peaceful transfer of power, more — Washington (CNN Business)Twitter announced Thursday that it is expanding its policies against election-related misinformation …
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
In March 2016, CNN's Jeff Zucker floated a weekly show for Trump and offered debate advice, according to audio of his chat with ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen — Zucker told Cohen of his fondness for Trump, who the CNN president described as ‘the boss’ — CNN president Jeff Zucker oversees …
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Business Insider:
Trump bragged that he protected Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman from congressional scrutiny after Jamal Khashoggi's killing, according to Woodward's new book — - President Donald Trump bragged that he protected Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after the assassination and dismembering …
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Bill Grueskin / Columbia Journalism Review:
A reconstruction of a series of errors that led to the NYT getting sued by Sarah Palin for an editorial on gun control — It was just before midnight, on June 14, 2017, when James Bennet, then the New York Times' editorial page editor, sent an anxious text to a Washington colleague. — “Are you up?
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Google says it will remove Autocomplete suggestions that endorse or oppose a candidate or a party or make a voting claim, says it improved breaking news systems — Ahead of the U.S. presidential election, Google says it's taken a number of steps to improve the quality of information …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Megyn Kelly to launch production company Devil May Care Media, which will back podcasts and other shows on current events, starting with her own podcast — Megyn Kelly isn't on a mainstream news outlet at present, but that isn't going to keep her from broadcasting.
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Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review:
Tow Center introduces COVID-19 Cutback Tracker, an interactive map and searchable database that tracks media cuts since the start of the pandemic — Since March of 2020, the Tow Center for Digital Journalism has been collecting data on cutbacks to US newsrooms happening amid the novel coronavirus pandemic …
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Tom Ley / Defector:
Defector, the subscription-based sports blog created by former Deadspin staffers, formally launches — Welcome to Defector, an employee-owned sports and culture website brought to you by the former staffers of Deadspin. Let me tell you who we are, and how we got here.
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Reuters:
Sources: Chinese authorities have told major media outlets not to cover Mulan after controversy over the film's links to the Xinjiang region — BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have told major media outlets not to cover Walt Disney Co's release of “Mulan”, in an order issued …
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Brian Welk / The Wrap:
Study: Black women were absent from a third of 2019's 100 top-grossing movies, Asian women from 55, and Latinas from 71; white women were missing from 7 films — Asian women were absent from more than half of the top 100 films, while Latina women did not appear in 71 of the top movies
Kerry Flynn / CNN:
The Atlantic has added 325,000 paid subscribers since launching a paywall a year ago; 20,000+ signed up over last weekend after Jeffrey Goldberg's post on Trump — New York (CNN Business)President Trump wrote The Atlantic off as a “dying” magazine last week after it published an explosive story …
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Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Sources: HBO Max's ad-supported tier may launch in Q2 2021 with two to four minutes of ads per hour; AT&T wants advertisers to spend a minimum $250K/quarter — WarnerMedia has started pitching advertisers on its flagship streaming service HBO Max. — WarnerMedia has told ad buyers …
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