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Facebook limits the distribution of a New York Post story that makes disputed claims about Hunter Biden, pending fact-check, while Twitter blocks sharing — Facebook and Twitter said they will be limiting the distribution of or blocking a New York Post story making unverified claims about former vice president Joe Biden.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBC News to host a Trump town hall, moderated by Savannah Guthrie, on Thursday evening, at the same time ABC News is broadcasting a similar event with Biden — The dueling town halls were set in motion last week after Trump's presidential campaign refused to take part in the second …
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Columbia Journalism Review:
Survey of 1,406 journalists during COVID-19: 11% experienced censorship, 61% felt increased commitment to work, 70% affected by at least one austerity measure — A survey reveals the hardships of covering a life-or-death story—and what challenges will linger
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Insider Inc. is in talks to buy a controlling stake in newsletter startup Morning Brew, in a deal that values the company at $75M+ — Startup Morning Brew has popular email newsletter on business and finance — Business Insider parent Insider Inc. is nearing a deal to acquire …
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Jack Mirkinson / Discourse Blog:
Discourse Blog leaves Substack to start its own independent website, following an announcement in September — Welcome to the all-new Discourse Blog. — Welcome to Discourse Blog. Again. — We've made something of a habit of introducing and reintroducing ourselves, and now …
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify says Anchor creators in the US, UK, NZ, Canada, Australia, and Ireland can now add entire music tracks to their podcasts, as opposed to a brief sample — Listeners can save the songs for later, too — Spotify is tying podcasts and music close together.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Bloomberg Media made $30M+ last year from its New Economy Forum, which makes up for more than half of the company's total live events business — Bloomberg's New Economy Forum, going virtual this year for the first time, is on track to challenge the likes of the World Economic Forum, The Aspen Ideas Festival and others.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google launches Journalist Studio, a suite of tech-powered tools, including Pinpoint, designed to help reporters work with large data sets — Google is putting A.I. and machine learning technologies into the hands of journalists. The company this morning announced a suite of new tools …
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The Keyword, @glenngabe, @jamescham and Engadget
The Daily Beast:
Current and former Fox News staffers say its new Election Integrity Project is designed to reinforce and amplify Trump's erroneous accusations about voter fraud — ‘PROMOTING DOUBT’ … A seemingly innocuous project to chronicle “election irregularities” feels like “an attempt to push …
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@thelloydgrove and The Week
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Study: number of fact-checking organizations grew 200% globally since Trump was elected in 2016, with nearly 20% of those organizations in the US — There's been a 200% increase in the number of fact-checking organizations that have launched worldwide since President Trump was elected in 2016 …
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@emkuhn and @campbell_brown
David Sivak / Washington Examiner:
Washington Examiner hires Greg Wilson as its managing editor; Wilson was previously the managing editor at foxnews.com — WASHINGTON — The Washington Examiner is delighted to welcome Greg Wilson as its new managing editor. — Greg will oversee all of the Washington Examiner's newsroom …
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@dcexaminer, @jimswiftdc, @atomicanalyst, @alexsalvinews, @justinbaragona, Washingtonian, @oliverdarcy and @mattgertz
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK's JPI Media says it had pre-tax loss of £47.7M in 2019 on revenue of £145.9M, of which £52.2M came from newspaper sales and £72.5M from advertising — Regional publisher JPI Media has revealed its first financial statement since buying Johnson Press' assets …
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