Mediagazer: Glenn Greenwald publishes his email exchange with Intercept editors about his Biden story, which he says precipitated his resignation (Glenn Greenwald/Greenwald)

5:25 AM ET, October 30, 2020

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Glenn Greenwald / Greenwald:

Glenn Greenwald quits The Intercept, saying its editors refused to publish a post unless he removed parts critical of Biden; he will now publish on Substack — The same trends of repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the national press generally have engulfed …

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Glenn Greenwald / Greenwald:

Glenn Greenwald publishes his email exchange with Intercept editors about his Biden story, which he says precipitated his resignation — Given The Intercept's vehement denials, readers are entitled to see for themselves what the truth is: transparency journalism with integrity requires.

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Insider Inc., parent of Business Insider, buys a majority stake in Morning Brew in an all-cash deal; sources say the deal values Morning Brew at around $75M — Insider Inc., the parent company to Business Insider, closed an all-cash deal Thursday to buy a majority stake in Morning Brew …

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

NYT, by overstating Miles Taylor's seniority when it published his op-ed, and CNN, by letting him lie on live TV, disgraced themselves in the Anonymous charade — The New York Times got its traffic bonanza. It touched off a national debate. It owned social media. And now it's getting the payback that it deserves.

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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
CNN contributor and former DHS COS Miles Taylor reveals he is Anonymous, the senior Trump admin official who wrote a NYT column in 2018 and book in 2019

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Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Amazon reports Q3 “other” category revenue, which mostly covers its ad business, of $5.4B, up 51% YoY, and subscription services revenue of $6.58B, up 33% YoY — Amazon today reported earnings for its third fiscal quarter of 2020, including revenue up 37% to $96.1 billion …

Discussion: Amazon.com, Inc., CNBC, The Verge, TechCrunch, @mgsiegler and Variety, more at Techmeme »

Julia Alexander / The Verge:

Netflix increases pricing for standard plan by $1 to $14/month and premium tier by $2 to $18/month; basic plan will remain $9/month — The basic plan will remain $9 a month — Netflix is introducing price hikes for its US subscribers today, increasing its standard plan to $14 a month and its premium tier to $18 a month.

Sarah Kim / Korea JoongAng Daily:

In Q&A, NYT's international president discusses why it chose Korea as its new Asia hub and says it began contingency plans to leave Hong Kong three years ago — Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, international president of The New York Times Company, said the high level of press freedom in Korea …

Discussion: @joshjonsmith, @jimsciutto, @bydanielvictor, @steelmuslim, @suemiterry and @nickkristof

Helen Coster / Reuters:

Comcast Q3: NBCU earnings down 38.7% YoY to $1.3B; revenue of $6.7B, down 19% YoY; ~22M Peacock signups; film revenue down 25% YoY to $1.3B, offset by licensing — (Reuters) - Comcast Corp CMCSA.O on Thursday reported better-than-expected third-quarter revenue, as strong sign-ups …

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

Twitter has labeled a tweet from Russia's RT as disputed and possibly misleading, as it included a video saying voter fraud could delegitimize the US election — Twitter on Thursday labeled a tweet from Russian state media outlet RT (formerly Russia Today) that included …

Discussion: The Guardian and HKS Misinformation Review

Kim Lyons / The Verge:

YouTube reports $5B in Q3 ad revenue, up 30% YoY from $3.8B, has more than 30M paid music and premium subscribers; YouTube TV has more than 3M subscribers — Parent company Alphabet reported better-than-expected third quarter ad revenue results — Google parent company Alphabet's third …

Discussion: TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Tubefilter, Appleosophy, CNBC and MediaPost, more at Techmeme »

Nikki Usher / Washington Monthly:

Facebook and Google distribute most of their journalism funding via their marketing and PR budgets, not through charitable foundations, making tracking tough — The tech giants compromise media independence with their corporate donations. … You may have heard that Big Tech has damaged journalism.

Discussion: New York Times, @jason_kint, @nickcharles61 and @alexanderrusso

BBC:

BBC issues social media guidelines prohibiting staff from criticizing colleagues, “virtue signaling”, and expressing personal opinions on public policy, more — The BBC has issued new guidance on social media usage, which will force staff to maintain impartiality.

Rest of World:

Filipino activists and journalists want Facebook to tackle deadly disinformation coming from the government, resulting in enemies being “red-tagged” and killed — Targeted by government misinformation, activists are asking Facebook to do more to tackle a deadly epidemic of “red-tagging”

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