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Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
BuzzFeed deepens its partnership with sex toy maker Bellesa with a branded vibrator called BuzzFeed AirVibe, and will launch a Sex and Love vertical in Q1 2021 — BuzzFeed's name and signature bright red color will be used to sell a new vibrator this fall in the publisher's latest effort …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Facebook lists US news publishers with highest reach by domain link for Oct. 23-29, says CrowdTangle lists of Pages with top engagement don't show full picture — Facebook Tuesday said that political content makes up only about 6% of what users actually see on its platform.
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Newsmax staffers and CEO Chris Ruddy hurl criticism at Fox News as the smaller network tries to draw Fox viewers away — Newsmax, which wants to draw viewers away from Fox News, has played up conservative criticisms of the network. An anchor said Fox is “jumping right into the tank for the left.”
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Christopher Zara / Fast Company:
Sensor Tower: Newsmax's App Store rank among free apps climbed from 1,061st on Election Day to eighth on November 8, the day after Fox News said Biden won — On Saturday, when major decision desks were calling the 2020 election for Joe Biden, Fox News joined them.
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, which oversees TV programming, will now regulate policies for streaming platforms and digital news outlets — India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, which oversees programs beamed on television and theatres in the country …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku adds AirPlay 2 to select 4K-enabled models of its streaming devices, soundbars, and TVs, giving users a new HBO Max streaming workaround — Nearly six months after HBO Max's launch, Roku still doesn't have a deal to distribute the WarnerMedia streamer.
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
LA Times and Tribune agree to a $3M settlement in a pay disparity class-action suit brought by Black, Latino, and woman journalists — The Los Angeles Times and Tribune Publishing have agreed to pay $3 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit brought by a multiethnic group of journalists …
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
ProPublica is testing translating articles into plain language, whose simple words and structures make texts accessible to people with intellectual disabilities — ProPublica's plain language experiment is a first for a mainstream news organization. Disability experts say it shouldn't be the last.
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Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Profile of Hasan Piker, a progressive Twitch streamer who had 225K+ concurrent viewers at the peak on election night, making him Twitch's most-watched streamer — The 29-year-old progressive political commentator has risen to the top of the platform after 80-plus hours of live election coverage.
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Two US House representatives who oversee the FCC ask Ajit Pai to abandon “controversial items under consideration”, likely referencing changes to Section 230 — Two U.S. Representatives who oversee the FCC have asked the agency to respect the results of the election by abandoning any …
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After three journalists were murdered in 10 days, international press groups urge Mexico to do more to investigate the killings and protect journalists — MEXICO CITY (AP) — International press groups expressed concern Tuesday about a spike in the number of journalists killed in Mexico …
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Reis Thebault / Washington Post:
Profile of Robin Kemp, who won national attention for her metro Atlanta news site, the Clayton Crescent, when she documented 21 hours of absentee vote counting — Robin Kemp was 12 hours into the longest day of her journalism career when she got a call from a funny number.
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