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The New Yorker has fired staff writer Jeffrey Toobin after an investigation into an incident in which he masturbated during a Zoom call with colleagues — The top writer had been suspended last month after exposing himself during a video call with colleagues.
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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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Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Researchers say YouTube's policy loopholes for election videos have led to an onslaught of videos aiming to undermine the legitimacy of the election — Google video site says election misinformation policies are ‘generally working as intended’ — On Monday, cable outlet One America News Network posted …
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Hearst names Debi Chirichella as president of its magazines group, a job she has held on an interim basis since the departure of Troy Young — Hearst Corp. on Wednesday named Debi Chirichella as president of its magazines group, replacing Troy Young, who resigned in July over explosive allegations …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Lord Grade, a UK government adviser and former BBC Chairman, says the country is moving toward relaxing impartiality rules for news broadcasters — British television news channels should no longer be required to meet strict impartiality standards, according to one of the government's own broadcasting advisers.
Karl Bode / VICE:
With Ajit Pai likely out as chairman when FCC reverts to Democratic control, experts say Pai's likely to leave and his controversial decisions will be reversed — You can expect most of his more controversial decisions, like the repeal of net neutrality, to be reversed. — KB — His trademark grin.
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Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Drudge Report, a key part of Trump's rise, has distanced itself from the president since the election, using headlines such as “The world moves on” — Matt Drudge and Donald Trump boosted each other four years ago. Now his site says, in prominent type, “The World Moves On.”
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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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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Top American political reporters, addicted to conflict and gamesmanship, should take a year or two off, replaced by beat reporters focused on examining policies — Our top political reporters must be exhausted. I suggest they take some time off. — Like, a year or two.
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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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Jay Peters / The Verge:
YouTube, YouTube TV, and Google TV are back online after suffering video playback issues worldwide — There were issues loading videos during the outage — YouTube has recovered from a seemingly worldwide outage that prevented videos from loading for roughly an hour.
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Kevin Hitt / The Esports Observer:
ESPN confirms it is planning to shut down its dedicated esports division — The Green Wall Returns: Chicago's Call of Duty Franchise to be Rebranded as OpTic — X-Chair Launches Gaming Chair Company Mavix, Lines Up ‘Talent Ambassadors’ to Promote New Chair Lines
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