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Gilad Edelman / Wired:
The latest congressional hearing was another parade of bad-faith arguments about Section 230, best illustrated by Senate Republicans mischaracterizing the law — The latest congressional hearing with Facebook's and Twitter's CEOs was another parade of bad-faith arguments.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Information, Roll Call, ABC News and Variety, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
Should Trump decide to write a memoir, publishers would have to weigh huge sales against possible revolts by staff and authors and concerns about veracity — Some publishing executives worry their authors and staff might rebel, but they say their bigger concern would be ensuring the book's accuracy.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube is introducing audio-only ads for users who listen to music or podcasts in the background and letting advertisers buy ads targeted by mood — YouTube claims to be the world's biggest jukebox — and now it wants to wring more ad dollars from the platform's music fans.
Christian Calgie / Guido Fawkes:
UK's new press secretary Allegra Stratton says she will speak to the media on the record, changing a tradition of anonymous Lobby briefings — Yet more changes in the way that Downing Street handles the media were announced today ahead of televised briefings beginning in the new year.
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Mirror.co.uk and Shropshire Star
Axios:
Media coverage of COVID-19 hasn't fallen despite a drop in reader interest, which sociologists ascribe to the coverage becoming too redundant and often alarmist — Ahead of Thanksgiving travel, new coronavirus cases in the U.S. have never been higher, and online interest in the pandemic …
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Columbia Journalism Review, CNN, American Press Institute, Poynter, @kyleorl, @bryanrwalsh, @jaaavis and @brianstelter
Tatiana Cirisano / Billboard:
Bandcamp launches its own ticketed livestreaming service, Bandcamp Live, where artists choose ticket prices starting at $1; fees are waived until April 2021 — Artists will receive 100% of their ticket sales through the end of March 2021, after which Bandcamp will collect 10%.
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Bandcamp Daily, Rolling Stone, @bandcamp, @josephaparker, @danideahl, @1aurenmoose, @jasperhoiby, TechCrunch and NME
Tony Semerad / Salt Lake Tribune:
The Salt Lake Tribune appoints Sacramento Bee executive Lauren Gustus as its top editor, the third woman to hold the post in the newspaper's 150-year history — The Salt Lake Tribune has hired a seasoned journalist, media executive and pioneer in community-supported news as its top editor.
Mandy Garner / Hacked Off:
A journalist and mother of a victim of a car accident describes how IPSO failed to punish Mail Online for posting a video of the fatal accident — At 9.45pm on 19th February my 20-year-old daughter Anisha was catapulted out of this world when a driver doing over 60mph in a 30mph zone drove …
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@garria10, @ladyvaletta, @huwspanner, @stevenjbarnett and @hackinginquiry
Aurelien Breeden / New York Times:
Radio France Internationale accidentally published about 100 prewritten obituaries for prominent people as it moved its site to a new content management system — Queen Elizabeth II, Pelé and Clint Eastwood were among about 100 celebrities briefly reported as dead online by French public radio.
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@ellenbarrynyt, @tessgerritsen, @stevebellovin, @dancow, @pamelapaulnyt, @nytimes, @bmccandless, @sacruikshank, @ebstatto, @clivesimpkins, @hoffm, @greenpnyt, @stanfordc, @ckrewson, The Hill, New York Post, The Guardian, Newser and BBC
Sportico:
Sources: Sinclair is considering selling the naming rights of its 21 regional sports networks, possibly to sports betting partners — Sinclair Broadcast Group is considering selling naming rights to the 21 regional sports networks it acquired from Disney, according to multiple people familiar with the plans.
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Awful Announcing and The Streamable
Chieko Tsuneoka / Wall Street Journal:
Anime's popularity is rising as Japanese studios' overseas revenue grows and Netflix says 100M+ households watched at least one anime title in 2020, up 50% YoY — Netflix has 16 projects in the works from its Tokyo-based team as the pandemic lifts demand — TOKYO—The pandemic …
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Digiday, @simonowens and @zoescaman
Quartz:
After its management bought the outlet from Uzabase, Quartz says it had a record week of signups, adding ~1,200 paying members, for a total of 25,000+ globally — Quartz enjoyed its best week ever for membership last week, adding nearly 1,200 new members. The wave of signups came …
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Talking Biz News, @michellemanafy and Talking Biz News
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