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Sources: after the election, Zuckerberg agreed to temporarily tweak Facebook's algorithm to make authoritative news like CNN and NYT appear more prominently — Employees and executives are battling over how to reduce misinformation and hate speech without hurting the company's bottom line.
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Aman Sethi / @amannama:
HuffPost India has shut down and all of its content seems to have been deleted — Today is @huffpostIndia's last day. Pound for pound, story for story, reporter for reporter, this is the greatest newsroom I have worked for; (and I still can't quite believe I had the privilege to lead) Thank you everyone for reading our stories and supporting our journalism
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Q&A with Newsmax's CEO on conservative media's role in Trump's opinions and in sowing doubt about the election: “At the end of the day, it's great for news” — Even as Fox News acknowledges that Joe Biden is the President-elect, Newsmax Media—a conservative multimedia company …
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Business Insider, Forbes, @lachlan, @aaronblake, @adamweinstein, @alexkotch, @sulliview and @ichotiner
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Snap announces Spotlight, a vertically scrollable TikTok-like feed inside Snapchat, and will pay $1M every day to users who create the top Snaps through 2020 — After taking on TikTok with music-powered features last month, Snapchat this morning is officially launching a dedicated place within …
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Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
WarnerMedia releasing Wonder Woman 1984 on HBO Max alongside theaters signals the importance of streaming to studios and represents an emerging industry norm — The announcement that “Wonder Woman 1984” will be released in theaters and on HBO Max on Christmas Day is the clearest sign …
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@kennethturan, @tedhope, @soundnvision, @profgalloway, @mynette, @nytimes and Esta semana escribí …
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Sam Adams / Slate:
A breakdown of why streaming can't fill the void left by struggling movie theaters, which are on the brink as major film releases have been pushed back to 2021 — In the streaming video era, movie theaters have increasingly been framed as an archaic institution, a vestigial remnant of the days …
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@thetarotlady, @samitsarkar, @suchin545 and @movie_theaters
Steven Levy / Wired:
As more writers join Substack, subscription fatigue and the pressure to deliver continuous value to paying readers may push many back to traditional pubs — Plus: The threat of blogs, the balkanization of social media, and a new record for America's mayor. — HAS there ever been a worse year than 2020?
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@jaredbkeller, @gettingsome, @sandraupson, @lanceulanoff and @ggreenwald
Will Thorne / Variety:
HBO will release the final five episodes of Industry all at once on HBO Max, a first, while linear showings will continue on a weekly basis — HBO is stepping into uncharted programming waters. — The premium cabler has made the decision to drop the final five episodes of its drama “Industry” all at once on HBO Max.
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@dfriend and @koviebiakolo
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: WaPo is nearing 3M digital subscribers, up 50% YoY; NYT has tripled digital-only subscribers since 2016 to 6.1M — The New York Times and The Washington Post have very different strategies for building the subscription news company of the future. — The big picture …
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@mikebrestdc, @mathewi, @sarafischer and @kerrymflynn, more at Techmeme »
The Atlantic:
The Atlantic partners with WNYC to launch a longform podcast The Experiment in January about the myths and ideas underpinning the US as a nation — Launching in January, the weekly show will be hosted by Julia Longoria — As a polarized country faces a chaotic transition of presidential power …
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Peter White / Deadline:
Walt Disney Television CFO and president of business operations Ravi Ahuja is stepping down — Ravi Ahuja, who is president of business operations and chief financial officer at Walt Disney Television, is stepping down. — Ahuja, who was formerly CFO of Fox Networks Group, took the position after Disney's acquisition of Fox.
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Elaine Low / Variety:
Netflix says it will expand its footprint in New Mexico's ABQ Studios and pledges to spend an additional $1B on production there — Netflix is expanding its footprint in New Mexico, announcing Monday that it is expanding ABQ Studios and pledging an additional $1 billion in production spending there.
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