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Corin Faife / The Markup:
Study of 58 Facebook users' feeds in Georgia found partisan content elbowed out traditional news sites after Facebook reversed its political ad ban — Ahead of crucial senate runoffs, Facebook reversed its political ad ban, and the impact was visible on users' feeds
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Facebook says it will resume its political ad ban in Georgia after the polls close in the Georgia runoff elections
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Internal Facebook communications about American Crossroads ads suggest dysfunction and confusion regarding Facebook's political ad policy and moderation system
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Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
Keith Poole named EIC of News Corp's New York Post Group; Poole is currently deputy EIC of UK tabloid The Sun — News Corp announced Tuesday that Keith Poole will become editor in chief of the New York Post Group. — Poole, currently deputy editor in chief of the U.K. tabloid The Sun, will begins his new job in March.
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
The Grammy Awards are being postponed from Jan. 31, likely until sometime in March; sources said a combination of health and travel issues have led to the delay — Further details are expected shortly. Sources say the show may be moved to March, although no date was confirmed at the time of this article's publication.
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Hundreds of small outlets have been struggling with local paper delivery, as USPS is understaffed, and are bracing for mail rate increases of up to 9% in 2022 — Historic volumes of packages have gummed up the Postal Service, and community newspapers are getting caught in the mail backlog.
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Social Media Week:
Adweek acquires Social Media Week, a conference and industry news service for marketers, founded in 2009 — Adweek, the leading source of news and insights covering marketing, media and technology, today announced it has acquired Social Media Week (SMW) and its flagship properties …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Cameo says it sold 1.3M personalized videos in 2020, had ~$100M in video transactions, and 150 personalities earned $100K+/year — Cameo, the app that lets fans pay for personalized videos from celebrities, has hired a slew of new C-suite executives from media and tech companies …
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Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times:
Interview with Brian Calle, whose company Street Media owns LA Weekly, on acquiring The Village Voice, reviving the muckraking tradition at both pubs, and more — When Brian Calle purchased L.A. Weekly, no one saw it coming. — The editor of the Orange County Register's opinion section …
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Andreas Wiseman / Deadline:
The Daily Wire makes its first movie acquisition, which its members will be able to watch on a dedicated site; it is also developing two series and a film — EXCLUSIVE: Conservative news website The Daily Wire has made its first movie acquisition with high school-shooting thriller Run Hide Fight …
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
DC-based Government Executive Media Group, a news agency for politicians and bureaucrats with 100 staff, acquires City & State, which covers NY politics — A DC-based news agency for politicians and bureaucrats has acquired City & State, a media business covering New York state …
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Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
YouTube briefly suspended the account of News Corp-owned talkRADIO in the UK on Tuesday because it allegedly breached COVID-19 content standards — Alphabet Inc.'s YouTube restored a News Corp.-owned U.K. radio station to its service after suspending the channel for most of a day because it allegedly breached content standards.
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Rob Schmitz / NPR:
How Poland's government is tightening control over private media and using public media outlets, including the state broadcaster TVP, against political foes — Journalist Mariusz Kowalewski noticed something was amiss when his editors came to him with a new assignment: follow an outspoken critic of Poland's ruling party with a drone.
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Washington Post:
Washington Post hires Olivier Knox to anchor its flagship politics newsletter The Daily 202; Knox was most recently chief Washington correspondent at SiriusXM — The Washington Post today announced it has hired Olivier Knox, a veteran political reporter and broadcast journalist …
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