Mediagazer: Sources: AT&T couldn't get an HBO Max distribution deal for Amazon's Fire TV devices before WarnerMedia agreed to extend its contract for AWS services (Jessica Toonkel/The Information)

11:45 PM ET, January 8, 2021

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Twitter says it has permanently suspended Trump's @realDonaldTrump account “due to the risk of further incitement of violence” — The president's preferred megaphone is gone — Twitter permanently banned President Donald Trump on Friday, days after a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol leaving five dead.

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New York Times:

Three NYT journalists recount the harrowing scenes at the Capitol when it was breached by a mob — Three New York Times journalists were at the Capitol when it was breached. Here's how they experienced it. — WASHINGTON — Something was not right inside the Senate chamber.

New York Times:
Journalists covering the mob at the Capitol and Trump protests elsewhere were surrounded and threatened; protesters smashed equipment and punched a photographer

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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
The Washington Times removed a post falsely saying facial recognition software ID'ed 2 Capitol protesters as antifa after the software maker sought a retraction

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Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:

Toledo Blade staff are on byline strike after management said to avoid calling rioters Trump supporters and changed wording to signal other groups were involved — As Toledo Blade staffers, like journalists everywhere, scrambled Wednesday to document the attack on the Capitol …

New York Times:

Simon & Schuster says it will not publish a planned book by Sen. Josh Hawley, The Tyranny of Big Tech, after Hawley was accused of inciting the Capitol mob — The publisher faced calls to drop the Missouri Republican's upcoming book, “The Tyranny of Big Tech,” following criticism …

New York Times:

Dlive, which attracts far-right video streamers and takes a cut of viewer donations, had a near-record 150K concurrent viewers Wednesday, according to estimates — A site called Dlive, where rioters broadcast from the Capitol, is benefiting from the growing exodus of right-wing users from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

Discussion: Wired, Columbia Journalism Review, @michaelsderby, Southern Poverty Law Center, @mitchprothero, @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz, @megansquire0, @caitlin__kelly, @taylorlorenz, @franklinleonard, @lyssaslounge, @nytimes and DLive Community, more at Techmeme »

Nic Newman / Reuters Institute for the Study …:

Survey of media leaders: 73% are confident about their outlet's future; 36% say policy intervention might help; 48% say some issues don't need neutral coverage — 2. Platforms, publishers and regulation | 3. Impartiality versus the search for moral clarity | 4. Strategies for engagement: enduring formats find new favour |

Discussion: Nieman Lab, @rasmus_kleis, @fedecherubini, @froomkin, @corinne_podger and @ilparone

Jessica Toonkel / The Information:

Sources: AT&T couldn't get an HBO Max distribution deal for Amazon's Fire TV devices before WarnerMedia agreed to extend its contract for AWS services — For six months after WarnerMedia launched HBO Max, the growth of the high-profile new streaming service suffered because the company …

Discussion: nexttv.com, @jtoonkel, The Streamable, @readdanwrite, @amir, The Desk, @benyt, @matthewkeyslive, @whatsonhbomax, @richlightshed, @mediamomentuk, @sknaos and @ser_jon_arryn

The New York Times Company:

Matt Thompson, previously EIC of the Center for Investigative Reporting's Reveal, is joining NYT as editor of Headway, to investigate global and national issues — Matt was previously the editor in chief of Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting. — Matt Thompson is joining The New York Times as editor of Headway.

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Joshua Franklin / Reuters:

Source: Bustle Digital Group is exploring a merger with a SPAC to go public, aiming for a valuation of at least $600M — (Reuters) -Bustle Digital Group (BDG), the U.S. media platform whose publications include fashion magazine W and Bustle, is exploring a potential merger …

Discussion: The Information, @kerrymflynn, @reutersjf, @ryanvailbrown, @tomgara, @jessicalessin, @keithrhernandez and @amir

Tanishaa Nadkar / Reuters:

UK's competition watchdog says it is investigating Google's proposals to remove third-party cookies from Chrome over concerns it could curb rival advertising — (Reuters) - UK's competition watchdog said on Friday it has launched an investigation into Google's proposals to remove third-party cookies …

Wall Street Journal:

Roku has acquired global rights for Quibi content, sources say for less than $100M, and will make it available free to stream in 2021 on the Roku Channel — Maker of the biggest U.S. streaming video-player plans to put the content in its ad-supported channel

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Substack says it plans to roll out a “multipub” tool, which will let writers aggregate newsletters and podcasts they manage under one publication, in February — Substack is adding a long-awaited new feature today: the ability to change the look of newsletters.

Discussion: @kantrowitz, @chrisstonetv, @thekenyeung, @kittypurrzog, @sensiblemadman, @thekenyeung, @alexeheath and @shortformernie

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Neil Sheehan, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter who covered the Vietnam War and obtained the Pentagon Papers in 1971, has died at 84

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