Mediagazer: A look at the measures passed by governments around the world to support local entertainment industries, from insurance funds to subsidies (Scott Roxborough/Hollywood Reporter)

7:50 PM ET, January 10, 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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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:

Since 2016, Trump moved from giving a large number of TV interviews to relying more on an “I type, you listen” Twitter presence, a stage he tightly controlled — Mr. Trump became a celebrity through television, but Twitter had given him a singular outlet for expressing himself as he is …

Discussion: Deepcut Gems and Slate

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

Twitter and Facebook's ban on Trump is not censorship, and demanding clear rules for social media moderation is “stupid” because the context is always changing — When I started writing this post, it was about Facebook's decision to suspend Trump's account indefinitely …

Randall Lane / Forbes:

Chief content officer of Forbes says if any company hires an ex-Trump press secretary then Forbes will assume that “everything the company talks about is a lie” — Yesterday's insurrection was rooted in lies. That a fair election was stolen. That a significant defeat was actually a landslide victory.

Discussion: @katiephang, @clarajeffery, @sifill_ldf, @steveschmidtses, Late by Myles Udland, @thesherylralph, @mattnegrin, @elgincharles, @karlitaliliana, @keitholbermann, @edgecliffe, Business Insider and Washington Post

Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:

A look at the measures passed by governments around the world to support local entertainment industries, from insurance funds to subsidies — While the U.S. has only recently approved a COVID-19 relief package, many of Hollywood's global counterparts are moving on to more ambitious strategies …

Discussion: @filmcollab and @thr

Barry Jackson / Miami Herald:

Source: former ESPN radio host Dan Le Batard and DAZN Executive Chairman John Skipper will launch a new media company focused on sports in the coming weeks — Less than a week after leaving ESPN, Dan Le Batard already has a new venture lined up. What the South Florida-based sports personality does …

Discussion: Sports Business Daily, @miamiherald, @mmccarthyrev, @andrewmarchand, @flasportsbuzz, UPROXX, The Athletic, Awful Announcing, The Wrap and Deadline

Al Tompkins / Poynter:

News orgs may be forced to turn over their unpublished images and videos of the Capitol siege since federal crimes are not protected by a federal shield law — News organizations may have an unpopular fight ahead as federal law enforcement agencies seek out their unpublished images from the Capitol siege.

Discussion: NPPA, @katharinelarsen, @joshroe, @poynter, @esmcintyre, @atompkins and @froomkin

Richard Nieva / CNET:

YouTube terminated Steve Bannon's War Room podcast channel and one associated channel on Friday, after receiving three strikes for violating YouTube's rules — The ban comes as social platforms have cracked down on misinformation and content that could incite violence following the storming of the Capitol.

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.

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.

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, The Starting Block, @mediagfmd, @niemanreports, @tchopit, @marklittlenews, @benwhitelaw, @froomkin, @fedecherubini and @nadjascholz

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 …