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9:00 AM ET, February 2, 2021

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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Political reporters need to be rebranded as government reporters, covering problems and those trying to solve them instead of who is winning messaging wars  —  The newly announced resignation of Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron, the abrupt stepping-down of Los Angeles Times …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Survey: 42% of Americans trust journalists more if they keep their views private; 36% trust them more if they are “open and honest” on social media about views
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News:
Twitter restored the account of India's leading investigative magazine Caravan after six hours, telling officials that its tweets constituted free speech  —  The government order to block included a movie star, a political commentator, and a prominent magazine.  Their accounts have all been restored.
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Around 80 journalists were arrested in Russia over the weekend amid continued pro-Navalny demonstrations, according to PEN America citing local media reports  —  Around 80 journalists were arrested in Russia over the weekend amid continued protests against the detainment of opposition leader Alexei Navalny …
Steven Zhou / VICE:
Free copies of the Epoch Times appeared on Canadian doorsteps last month, leading to complaints as Canada Post suspends some carriers for refusing to deliver it  —  The newspaper, which has sent promo copies across the country, has come under fire for pushing pro-Trump and COVID-19 conspiracy theories.
Discussion: @justin_ling and @oneunderscore__
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube hires Sony Pictures TV exec Craig Hunter as global head of preschool content for its originals team  —  YouTube tapped veteran executive Craig Hunter, most recently with Sony Pictures Television, as global head of preschool content for the internet platform's originals team.
Discussion: Kidscreen
Casey Newton / Platformer:
Elon Musk's Clubhouse appearance was a kind of test case for a16z's media ambitions and showed how the app could work as the audio version of Medium  —  I. Andreessen Horowitz and the backdoor pilot  —  Hey, did you hear Elon Musk went on Clubhouse?  —  The media and venture capital worlds …
John McCarthy / The Drum:
Flipboard CEO Mike McCue says the service “put journalists in charge” of its algorithms to fight misinfo and calls Apple News a black box with no audience data  —  Flipboard, the media curation app that organizes news into a magazine format, has long balanced algorithms and human curation.
Discussion: @johngeemccarthy
Matthew Walther / The Week:
The future of GOP belongs to “Barstool conservatives”, as Dave Portnoy emerges as one of the most visible critics of lockdown policies in the US  —  Over the coming months, hundreds of thousands of words will be written about Donald Trump's presidency and the future of the Republican Party.
Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost:
TikTok signs deal with media holding company WPP, allowing the latter's advertisers to have early access to TikTok's advertising products in development  —  Despite countries including India and the United States banning the app, TikTok has inked a partnership with media holding company WPP …
Discussion: Business Wire, The Drum and Adweek
Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters:
Spotify launches in South Korea, the world's sixth biggest music market  —  STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Spotify Technology SA on Tuesday made a long-awaited debut in South Korea, the sixth largest music market in the world and home to the K-pop music genre.  —  The Swedish music streaming giant …
Discussion: ZDNet
Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times:
Profile of Kuaishou, ByteDance's biggest rival in China, which could hit a valuation of $60B+ during its IPO this week, as it pivots to livestreaming e-commerce  —  Video sharing app is pivoting business model to advertising and ecommerce  —  Gu Jing spends two hours a day filming himself skinning pigs …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Facebook is testing a notification for Facebook and Instagram iOS app users globally that encourages opting in to tracking for a “better ads experience”  —  Facebook is testing a notification that notifies Apple iOS users about ways the tech giant uses their data to target personalized ads to them.
 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK photographer arrested at his home after covering a protest at a COVID-hit asylum center says the case is worrying for press freedom in the country
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Sources: Laurie Abraham, a senior editor at The Atlantic who commissioned Ruth Shalit Barrett's now-retracted article on niche sports, has left the magazine
Discussion: @alexanderrusso
Alex Barker / Financial Times:
The New European, owned by Archant, has been bought by NYT's Mark Thompson, FT's Lionel Barber, and others; sources say owner Matt Kelly raised ~£750K
Anna Fazackerley / The Guardian:
Librarians, academics, and students in the UK are accusing publishers of price gouging on academic ebooks, which can often cost 500% more than print versions