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Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
YouTube issues strike, suspends Sky News Australia for a week over its videos denying COVID-19 existence, promoting the use of hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin — Digital giant issues strike after channel posted videos denying the existence of disease and encouraging people to use discredited medication
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Sky News Australia, ABC, @skynewsaust, @risj_oxford, @picardonhealth, @mjrowland68, @kmac, @endemicprepared, @profterryhughes, @earleyedition, @maynereport, @imranajmain, @julia_zemiro, @pandemic_times, @ggreenwald, @stopfundinghate, @elisethoma5, New York Post, @sophiemcneill, @alankohler, @swearyanthony, What's New in Publishing, @mrkrudd, @paulnudeisbest, Reuters, newslaundry.com, Mediaweek and @mrkrudd
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Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast:
A deep dive into Tim Poole's career, from livestreaming Occupy to jobs at Vice before spotlighting extremists and white nationalists on YouTube and his website — OFF THE DEEP END … A former darling of Occupy Wall Street, Tim Pool has racked up more than a billion views and millions …
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@bobsaietta, @beccalew, @jaredlholt, @thedailybeast, @thetomzone, @silvermanjacob, @mobute and @jaredlholt, Thanks:@ants000
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Profile of Keith Kelly, whose Media Ink column for NY Post has been a must-read for those in magazine publishing for 23 years, as he retires from the tabloid — For 23 years, his Media Ink column for The New York Post was a must-read for magazine machers. What's next?
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@berlinger, @mediaevan, @connortryan, @readdanwrite, @michaelkruse, @michaelkruse, @carriemelago, @matthewsedacca, @jdawsey1, @amychozick, @rubycramer, @julesm_b, @_danmangan, @maureendowd, @nytmedia, @jimrutenberg, @katierosman, @tomgara, @harrymccracken, @helenkennedy, @seth_hettena, @nytimesbusiness, @alexandrajacobs, @benmullin, @greenpnyt, @ennisnyt, @kpfinnerty, @shinangovani, @freedlander, @jeffbercovici, @jimmyvielkind, @shawnmccreesh, @kirflem and @brianstelter
Olivia Solon / NBC News:
Female journalists and activists share how they were targeted and harassed by authoritarian regimes through hack-and-leak attacks using the Pegasus spyware — Ghada Oueiss, a Lebanese broadcast journalist at Al-Jazeera, was eating dinner at home with her husband last June when she received …
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@oliviasolon, @drewharwell, @oliviasolon, @evacide, @kimzetter and @evan_greer
Cath Clarke / The Guardian:
A new documentary follows three journalists from Khabar Lahariya, India's only all-women news outlet, as they report on rural issues through a feminist lens — India's only all-women news organisation is the subject of an award-winning documentary. The film-makers explain their inspiring courage and energy
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@shantanub, @niemanlab, @raju, @sameerhashmi, @chriselliott57 and FEMINIST GIANT
Delia Cai / Vanity Fair:
Profile of Blackbird Spyplane newsletter, created in 2020 by 2 pop culture writers, which has landed interviews with celebrities including Lorde and André 3000 — Over dinner earlier this summer, the still-new sensation of seeing friends up close and slightly sweating gave …
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@delia_cai, @donetodeath, @chaykak, @blkbrd_spyplane and @vanityfair
Jon Porter / The Verge:
YouTube trials Premium Lite subscription for €6.99/month, offering ad-free viewing across all major platforms, currently available in Europe — Currently being piloted in parts of Europe — Google is piloting a more affordable premium subscription tier for YouTube …
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@tomwarren, @danishkh4n, 9to5Google and MacRumors, more at Techmeme »
Maya Wolfe-Robinson / The Guardian:
Report: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok failed to act on 84% of posts spreading anti-Semitism reported via their own complaint systems — Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube and TikTok failing to act on most reported anti-Jewish posts, says study
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@ccdhate, @blackamazon, @madisonkittay, @gerrarrdus, @ld_birdywatcher, @rlux and @dethveggie, more at Techmeme »
Stitch / The Verge:
Some K-pop stars are bypassing Twitter and Facebook to create platforms for fans, like Universe, which features AI-generated voice calls with the idols — Fandom has changed a lot since I was a kid. As a tween, I had no hope of getting in touch with celebrities I adored like Britney Spears and Whitney Houston.
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Social18 and @stitchmediamix, more at Techmeme »
Nieman Lab:
Interviews with 200 news professionals in the US and EU shed light on crime reporting, as US newsrooms embrace empathy toward wrongdoers like some EU newsrooms — When suspects' names appear in crime stories, their lives may be broken and never put back together.
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@jeffcanoy, @kimbui, @jimmacmillan and Oxford Scholarship Online
Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
US Department of Labor survey shows reading among people 15 years old and up increased by 21% in the May-December period in 2020 over the same period in 2019 — The theory among publishers that book sales rose last year because people were reading more has been borne out in part …
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@kishizuka and @mattgrossmann
Brent Lang / Variety:
Profile of Netflix's head of movies Scott Stuber, who has grown original film output from 21 in 2016 to 70+ in 2021, as it makes deals with Spielberg and others — Two years ago, the legendary director reportedly opposed the idea that streaming films should qualify for Oscars.
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