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11:15 PM ET, October 21, 2021

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Anna Kramer / Protocol:

Twitter says its research shows its algorithms amplify right-leaning content more than left-leaning content, but doesn't know what causes the amplification — Twitter is publicly sharing research findings today that show that the platform's algorithms amplify tweets from right-wing politicians …

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

Leaked recording: Axel Springer CEO told Politico staffers he made “a mistake” in saying he planned a paywall for Politico: “No decision has been made” — Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner told Politico staffers in a company-wide Q&A Thursday that it was …

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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Axel Springer CEO denies that the company planned to appoint Axios “top management” as EIC of Politico and says there is no intention now to buy Axios

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ABC News:

Trump announces the Trump Media & Technology Group and TRUTH Social, a social network coming in Nov. to “stand up” to Big Tech, in the App Store for preorder — The former president has been banned from several platforms. — Silenced by many major platforms …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

WarnerMedia reports Q3 results: HBO and HBO Max subscribers reached 69.4M, up 1.9M from Q2 and 12.5M from last year; revenue was $8.4B, up 14.2% YoY — But international markets more than made up the difference: Worldwide, there were 69.4 million global HBO Max and HBO subscribers at the end of Q3 …

Washington Post:

China's Tencent removes live broadcasts of Boston Celtics games after the team's center, Enes Kanter, called Xi Jinping a “brutal dictator” on social media — The Boston Celtics are facing blowback in China after center Enes Kanter posted a video voicing his support for Tibetan independence.

Victoria Traxler / Santa Fe New Mexican:

Sheriff's office says Alec Baldwin discharged a “prop firearm” that killed a cinematographer and injured the director of a movie being filmed near Santa Fe, NM — Actor Alec Baldwin discharged a “prop firearm” that killed a cinematographer and injured the director of the movie Rust …

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Bloomberg:

China's Cyberspace Administration removes Caixin Media, one of the country's most liberal news sources, from an official list of outlets that can be republished — - Cyberspace agency puts out list of approved media outlets — Beijing has proposed banning private capital from most media

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Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:
Report: Yahoo Finance's mobile app disappeared from Apple's App Store in China, days after republishing a Bloomberg story critical of China's tech crackdown

Discussion: @jamesclayton5, @mikeelgan, @applecensorship and @niccijsmith, more at Techmeme »

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Google lowers Play Store subscription fees to 15% and fees for ebooks and on-demand music streaming services to “as low as 10%”; IAP cut seems to be unaffected — Subscription fees are lowered to 15 percent, and music streaming services ‘as low as 10%’

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Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:

FilmLA: overall filming in LA is up 6% in Q3, TV production is up 22%, and reality TV is up 146% when compared with pre-COVID averages in 2016-2019 — FilmLA had strong numbers to report for its quarterly update of on-location shooting in Los Angeles. With 10,127 shoot days logged by film …

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Jason Nelson / Decrypt:

The Associated Press partners with crypto company Chainlink to authenticate data about elections, sports, and more via its blockchain — The Associated Press, a collective of more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters, is moving further into decentralized news and publishing.

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Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:

Snap Q3: $1.07B revenue, up 57% YoY, vs. $1.10B est., DAUs up 23% to 306M, net loss down 64% to $72M, blames iOS ATT changes for revenue miss; stock down 20%+ — - Snap reported its third-quarter earnings on Thursday, missing revenue expectations after Apple's iPhone privacy changes disrupted its advertising business.

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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:

VideoAmp, which offers audience and ad measurement tools across digital platforms and traditional TV, raises a $275M Series F at a $1.4B valuation — The latest round of funding, led by Spruce House Partnership, values VideoAmp at $1.4 billion, the company said

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Roku calls Google's YouTube distribution demands anticompetitive; if negotiations fail, YouTube won't be available on new Roku devices starting December 9 — Roku wants its customers to know: The streaming platform company is still battling Google over what it alleges are the internet giant's …

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The FBI took 12 years to answer a Times-Picayune FOIA request, four years after the case it concerned ended, an example of how broken FOIA is

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