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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York appeals court judge rejects the NYT's request to unblock it from publishing or seeking Project Veritas documents; the next hearing is on November 23 — A New York appeals court judge rejected the New York Times' request to lift an order temporarily blocking it from publishing …
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Judge orders the NYT not to publish any Project Veritas “privileged materials”, despite precedent against prior restraint; the NYT seeks an immediate review — WASHINGTON — A judge in New York on Thursday took the rare step of temporarily blocking the New York Times …
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Aubrey Allegretti / The Guardian:
Former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre pulls out of the race to chair media regulator Ofcom, despite UK ministers rerunning the process to give him a second chance — Former Daily Mail editor announces decision not to proceed with second bid and takes swipe at civil service
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Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
The US DOJ says Iranian hackers breached a media company in fall 2020 and tested how to create false news content; sources say Lee Enterprises was targeted — Computer systems of Lee Enterprises, which owns dozens of daily papers, were targeted in disinformation campaign
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Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review:
Investigation shows how Facebook and Google fund misinformation globally by paying millions of dollars in ad revenue to the operators of clickbait pages — The tech giants are paying millions of dollars to the operators of clickbait pages, bankrolling the deterioration of information ecosystems around the world.
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Edmund Lee / New York Times:
Filing: shareholders vote December 2 on BuzzFeed's SPAC merger, with stock trading as soon as December 6; Q3 net loss was ~$3.6M on revenue of $90M, up 20% YoY — If you want to own a piece of BuzzFeed, just wait till the first week of December. — The publisher's plan to merge …
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@kerrymflynn, @edmundlee and Editor and Publisher
Peter Kafka / Vox:
James Andrew Miller's new book reveals that some HBO execs pushed for selling subscriptions directly to consumers in 2005, and some wanted to buy Netflix — An alternative media history, brought to us by a new oral history of HBO. — “The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us.”
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Gothamist, the news site of radio station WNYC, deleted four articles in October that used language from Wikipedia, Salon, and NYT without credit — In a new episode of turmoil at the radio station, the author of the articles was reassigned. — Gothamist, the news site …
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify's Findaway acquisition will allow it to become an audiobook producer, distributor, and retailer, while turning it into the app for consuming all audio — This story is part of a group of stories called — Last week, Spotify announced plans to spend an undisclosed amount of money …
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New York Times:
Theranos trial testimony shows how media coverage of tech companies became more probing as reporters had to revise glowing articles they wrote about the startup — Testimony in the fraud trial of Ms. Holmes, the founder of the blood testing start-up Theranos, shows how much coverage of the tech industry has changed over the years.
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Chernin Entertainment has hired bankers to explore its options, including a sale of a stake in the business or other equity partnership — Studio is working with investment banks Moelis and Centerview to weigh options including sale of a stake — Chernin Entertainment …
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Matt Burgess / Wired UK:
DuckDuckGo launches App Tracking Protection for Android, a beta feature that blocks third-party trackers including from Google, Facebook, Amazon, and others — The privacy-focused tech company's latest update promises to block invasive data collection across your whole phone.
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