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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
CCDH: Substack profits off creators making millions of dollars sharing vaccine misinformation; Substack defends hosting “writers with whom we strongly disagree” — Newsletter company Substack is making millions off anti-vaccine content, according to estimates
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Substack says it will stick to its hands-off approach to content moderation amid increased pressure to censor what some see as dubious or objectionable content — Hamish McKenzie, Chris Best, and Jairaj — Last year, in an interview with the New York Times, anthropologist Heidi Larson …
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
NBCU says Peacock has 9M+ paid subscribers, with most on the $5/month ad-supported tier; CFO says content spend will double to $3B in 2022 — NBCUniversal revealed streamer Peacock ended 2021 with 9 million paid subscribers during parent company Comcast's fourth-quarter earnings call Thursday …
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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Comcast reports Q4 media revenue rose 8.4% YoY to $5.83B; Peacock had $335M in revenue, an adjusted loss of $559M, vs. $254 last year, and 24.5M active accounts — - Comcast reported earnings for the fourth quarter of 2021 before the bell on Thursday. — The company beat estimates …
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify is removing Neil Young's music after he gave the company an ultimatum between his music and Joe Rogan's podcast with COVID-19 vaccine misinformation — Folk-rock star had over six million monthly listeners on the service, which he blames for spreading fake info about vaccines
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
Rana Ayyub, a journalist and Washington Post columnist in Mumbai, has received 26K+ tweets, mostly abusive, since she criticized Saudi Arabia's role in Yemen — Indian authorities must immediately conduct a swift and thorough investigation into threats made to Mumbai-based Washington Post columnist …
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Nicholas Quah / Vulture:
Radiolab creator and host Jad Abumrad is leaving after almost 20 years; Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser, named co-hosts in late 2020, will take over the show — Oh, you like podcasts? Sign up for Vulture's new recommendation newsletter 1.5x Speed here. — Radiolab is moving into a radically new era.
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Brookings:
Three case studies quantify the spikes of online harmful speech mentioning female journalists after prominent men targeted them on social or broadcast media — On March 9, 2021, Fox News host Tucker Carlson took aim at a favorite target: a New York Times journalist.
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Oscar Lopez / New York Times:
Journalists in cities across Mexico held vigils on Tuesday after a surge in attacks on media workers; some say the attacks are leading to information blackouts — The killing of three media workers in less than a month triggered protests in cities across the county this week demanding an end to the violence.
Tarpley Hitt / Gawker:
A look at The Root under G/O: 15 of 16 staffers have quit since April due to myriad issues like a new EIC and blurred lines between advertising and editorial — When The Root launched as an offshoot of The Washington Post in 2008, it aimed to fill the gap between print and online media …
The Guardian:
President Erdoğan says the journalist arrested for allegedly insulting him “will not go unpunished” but that “it has nothing to do with freedom of expression” — Sedef Kabaş arrested for posting comment allegedly about Turkey's president to her 900,000 Twitter followers
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Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill:
YouTube permanently bans Dan Bongino for trying to evade a previous suspension; the pro-Trump pundit had previously said he planned to leave the platform — YouTube on Wednesday permanently banned conservative commentator Dan Bongino from the platform, saying he attempted to evade a previous suspension.
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