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Netflix is testing Fast Laughs, a TikTok-like feed of short, curated comedy clips from its content library, on its TV app in select English-speaking countries — Fast Laughs is rolling out to ‘select English-speaking countries’ — Netflix is testing Fast Laughs, a stream of comedy clips hand-picked by Netflix, on its TV app.
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TechCrunch, Engadget, The Streamable and Digital TV Europe


Ofcom plans to take “swift action” in response to UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries' request to review whether RT's news channel license should be suspended — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered a review of the Russian-backed RT news channel.
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Conservative Brief, which employs three writers, has become huge on Facebook, surpassing WaPo and NYT, ostensibly by paying large Pages to share its content — Most people have probably never heard of the website Conservative Brief. It employs just three writers and it does not produce any original reporting.
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Nielsen expands its Media Impact planning tools, adding streaming services ratings to help advertisers and media buyers plan cross-platform campaigns — The addition aims to help marketers plan campaigns — and signal the industry that the embattled company is adapting to the current landscape.
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Variety


Discovery and Omnicom will test TV measurement alternatives using Comscore and VideoAmp data; AT&T, State Farm, and others are participating — AT&T and State Farm are the latest big advertisers to experiment with new ways of figuring out just who is watching TV - and the commercials that support it.


LinkedIn launches LinkedIn Podcast Network as a pilot, with shows available on LinkedIn, Apple Podcasts, and other platforms — LinkedIn is delving deeper into the podcast world. It's debuting a podcast network that features in-house shows from the LinkedIn News team as well as programs from industry figures.
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MediaPost, The Daily Dot, The Drum, @kantrowitz and Axios


As China walks a tightrope over the Ukraine crisis, Beijing-linked Horizon News accidentally posts and then deletes rules banning coverage unfavorable to Russia — China did not explicitly endorse Moscow's latest moves toward Ukraine but still recognized on Tuesday what it called Russia's …
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Insider, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, @nakashimae, Fox News, @qjurecic, @bonnieglaser, РИА …, Insider, The Daily Beast and Mother Jones

Roku launches Advertising Watermark to help advertisers and publishers verify the authenticity of their video ads and defend against “device spoofing” — To reduce advertising fraud in the connected TV (CTV) and streaming businesses, Roku is starting up a new free technology …
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TV Technology, Ad Age, Media Play News, Next TV and MarTech


Some journalists, guilted by crypto zealots into “being open-minded”, fail their readers by giving the scam-filled crypto industry the benefit of the doubt — Yesterday I had a quasi-viral tweet about how I cannot for the life of me find an explanation as to why Web3 and the blockchain are so inevitably the future.
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Condé Nast's Vogue and GQ sign a deal with TikTok to make exclusive content for the app, including live streams, hashtag challenges, and short-form video series — Vogue and GQ will make content exclusively for TikTok, both for their own respective brand channels and in print …
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@markdistef and Tubefilter


Sources: under Skydance's deal with Apple Studios, Apple promises Skydance at least two fully financed feature films a year, with budgets of up to ~$125M — Nearly a month after it was announced that Apple had landed a slate of live action films from longtime Paramount Pictures partner Skydance …
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AppleInsider and @mattdonnelly


Study: since May, Facebook labeled only about half the posts promoting 184 climate change denial articles from publishers like Breitbart and Newsmax — Facebook is falling short on its pledge to crack down on climate misinformation, according to a new analysis from a British watchdog group.
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Nieman Lab, The Independent, Center for Countering …, @reuterslegal and @foe_us, more at Techmeme »