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Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Haberman's book: Tucker Carlson met Jared Kushner in February 2020 at the White House to demand clemency for Roger Stone; Trump pardoned Stone in December 2020 — Maggie Haberman writes in Confidence Man that the Fox News host went to great lengths to get former President Trump to let his former campaign adviser off the hook
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Politico, Newser, UPROXX, @garossino, New Jersey Online and The Guardian
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
A profile of Noah Shachtman, a year in as Rolling Stone's EIC, as some staff doubt if his tabloid instincts and scoop obsession are best suited for the magazine — The scoop-hungry, Twitter-happy editor has turbocharged the magazine's digital metabolism—"back in the game," says Gus Wenner …
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@imjasondiamond, @vanityfair, @anthony, @noahshachtman, @swin24, @mlcalderone, @oliverdarcy and @hctrudo
Alex Zalben / Decider:
Trevor Noah is leaving Paramount's The Daily Show after hosting for seven years; the news was announced to his audience on September 29 and surprised the staff — Trevor Noah, who began on The Daily Show as a recurring contributor in 2014 and was elevated to host, taking over from Jon Stewart in 2015 …
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Emily Baker-White / Forbes:
Web novel apps backed by ByteDance and Tencent are running hundreds of Facebook and Instagram ads showing sexual assault, violent erotica, and acts of self-harm — Some of the ads include descriptions of sexual violence, paired with images of battered women and photos of male fitness influencers, which were used without permission.
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Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
Report: Bruce Willis sold his “digital twin” likeness rights to Deepcake, for use in ads and possibly even movies; a Russian ad already used a Willis deepfake — Tech will allow Willis' doppelgänger to continue working despite language disorder diagnosis.
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Engadget, Telegraph, Gizmodo, @jenlucpiquant, UPROXX, PC Gamer, Shelly Palmer and PARADE Magazine, more at Techmeme »
Samuel Breslow / Slate:
Wikipedia debated whether to cite Fox News, deeming it a “marginally reliable” source for politics and science; CNN and MSNBC are deemed generally reliable — Kevin Li recently faced a daunting task. Wikipedia contributors had just spent nearly two months locked in a heated debate …
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@sdkb42 and @slate, more at Techmeme »
Angela Fu / Poynter:
A look at post-hurricane reporting challenges in Naples, FL, including the difficulty communicating with co-workers without cell towers and a physical newsroom — ‘Part of your job, even as a journalist, is becoming something of a first responder.’ — As Hurricane Ian approached southwest Florida …
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Deadline, Washington Post, @rachel_fradette, @poynter, @atometich, The Desk, @angelanfu, @matthewkeyslive, Forbes, The Indian Express and CBS News
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Consumer Reports eliminated 28 vacant positions and laid off 20+ staff out of 600, as the nonprofit seeks to reduce expenses by $10M, or 4% of its annual budget — Consumer Reports CEO Marta Tellado sent out the following to the staff: — Dear Colleagues,
Thanks:@talkingbiznews
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
The Washington-Baltimore News Guild files an NLRB complaint saying The Washington Post fired Felicia Sonmez for protected speech about working conditions — The fired political reporter has raised the stakes in the battle to get her job back, filing a complaint with the federal labor board.
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@feliciasonmez and @erinoverbey
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney adds former Facebook and Instacart executive Carolyn Everson to its board as part of a deal with activist investor Dan Loeb's hedge fund, Third Point — Third Point had been pushing for Disney to add new voices to the company's board of directors. — The Walt Disney Co. and Dan Loeb's Third Point LLC have a deal.
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Wall Street Journal, Ad Age, Financial Times, Variety, CNBC, Business Wire, Next TV, The Wrap and Deadline
Chris Kerr / Game Developer:
Twitch is testing Elevated Chat, which lets users make a one-time payment of $5 to $100 to highlight a message in select chats for 30 seconds to 2.5 minutes — Twitch wants to help viewers support their favorite content creators by allowing them to pay up to $100 to elevate their message in chat.
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The Verge, TechCrunch and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Some BBC reporters say moving the BBC's Vietnamese service from London to Bangkok is dangerous as Vietnam has a history of abducting journalists from Thailand — Cost-cutting plan to move staff from London to Bangkok will put them at risk of abduction, reporters say
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