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Paul Waldman / @paulwaldman1:
[Thread] A case study in how journalists let politicians lie: Punchbowl News amplified Kevin McCarthy's claim that the DOJ tagged some parents as “terrorists” — 1. A case study in how journalists allow politicians to lie, ensuring that the more cynical a politician is, the greater the rewards for dishonesty will be, courtesy of Kevin McCarthy and @PunchbowlNews . Come with me...
New York Times:
A look at Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott's work, boosting the network's consumer brand and facing legal scrutiny for her internal messages in Dominion's lawsuit — Suzanne Scott remade Fox News Media into a lucrative consumer brand. But a $1.6 billion defamation suit against the company is testing her strategy and leadership.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Netflix execs weighed more movie theater releases and talked to Sony about a shorter window; Sarandos: Netflix won't significantly change its strategy — Some Netflix studio executives long for silver screen while co-CEOs want to keep most viewers streaming films from their couches
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@asharma and The Streamable
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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos downplays releasing Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery in 600 theaters over US Thanksgiving weekend; theater owners lauded the move — Netflix co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos tossed cold water on hopes that the streamer's recent deal with major cinema chains …
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Media Play News, ScreenRant, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap and Variety
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
Opinion editor James Bennet and Semafor's Ben Smith leave out a lot about The New York Times firing Bennet, which wasn't just victimization by the “woke mob” — The ossification of James Bennet's departure from The New York Times into a simple morality tale of wokeness run amok is now complete.
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Poynter, @dangillmor, @semaforben, @dankennedy_nu, @jenzerb, @jbarro, @bgrueskin, @nprinskeep, Fox News, Mediaite, New York Post and The Hill
Dave Lee / Financial Times:
Uber launches a global advertising unit, targeting $1B in annual gross ad bookings by 2024, including by displaying ads within its apps and on top of cars — Rideshare company looks to accelerate revenue growth with new business division — Uber has launched its global advertising unit …
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Leila Fadel / NPR:
An interview with Lina Abu Akleh, the niece of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, on her push for justice and a US probe into her aunt's killing — Lina Abu Akleh was thrust onto the global stage after her aunt was killed while reporting on an Israeli military raid in the Palestinian city of Jenin in May.
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@leilafadel and @npr
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Sources: Walter Hamada has left Warner Bros. after four years as DC Films' president; he's the fifth WB studio exec to leave since David Zaslav became WBD's CEO — After 15 years at Warner Bros and four as the president of DC Films, Walter Hamada has finally left the Burbank, CA lot.
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@deadline, @amasna, @getfandom, The A.V. Club, @henrygayden, ScreenRant, SlashFilm and Collider
Gabby Miller / Columbia Journalism Review:
Journalists and academics say unions can help protect some journalists from newsroom cuts at chains like Gannett, and can benefit, but not save, the industry — In a contract bargaining meeting on Wednesday, October 12, Gannett, which had just made what senior reporter Diane Smith characterized …
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@errolsalamon, WITF, @katechedraoui, @szkolar_lohud, @szkolar_lohud, Greensburg Tribune-Review and APP-MCJ Guild
Nitish Pahwa / Slate:
The Wire was a singular bulwark against false and propagandistic “news” in the Narendra Modi era and its botched Meta story is a huge blow to Indian journalism — The state of journalism in India, the “world's largest democracy,” has never been so dire.
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Media Voices, Nieman Lab, Washington Post, @profcarroll, @suhel, @kriticalvodka, @w7voa, Scroll.in, MediaNama, Crikey and Insider
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Aditi Agrawal / Newslaundry:
The Wire suspends its stories on Meta's controversial XCheck program until it carries out a “thorough review”; cited cybersecurity experts deny being consulted
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@kani5hk, @caseynewton, @priyankapulla, @geetaseshu, @thewire_in, @karaswisher, @alok_bhatt, MediaNama, Platformer, @pranavdixit, @sankrant, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @tunkuv, The Wire, @kansaratva, @venkatananth, @pranavdixit, @greatbong, @sunandavashisht, @greatbong, @thewire_in, @rachelmetz, @rasmus_kleis, @digiphile, @digitaldutta, @swodinsky, @aditi_muses, @caseynewton, @saikatd, Semafor, Scroll.in, TechCrunch and The Verge
Katyanna Quach / The Register:
A study of 1,063 US adults' YouTube browsing experience shows the site is more likely to suggest conservative-leaning videos regardless of the viewer's ideology — There goes Woke Big Tech again, downplaying traditional liberal views — YouTube's recommendation algorithm not only gently traps viewers …
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@htsuka and @brooklynmarie, more at Techmeme »
Simon Owens / Simon Owens's Media Newsletter:
Patreon faces more competition and lacks basic creator tools to find audiences and analyze content and traffic; memo: its valuation fell 70% over the past year — Patreon's “valuation has decreased substantially — by 70% — over the past year." — Welcome! I'm Simon Owens and this is my media newsletter.
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Digiday, @oh_that_crab and The Information
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Media executives are not surprised Meta is shutting down Instant Articles, as the social media landscape has shifted significantly since the tool's 2018 launch — Meta is turning off Facebook Instant Articles after seven years as the platform continues to draw away from supporting news publishers.
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@esamakinen, @pressgazette, @charlottetobitt and @mattnavarra
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