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ProPublica:
Analysis: how Google's ad business funnels revenue to prolific purveyors of health, election, and climate disinformation in Europe, Latin America, and Africa — Google is funneling revenue to some of the web's most prolific purveyors of false information in Europe, Latin America and Africa, a ProPublica investigation has found.
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@craignewman, @oliviasolon, @janebsinger, Beyond Search, @jason_kint, @craigsilverman, @lutherlowe, ProPublica, @profcarroll and @craigsilverman
Ben Smith / Semafor:
A look at a complaint against The China Project, alleging the US-based news company acts as a “foreign agent” and China influenced its coverage, which it denies — Shannon Van Sant's career neatly tracks the American media's romance and disillusion with China.
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@john_hudson, @limlouisa, @semaforben, The China Project, @aaronmcn, @changxche, @limlouisa and @aadilbrar
Axios:
Sources: Elon Musk has instructed Twitter engineers to work on a Vine reboot that could be ready by the end of 2022 — Elon Musk has instructed Twitter engineers to work on a Vine reboot that could be ready by year end, multiple sources tell Axios. … - Twitter reportedly tried to sell Vine shortly after.
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Scroll.in:
The Wire says the Delhi Police searched its office and the homes of four editors due to a complaint by BJP's Amit Malviya alleging cheating, forgery, and more — The searches were conducted in relation to a complaint filed by BJP leader Amit Malviya, founding editor of the website MK Venu told Scroll.in.
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The Indian Express:
The Wire files a complaint with the Delhi Police against its researcher Devesh Kumar a day after police charged its journalists for alleged forgery and more — The complaint has been filed against Devesh Kumar who is allegedly involved in the fabrication of documents and forgery in connection …
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Scroll.in, @zoeschiffer, @kevincollier and @film_girl
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith becomes a senior advisor to Emerson Collective, one of the top local news funding sources that has given $60M+ in grants since 2016 — Evan Smith, the CEO and co-founder of the Texas Tribune, will be a senior advisor to Emerson, which has emerged …
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@semaforben, @peterlattman, @pamelacolloff, @ralstonreports, @evanasmith, @jason_kint, @hodgman and @eramshaw
Daniel Rosney / BBC:
The BBC plans to cut 48 jobs in local radio, causing 39 networks in England to share programs from 2PM to 6AM, as the broadcaster prioritizes digital content — BBC local radio stations will have a significant number of programmes cut under new plans, the corporation has announced.
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The Guardian, The Guardian, Press Gazette, Deadline, @_peterspencer, @georgia_coan, @paulstainton, @ankaman616, @sonic_screwup, @gregscotttv, @gregscotttv, @knibbsey, @whenisbirths, @jamie4north, @georgeosborn, HoldtheFrontPage, @imcmillan, @nigelpauley, @immasonjordan, @jimwaterson, @psythor, @paulwiltshire, @petebarronmedia, @daveharrisoniom, @annaturley, @katie_cronin and @mo_bakshi
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Amazon plans to launch a 12-hour daily lineup of sports talk shows, with seven shows available for free on Prime Video and its other audio and visual platforms — MORE FROM: — In its continued effort to become a full-time destination for sports, Amazon will have its own lineup …
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The Wrap, Awful Announcing, The Streamable and The Hollywood Reporter
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Chartbeat: in 2022, traffic from Google News and other aggregators fell to ~14% of traffic referred by social, search, and links, down from 18% to 20% in 2020 — Three years ago, publisher analytics firm Chartbeat saw news aggregators becoming the fastest growing traffic referral source.
Sarah Sluis / AdExchanger:
Bloomberg launches Audience Accelerator, a first-party ad platform built using a data lake with info about its 450,000 subscribers and 5M registered users — Bloomberg Media just turned off third-party ads on its site. But as it shuts the door to open-market programmatic, Bloomberg is opening a first-party data advertising platform.
Lynette Rice / Deadline:
Peacock partners with Hallmark Media to stream live and on-demand programming from the Hallmark Channel, Movies & Mysteries, and Drama, its first such deal — Peacock has closed a pact with Hallmark Media to stream live and on-demand programming from Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and Hallmark Drama.
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The Streamable, Next TV, Variety, Ad Age, The Wrap, Radio & Television …, Media Play News, The Hollywood Reporter, TVLine, IndieWire and Advanced Television
Sophie Zeldin-O'Neill / The Guardian:
The UK's new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hires Amber de Botton, the head of UK news at ITV News, as his director of communications — Journalist Amber de Botton takes special adviser role for new prime minister — Rishi Sunak has hired Amber de Botton as his director of communications …
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@sophyridgesky, Daily Mail, @davidyelland, @ayocaesar, @wpb_tris, @ayocaesar, @louishenwood, @ian_fraser, BBC, @supertanskiii, @nw_nicholas, @bethrigby, @alextaylornews, @peston, @wisheart12 and @quiscustodis
Eli Pariser / Wired:
Elon Musk's ad-dependent Twitter isn't the global town square democracies need; we need an overlapping ecosystem of smaller publicly owned digital social spaces — This is a moment to choose a different path, inspired by the lessons of thriving offline communities.
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Washington Post, @caspiancey, Los Angeles Times, @maustermuhle, @anncathrin87, The Daily Wire, MIT Technology Review, @elipariser, @nxthompson, @planetaryinc, @baekdal, @deeptidoshi, @chrisstoecker, @progressntwrk, @asbruckman, @esgarchitect, @josephmenn and @wearenew_public, more at Techmeme »
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CNBC:
General Motors suspends its paid advertising on Twitter as the car company evaluates the “direction of the platform under their new ownership”
General Motors suspends its paid advertising on Twitter as the car company evaluates the “direction of the platform under their new ownership”
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The Verge, New York Times, Protocol, Scroll.in, Vibe, Gizmodo, @tomcottonar, Quartz, Washington Post, @cliffschecter, @mayawiley, New York Post, @radleybalko, Variety, @markos, @jason_kint, @taylorlorenz, Vanity Fair, Insider, Gardner Goldsmith, The Hill, The Daily Wire, @timodc, @newtonmark, @agatha__x, Reclaim The Net, @kris_sacrebleu, Deadline, @tomcoates, @fpwellman, @tweetermeyer, @chiproytx, @mmasnick, @theepurity, @tomaxwell, The Guardian, CNN, The Liberty Daily, Wired and Ad Age, more at Techmeme »
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Among tech companies, Twitter has been the biggest defender of online free speech, globally; fired head of legal and policy Vijaya Gadde drove much of that work
Among tech companies, Twitter has been the biggest defender of online free speech, globally; fired head of legal and policy Vijaya Gadde drove much of that work
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The Atlantic, The Guardian, Washington Post, Media Voices, @repcohen, The Daily Wire, @mmasnick, ProductCafé …, ScreenRant, @franifio, @jay_jaffe, Making It All Click, Reuters, @mmasnick, Stupidity, @jess_miers, @jess_miers, @photomatt, @reckless, @mollyjongfast, @wardcarroll, @kevincollier, @thelinuxexp, @chancery_daily, @karaswisher, @kvox, @anildash, @micsolana, @piersmorgan, @benshapiro, @mmasnick, @mmasnick, @mmasnick, @hblodget, @rahaeli, @robpegoraro, @evacide, @nicholasrfish, @gdickinson, @jasonrantz, @rob_sheridan, @micsolana, Inside a FinTech Mind, Bloomberg, CoinDesk, Independent.ie and The Post Millennial, more at Techmeme »