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Billy Perrigo / TIME:
Q&A with Mastodon founder and lead developer Eugen Rochko on how decentralized social media servers mitigate hateful speech, why he built the service, and more — (To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world's top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.)
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Elon Musk / @elonmusk:
Elon Musk says Twitter plans to add the ability to attach long-form text to tweets, implement creator monetization for all forms of content, and improve search — Followed by creator monetization for all forms of content
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Brian Morrissey / The Rebooting:
Elon Musk's focus on Twitter Blue is part of a trend in which consumer tech platforms pivot away from advertising to recurring revenue through subscriptions — Tech's marriage of convenience to the ad industry hits the rocks — Request: Please fill out this survey as I think through what a Rebooting membership plan would look like.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
A profile of Molly Jong-Fast, who became a liberal media star by amassing 1M Twitter followers and joined Vanity Fair as a special correspondent on November 3 — She wasn't a political expert. But her Trump-era angst found a following among Democrats — and even the White House is interested.
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@mikiebarb, @johnanzo, @mollyjongfast, @cheeseheadlucy, @randy_gage, @peterhotez, @neilmcmahon, @davmicrot, @dcopaken, @samuelmoyn, @katiephang, @kirstenpowers, @katierogers, @taylorlorenz, @ejeancarroll, @aaron_renn, @gtconway3d, @moveincircles, @thehowie, @gabehudson, @tarapalmeri, @lrozen, @adrienneelrod, @anniekarni, @amy__bailey and @georgehahn
Max Tani / Semafor:
MSNBC removing Tiffany Cross demonstrates the tension between delivering a progressive viewpoint to a liberal audience and avoiding bombast and snark — MSNBC's decision to part ways with its top-rated weekend anchor came after an escalating internal conflict.
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@jbenton, Barrett Media, The Hollywood Reporter, New York Post, Mediaite and The Hill
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: MSNBC decided not to renew its contract with Tiffany Cross, the weekend host of Cross Connection, after executives grew concerned about her commentary
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@tiffanydcross, Variety, Poynter, @wajahatali, Washington Post, REVOLT, @sifill_, @wesleylowery, @jamaalbowmanny, @kumarraonyc, @marclamonthill, Barrett Media, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @ynb, @ellenbarkin, @ynb, HuffPost, TheGrio, Mediaite, @dlamontjenkins, The Wrap, @mayawiley, Forbes, @cjp_still, @jemelehill, @keitholbermann, @adamserwer, @whstancil, @whstancil, @exavierpope, @ksvarnon, @akilahobviously, @sianmorson, @delanosquires, @michaelsmith, @natsechobbyist, @taradublinrocks, The Hill, @ynb, @deetwocents, Fox News, Newser, New York Post, TVLine, The Post Millennial, The Daily Wire, The Daily Beast, The Wrap, Los Angeles Times, Fox News, Mediaite, Deadline and Megyn Kelly on YouTube
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NBC News retracts an erroneous story about the attack on Paul Pelosi that used an unnamed source's “unreliable” info, as the story did not meet its standards — People at the network said the ‘Today’ show report was based on ‘unreliable’ information from a source who was unnamed in the story.
Alexandra Borchardt / European Broadcasting Union:
An interview with Deutsche Welle EIC Manuela Kasper-Claridge on climate journalism as a way to attract talent, how newsrooms should cover the climate, and more — Interview with Manuela Kasper-Claridge, Editor-in-Chief, Deutsche Welle by Dr Alexandra Borchardt, Lead Author, EBU News Report 2023 …
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with telecom reporter Karl Bode about Gigi Sohn's nomination to the FCC as Comcast and Fox Corp. team up to lobby swing votes in the Senate against her — How often do the parent companies of Fox News and MSNBC team up? — Today, we're just talking about a problem.
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@reckless, @reckless, @charlesarthur, @juliaangwin, @commoncause, @karlbode, @karlbode, @karlbode and @stevenrenderos
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
The UK's ITV plans to launch its ITVX streaming service on December 8, available with a free, ad-supported tier and a premium tier with BritBox and no ads — The company, led by CEO Carolyn McCall, will replace its ITV Hub in an attempt to attract more eyeballs.
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Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Unity, which makes the eponymous game engine, merges with adtech company ironSource in a $4.4B all-stock deal; Unity stock is down ~75% YTD and ironSource ~50% — Unity's proposed merger with IronSource has formally concluded, with the two companies coming together to create an end …
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
A look at Michelle Ross-Stanton's quest to understand the murky circumstances of the death of her photographer husband and another Fox News reporter in Ukraine — Michelle Ross-Stanton has spent months investigating the March 14 attack on her husband, Pierre Zakrzewski, and his colleagues outside Kyiv.
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@sarah_boxer, @jeremymbarr, @christopherjm, @namshine and Poynter
Billy Binion / Reason:
Police jailed journalist Priscilla Villarreal for two routine 2017 stories due to a Texas law; a US court isn't sure if her First Amendment rights were violated — It has been five years since police in Laredo, Texas, mocked and jeered at Priscilla Villarreal, a local journalist often critical of cops …
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