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David Pierce / The Verge:
An interview with YouTube Shorts Director of Product Management Todd Sherman on UI challenges as YouTube rolls out the TikTok competitor to its TV apps — YouTube Shorts is working. That much Todd Sherman knows for sure. Sherman, the product manager behind YouTube's endless-scrolling …
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Marisa Sarnoff / Law & Crime:
Barstool Sports founder David Portnoy loses his defamation lawsuit against Insider over articles accusing him of violent sexual misconduct — The founder of a website known for crass and degrading content that often veers into harassment, racism, and misogyny has lost his defamation claim …
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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 — As Twitter changed hands at the end of October, another very similar social media site was experiencing something of an influx.
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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, @aaronjmate, @ggreenwald, @maxblumenthal, @mollyjongfast, @neilmcmahon, @davmicrot, @taylorlorenz, @peterhotez, @adrienneelrod, @amy__bailey, @dcopaken, @katierogers, @lrozen, @cheeseheadlucy, @randy_gage, @ejeancarroll, @aaron_renn, @gtconway3d, @tarapalmeri, @anniekarni, @georgehahn, @moveincircles, @samuelmoyn, @kirstenpowers, @katiephang, @thehowie, @gabehudson, Talking Biz News and bookforum.com
Wall Street Journal:
Time names Forbes COO Jessica Sibley as its CEO, replacing Edward Felsenthal, who will remain EIC of the outlet and become executive chairman of the company — The publisher of Time magazine has been expanding its operations as it seeks to diversity from its print business
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Max Tani / Semafor:
MSNBC removing Tiffany Cross demonstrates the tension between delivering a progressive point of view to its liberal audience while avoiding bombast and snark — MSNBC's decision to part ways with its top-rated weekend anchor came after an escalating internal conflict.
Jerusalem Post:
Israeli journalist Rina Matzliach, a Meet the Press anchor on the N12 channel, resigns after 40 years, saying freedom of the press is at risk in the country — Matzliach urged journalists to “to protect the freedom of the press and freedom of expression.” — Israeli journalist Rina …
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 without ads — The company, led by CEO Carolyn McCall, will replace its ITV Hub in an attempt to attract more eyeballs.
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A.J. Katz / Adweek:
Paramount names Megan Marcus as its VP of podcast editorial, where she will oversee CBS News' slate of podcasts — CBS News has named Megan Marcus vp of podcast editorial at Paramount where she will oversee content for CBS News' slate of podcasts. — In this new role, Marcus will oversee …
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Variety and Inside Radio
The Guardian:
Philippine police accuse the country's prisons chief of ordering the killing of news radio journalist Percival Mabasa, who was shot dead on October 3, 2022 — Gerald Bantag behind killing of Percival Mabasa in Manila suburb last month, authorities claim — Police in the Philippines …
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Dari Mulut ke Mulut, Al Jazeera and Associated Press
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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Robert P. Baird / Columbia Journalism Review:
A profile of liberal magazine The American Prospect and David Dayen, who helped grow its readership by nearly 50% since taking over as executive editor in 2019 — How The American Prospect became the magazine of the moment — At the end of the eighties, the left wing of the Democratic Party was in bad shape.
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