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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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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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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: The Recount has ~12 staffers left after October's cuts, as the outlet attempts a sale for a nominal sum after losing $10M on $1M in revenue in 2021 — Around a dozen staffers are left at The Recount, a video news startup that launched in 2018, after the company's latest round of cuts last month …
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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 …
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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Axios:
Sources: Alden has abandoned its bid for Lee Enterprises, at least for now, partly due to rising interest rates; filing: it sold part of its 6.3% stake in April — Experts are sounding the alarm that a possible recession could threaten the embattled newspaper industry, whose two highest cost centers …
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@comfortablysmug and The Rural Blog
Steven Perlberg / Insider:
Bloomberg says it won't pay for staff's Twitter verification and CNN says it's “highly unlikely”; Puck says the cost is an extension of its marketing budget — - Twitter is planning to require users to pay to keep their verification. — Insider asked 14 newsrooms whether …
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New York Times, @maxwelltani, Press Gazette, CNET, The Information, The Hill, New York Post, The Verge and Variety
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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