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Elon Musk / @elonmusk:
[Thread] Elon Musk says “new Twitter policy” will deboost and demonetize “negative/hate tweets”, reinstates Kathy Griffin, Jordan Peterson, and Babylon Bee — New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach. Negative/hate tweets will be max deboosted & demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter. You won't find the tweet unless you specifically seek it out, which is no different from rest of Internet.
Associated Press:
The White House issues a non-binding request that Mohammed bin Salman should be immune from a lawsuit over Jamal Khashoggi's killing; a judge must now decide — The Biden administration declared Thursday that Saudi Arabia's crown prince should be considered immune from a lawsuit over his role …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Daily Wire says it has 1M+ paid subscribers to its streamer DailyWire+ and 100K subscriptions to its razor brand, and projects $200M in 2022 revenue — The Daily Wire, a conservative media and entertainment company, says it now has more than 1 million paid subscribers to its streaming service DailyWire+.
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The Daily Wire, The Daily Wire, @sarafischer and Mediaite
Eberechukwu Etike / Technext:
Google launches the Google News Equity Fund to increase inclusiveness and diversity in media, with money going to 450 news organizations in 52 countries — 450 news organisations from 52 countries will receive funding from this year's Google News Equity Fund, according to a statement from Google.
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@kcbeacon, The Current and Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Media Matters for America:
Fox News decreased crime coverage 63% in the week of the midterms compared to the week prior and 50% compared to the average between Labor Day and November 4 — Fox News significantly decreased its volume of violent crime coverage in the week of the midterms, down 63% from the week prior.
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The Wrap, @mattgertz, @gtconway3d, @jswatz, @mehdirhasan, @adamserwer and The Daily Beast
@nicolemfoy:
Memo: Gannett plans layoffs, a month after imposing furloughs, giving the news division notice on December 1 and December 2; other divisions will also face cuts — another round of Gannett layoffs announced today, planned for Dec. 1 and 2 https://twitter.com/...
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Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
She Said, a movie about Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor's investigation into Harvey Weinstein, is coming out today; survivors consulted and act in the film — Five years after allegations surfaced against Harvey Weinstein, the bombshell investigation that exposed the movie titan …
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Drake and 21 Savage agree to a preliminary injunction against resuming their marketing campaign that used a fake Vogue magazine cover — Drake and 21 Savage have stopped using Vogue trademarks to promote their new No. 1 album “Her Loss,” and agreed to a preliminary injunction against resuming their campaign.
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Complete Music Update, Billboard and TMZ.com
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The New York Times names Steven Ginsberg, a managing editor at the Washington Post, as executive editor of The Athletic, starting on January 3 — Mr. Ginsberg, a longtime editor at The Washington Post, will start in the newly created role in January. — The Athletic, the sports website owned …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Report: Americans aged 13+ spend 29% of their listening time on spoken word audio, up 45% since 2014; time spent listening to radio news fell from 81% to 62% — A new study shows more young Americans are listening to news, podcasts, and audiobooks than ever.
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@sarahscire, @risj_oxford, @brucebartlett and MediaPost
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch, who expects print ad revenue, which was two-thirds of revenue six or seven years ago, to be below 10% within five years — The exec talks candidly about the effort to mine archives for film and TV projects, weathering an advertising downturn …
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@alexweprin and @erik_hayden
DFRLab:
DFRLab found 43 Facebook accounts with fake profiles that ran coordinated online campaigns to malign Moroccan journalists; Meta removed the accounts in May 2022 — Facebook removed a network of user accounts with potential links to Morocco-based campaign de-platformed in 2021
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@globalrepcentre, @dfrlab, @dfrlab, @globalrepcentre, @globalrepcentre and Global Reporting Centre
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