Mediagazer: CBS News says it is pausing its activity on Twitter due to “the uncertainty around Twitter and out of an abundance of caution” (Todd Spangler/Variety)

12:25 AM ET, November 20, 2022

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Twitter reinstates Trump's account, after Elon Musk ran a Twitter poll where 51.8% of 15M+ users voted yes to reinstatement, saying “the people have spoken” — Donald Trump on Saturday said he had no interest in returning to Twitter even as a slim majority voted in favor …

Todd Spangler / Variety:

CBS News says it is pausing its activity on Twitter due to “the uncertainty around Twitter and out of an abundance of caution” — “In light of the uncertainty around Twitter and out of an abundance of caution, CBS News is pausing its activity on the social media site as it continues …

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.

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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:

A list of things journalism loses if Twitter goes away: real-time feedback on stories, news outlets being publicly called out, DMs as a reporting tool, and more — Goodbye to screenshotted best bits, DMs, “that tweet should be a story”... “If Twitter goes away my job would actually be really different,” I told my husband this week.

Mitchell Clark / The Verge:

Robin Wheeler, Twitter's head of ad sales, seems to have left the company, a week after Elon Musk reportedly convinced her to stay; sources say she was fired — Robin Wheeler, Twitter's head of ad sales, seems to have left the company yet again, just over a week after Elon Musk reportedly had to convince her not to resign.

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 …

Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge:

Former DC Films President Walter Hamada joins Paramount Pictures to oversee the studio's upcoming horror projects, after leaving Warner Bros. in October 2022 — Following his recent departure from the studio formerly known as DC Films, Walter Hamada is heading over to Paramount Pictures …

Gabby Miller / Columbia Journalism Review:

Parliamentary hearings for Canada's Online News Act restarted on Friday, where the committee was expected to begin clause-by-clause consideration — Parliamentary hearings for Canada's Online News Act-or the Liberal government's attempt to rectify the imbalance between platforms and publishers …

Discussion: @__gabbymiller, NewsLab, @chris_bittle, @paulvieira, @mgeist, @mediamorphis and @emilybell

Laura Pellicer / WUNC:

Over 70% of Charlotte's WFAE content staffers sign a petition to unionize via SAG-AFTRA; it could be the first public radio station in the Carolinas to unionize — WFAE may become the first public radio station in the Carolinas to form a union. On Tuesday, a group of content staff members …

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@insiderunion:

Insider's union says members will not be disciplined for “failure to meet arbitrary metric goals” as of December 1, due to bargaining amid a newsroom reorg — ✊WE DID IT!✊ As of December 1st, our union members will no longer be disciplined for failure to meet arbitrary metric goals. This is a monumental change for Insider, and a huge win for our journalists who are thrilled to keep producing phenomenal work. https://twitter.com/...

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Ben Strauss / Washington Post:

A look at state-owned Qatar Airways' role as a major sponsor of the World Cup on Fox Sports, and how that sponsorship likely influences coverage — In recent weeks, the American TV rights holders for the upcoming World Cup held news conferences ahead of this most unusual tournament in Qatar.

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