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James B. Stewart / New York Times:
Interviews with more than 24 people involved in the AT&T/Time Warner merger, including Jeff Bewkes and Randall Stephenson, detail how it went disastrously awry — At Time Warner, executives saw AT&T as just a “big phone company from Texas.” At AT&T, they thought Hollywood would play by their rules.
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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.
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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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 …
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.
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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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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 …
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Laura Pellicer / WUNC:
Over 70% of Charlotte's WFAE content staffers sign a petition to unionize with SAG-AFTRA; it will 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.
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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