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Casey Newton plans to use Twitter only to share new Platformer posts and won't break Twitter news with tweets anymore, as other big voices leave the service — PLUS: Why it's time to start leaving Twitter behind — On Sunday, Elon Musk tweeted a vague warning: “the bots are in for a surprise tomorrow.”
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Platformer:
Sources: Twitter is considering forcing all users to opt in to personalized ads and share their location data but may let Blue users opt out of personalized ads — Agree to personalize your ads — or else — A month ago, when Elon Musk's Twitter first set out to revamp the Twitter Blue subscription …
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Washington Post:
Email: Twitter dissolves its Trust and Safety Council, saying it isn't “the best structure” for “external insights into our product and policy development work” — Meanwhile, a former top Twitter official fled his home amid attacks following Musk tweets
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Urvi Dugar / Reuters:
Elon Musk says Twitter Blue subscribers will see half the number of ads as non-subscribers and that the company plans to offer a higher tier with no ads in 2023
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Twitter starts testing Blue for Business, which adds a gold checkmark for “corporate entities”, including media organizations; the pricing structure is unknown
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Laura Forman / Wall Street Journal:
Similarweb: Twitter ad manager visits fell nearly 74% YoY in October and 85% YoY in November, the largest drop since Musk's buyout, continuing into December
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on closing the Tumblr deal, profitability, content moderation, Apple's rules, Twitter, lessons for Elon Musk, and more — What can Elon learn from Tumblr? — We have to talk about Twitter, right? Elon Musk bought it.
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@cnyari, @jeffsand, @marktimemedia, @alexeheath and @timbroddin
John Raby / Associated Press:
Three reporters from West Virginia's Charleston Gazette-Mail say they were fired for criticizing their company president's posted interview with an ex-coal CEO — Three reporters from a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper in West Virginia say they have been fired after publicly criticizing …
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Jeff Zucker joins RedBird and IMI's new joint venture as CEO, where he will deploy $1B to build, buy, and invest in sports, media, and entertainment entities — New venture is partnership between International Media Investments and RedBird, part owner of Boston Red Sox and LeBron James's entertainment company
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Bari Weiss and Nellie Bowles launch The Free Press, hiring 10 full-time employees and more than 12 contractors to publish Substack newsletters and podcasts — Bari Weiss, the New York Times columnist turned independent newsletter writer, has hired ten full-time employees and over a dozen contractors …
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Spotify pulls back on live audio shows, confirming four ended production while two others continue, after rebranding Greenroom as Spotify Live in April 2022 — Spotify Technology SA, the music streaming giant, is ending production of several live audio shows, pulling back from a once-promising programming area.
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@ashleyrcarman, @ashleyrcarman and @matt
Dan Primack / Axios:
Sources: Post News is seeking to raise $50M at a $250M valuation, telling investors the site has activated 100K+ accounts and users bought thousands of articles — Exit Content Preview — Post News, an upstart Twitter alternative led by former Waze CEO Noam Bardin, is seeking …
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@donlday and @maghielse
Financial Times:
Elliott Management and others buy Nielsen's debt, propping up its $16B acquisition of the TV ratings provider and leaving it more exposed to Nielsen's fortunes — Investment by group comes weeks after it spent $1bn buying junk bonds tied to its takeover of Citrix
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
The US Supreme Court asks the Biden administration to weigh in on lyrics website Genius' attempt to revive a lawsuit over Google's alleged theft of its work — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the Biden administration to weigh in on song-lyric website Genius' attempt to revive a lawsuit over Google's alleged theft of its work.
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Tom Tapp / Deadline:
Allen Media Group's ad-supported streaming service Local Now plans to add local PBS stations that reach audiences in 300+ markets and the PBS Kids 24/7 channel — EXCLUSIVE: Allen Media Group's free streaming service for local news and entertainment Local Now announced today a partnership …
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