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Twitter suspends journalists including the New York Times' Ryan Mac and CNN's Donie O'Sullivan; Elon Musk says the “same doxxing rules apply to ‘journalists’”  —  Twitter suspended several high-profile journalists Thursday evening who have been covering the company and Elon Musk.
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
By using flimsy, absurd excuses for banning journalists' Twitter accounts, Elon Musk and his buddies show themselves to be hypocrites with no principles  —  Look, I fucking warned Elon that this is exactly how it would go.  It's how it always goes.  —  Remember Parler?
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: NBC News suspended Ben Collins from covering Elon Musk on NBC and MSNBC for criticism of Musk earlier in December deemed not editorially appropriate  —  News organizations are scrambling to respond to Elon Musk's suspension from Twitter of prominent journalists whose coverage he objected to.
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News:
Elon Musk briefly joined a Twitter Space hosted by a BuzzFeed News tech reporter discussing the latest bans, but left after journalists asked him questions  —  The embattled Twitter CEO briefly appeared in the Twitter Space hosted by BuzzFeed News tech reporter Katie Notopoulos.
Gabe Hoffman / @gabehoff:
Twitter has suspended Business Insider reporter Linette Lopez, who covers Tesla and who has documented times when Elon Musk has “tracked and doxxed” his critics  —  Elon Musk just suspended Business Insider reporter Linette Lopez for documenting the times Elon had his enemies tracked and doxxed She did not post anything related to Elon's jet She has done amazing investigative reporting on Tesla https://twitter.com/...
The Guardian:
Representatives from the UK, Germany, the European Commission, and the United Nations raise concerns over Twitter's suspension of US journalists  —  Pressure grows on Elon Musk as EU says social media platform could face sanctions over suspensions  —  The United Nations is “very disturbed” …
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy:
Puck co-founder Jon Kelly says the news outlet is pausing advertising on Twitter, after Elon Musk banned several high-profile journalists from the site  —  New: @PuckNews has paused advertising on Twitter, co-founder @JonKelly2 tells me, marking the first news organization (that I'm aware of) which has suspended advertising on the platform since Musk banned several high-profile journalists from the site.
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Twitter suspends Mastodon's account and bans Mastodon links, calling them “harmful” and “malware”, after Mastodon tweeted a jet tracking account on its service
Ryan Mac / New York Times:
Twitter updates its private information and media policy with new rules, including suspending accounts “dedicated to sharing someone else's live location”
Sharon Knolle / The Wrap:
GLAAD's 10th Annual Studio Responsibility Index finds that the percentage of LGBTQ-inclusive films dipped in 2021; Lionsgate and Paramount got failing grades  —  GLAAD's 10th Annual Studio Responsibility Index, which was released on Thursday, found that the percentage of LGBTQ-inclusive films dipped in 2021 …
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Sources: NBC won't give the 10pm time slot to affiliate stations during the 2023-2024 broadcast season, which it had considered as a cost-cutting measure  —  A report last August about NBC considering dropping the 10 PM hour and giving it back to its affiliate stations rattled the creative community …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Podcast and music media company Audio Up raised a nearly $10M Series C to ramp up the music side of its business and build new facilities in Nashville  —  Podcast and music media company Audio Up, founded and led by music production pioneer Jared Gutstadt, announced the initial closing …
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