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Meta plans to reinstate Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks with “new guardrails to deter repeat offenses”, after a two-year ban — - “We've always believed that Americans should be able to hear from the people who want to lead the country,” Clegg told Axios.
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Washington Post:
India has taken extraordinary measures to prevent citizens from seeing the BBC's Narendra Modi documentary, including cutting electricity and detaining students — NEW DELHI — The film had already been banned, the social media posts censored. Now, the students huddled without light …
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Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter reinstates some Hindu nationalist accounts popular in India, including some denigrating Muslims, and blocks links to a BBC documentary on Narendra Modi — Human-rights groups say they have seen a rise in anti-Muslim material on the platform — Elon Musk's Unconventional Management Style: Former Employees Share Stories
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta pays BuzzFeed to generate creator content for Facebook and Instagram and to train creators to grow online as part of a ~$10M deal reached in 2022 — Partnership marks latest iteration of yearslong relationship between digital publisher and social-media giant
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike, the first prolonged newspaper strike in decades, still has no end in sight after 100 days and four negotiating sessions — When staff at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette walked off the job in October, they became the first newspaper to strike in decades.
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Connie Guglielmo / CNET:
CNET's EIC reflects on the outlet's AI use and lessons learned, like ensuring that bylines and disclosures are visible and plagiarism checks are done properly — New tools are accelerating change in the publishing industry. We're going to help shape that change.
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The Guardian:
Margaret Sullivan, former Washington Post columnist and New York Times public editor, joins The Guardian US as a media, politics, and culture weekly columnist — GNM press office — Beginning this week, Margaret Sullivan, one of America's leading journalists and media commentators …
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Bryce Elder / Financial Times:
FT Alphaville closes its Mastodon server and reflects on why running a social media site is a bad idea, including due to reputational, legal, and security risks — Extinction looms for FTAV's Mastodon presence — A few months ago, FT Alphaville thought it might be fun to host a Mastodon server.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Penske Media's new unit Penske Media Eldridge acquires Golden Globes and other awards events owner Dick Clark Productions from Todd Boehly's Eldridge Industries — Penske Media Eldridge has acquired Dick Clark Productions in a deal that marks a major expansion for the parent company of Variety …
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Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:
Former Fox News booker Laura Luhn sues Fox News and former co-president Bill Shine, claiming negligence because they ignored decades of Roger Ailes abusing her — Fox News and former top executive Bill Shine were sued by a onetime booker for the network who says she was subjected to decades …
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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Three producers who worked on a Guardian podcast about its founder's slavery ties filed a formal complaint about institutional racism during the project in 2022 — EXCLUSIVE: The Guardian's plan to produce a podcast about its historical slave trade links has been the subject of a race complaint …
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Bloomberg:
Sinclair Broadcast's Diamond Sports Group heads toward an $8.6B debt restructuring in bankruptcy court and bets on its new direct-to-consumer streaming service — America's largest owner of local sports channels is heading toward a complex $8.6 billion debt restructuring in bankruptcy court …
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