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5:35 PM ET, November 16, 2023

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Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
Over a dozen Jewish celebrities and creators confronted TikTok executives on a call, urging them to do more to address antisemitism and harassment on the app  —  TikTok faces escalating accusations that it promotes pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel content.  “Shame on you,” Sacha Baron Cohen said on the call.
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
TikTok removes videos promoting Osama Bin Laden's “Letter to America” that justified the 9/11 attacks, but calls reports that they were trending “inaccurate”  —  - George Santos “Blatantly Stole From His Campaign” And Deceived Donors, House Ethics Committee Report Says; Congressman Won't Seek Reelection
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
The Guardian takes down a 2002 letter written by Osama Bin Laden criticizing US support of Israel, after the letter went viral on TikTok
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Study: there are ~6,000 local newspapers left in the US, down from 8,891 in 2005; 4,790 publish weekly and 6.4% of counties don't have a local news outlet  —  The decline of local newspapers accelerated so rapidly in 2023 that analysts now believe the U.S. will have lost one-third of the newspapers …
Tom Jones / Poynter:
How the Washington Post decided to publish an extremely graphic report on mass shootings, aiming to balance showing the reality and avoiding desensitization  —  ‘We just felt that there was a lack of understanding of what actually happens in these shootings,’ the Post's executive editor told Poynter.
Dan Sheehan / Literary Hub:
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Anne Boyer resigns as The New York Times Magazine's poetry editor, calling out “ghoulish euphemisms” about Palestinians' suffering  —  It's been a hell of a 24 hours for writers demonstrating moral courage.  —  Last night at the National Book Awards …
Will Knight / Wired:
YouTube lets some Shorts creators test Dream Track, a new DeepMind-powered AI tool to generate and remix music in the styles of nine artists, including Sia  —  YouTube creators will get to test a new AI tool that generates and remixes music in the style of several famous musicians, including Sia, Demi Lovato, and T-Pain.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube updates its guidelines to allow monetizing videos that display nudity while breastfeeding if a child is present, non-sexually graphic dancing, and more  —  YouTube is updating its guidelines to allow new types of content to monetize adult content, including videos that display nudity …
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
How Audacy's ~$1.5B bet on CBS Radio backfired: radio is struggling, podcasts and streaming audio did not make enough revenue to replace lost ad sales, and more  —  - Field family gambled, lost on $1.5 billion CBS Radio merger  — Young listeners and sponsors bailing on struggling industry
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
IBM suspends its advertising on X after Media Matters said X has been placing ads for IBM, Apple, Oracle, Xfinity, and NBCU's Bravo alongside pro-Nazi material  —  Tech company's move is the latest setback to Linda Yaccarino's efforts to convince brands Elon Musk's platform is safe
 
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Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters:
Spotify expands the Spotify Audience Network, which the company launched in 2021 as its ad marketplace for podcasts, to India, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, and Sweden
Josh Ye / Reuters:
Source: ByteDance's Douyin tests letting some creators with 100K+ followers add paywalls to parts of their videos; Chinese media reports Douyin takes a 30% cut
Discussion: Adweek and Business Insider
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The obsessive coverage of one poll showing Donald Trump leading Joe Biden stresses the sorry state of US political coverage and ignores the threat to democracy
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
A look at the precedent of journalists from US news organizations embedding with the IDF, which has reignited a debate about the ethics of the practice
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Google plans to end Google News' support for paid magazines on December 18 and says users will be able to export copies of paid magazines before the shutdown
Vox:
Vox EIC and Publisher Swati Sharma names Elbert Ventura, previously the EIC of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, as executive editor, starting in January 2024
Discussion: @nishachittal
Reuters:
Members of the US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party ask Tim Cook to explain The Problem With Jon Stewart's abrupt cancellation on Apple TV+