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Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / WWD:
Interview with Joe Hagan on his upcoming biography of Rolling Stone owner Jann Wenner: the book's origins, the process, Wenner's expectations, and more — “Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine" will be published on Oct. 24. — Sticky Fingers: Jean Wenner in 1977
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New York Times, Columbia Journalism Review, @sebastianbach, @nytimes, SPIN, Washington Post, @gabrielsherman and Vulture
Silvia Killingsworth / The Awl:
Vox Media Editorial Director Lockhart Steele, founder of Curbed, has been fired; CEO staff memo said Steele admitted conduct “inconsistent with our core values” — In what appears to be the first and probably not the last repercussion of last week's Shitty Media Men list …
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Eden Rohatensky, Mediaite, Slate, @brookekelty, @edenthecat, @fmanjoo, @the_rewm, @katiedrumm, @tomgara, thecut and @xeni
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Pew survey of 1,116 technologists and other experts: most say political and social divide feeds misinfo online; 51% say things won't improve over next decade — It can be nice to hear from experts (even the so-called experts) how things are going to shake out.
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Pew Research Center, TechCrunch, Adweek, Engadget, @dkthomp, @niemanlab, Axios and Mashable, more at Techmeme »
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Sources: Facebook's news subscription tool is delayed on iOS over Apple's 30% App Store cut; the tool will rollout on Android phones over coming weeks — The problem: Apple's 30 percent tax. — Facebook's effort to help media companies sell subscriptions has hit a snag: Apple.
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Facebook Media, Scroll.in, The Next Web, Digiday, The Verge, Adweek, Fortune, Engadget, Ad Age, TechCrunch, MacRumors, 9to5Mac and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Verizon loses net 18K pay TV subscribers in third quarter, OTT service plans still tentative — The telecom giant, which earlier in the year closed its acquisition of Yahoo, provides updates on a planned online TV service and possible content deals. — Telecom giant Verizon on Thursday reported …
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Bloomberg, Verizon Fios & Custom TV, Forbes, CNBC, Fortune, Reuters, Fox Business, Bloomberg, CNET and USA Today, more at Techmeme »
Carolina A. Miranda / Los Angeles Times:
Why Gustavo Arellano's OC Weekly departure highlights the endangered status of Latinos in media — Gustavo Arellano, author and former editor of the OC Weekly in 2012. (Arkasha Stevenson / Los Angeles Times) — It began as a lark: a satirical advice column in which readers could write …
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@ttrlovesmittens and @rorycarroll72
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Vogue, Vice to launch editorial collaboration Project Vs in early 2018; partnership continues trend of unlikely media alliances made to extend advertising reach — At first blush, Vogue and Vice would seem to go together as well as soda and mayonnaise. But in the world of advertising, their collaboration might prove quite tasty.
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Fashionista, Jezebel, Melville House Books and @bmorrissey
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Italian government partners with digital companies, including Facebook, for a pilot program to train high school students to recognize fake news online — ROME — After reading the horrors in Dante's “Inferno,” Italian students will soon turn to the dangers of the digital age.
Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
RT's American arm failed to register as a foreign agent by DOJ deadline of October 17, unclear whether civil or criminal proceedings will follow — The Russian television network RT is resisting the U.S. government's request that its American arm register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
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@hadas_gold and @hadas_gold
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Agora Project linked 10 journalists across borders to report on global issues, with stories published in Süddeutsche Zeitung, Huffington Post Greece, and more — 'There's so much possibility to learn from each other': 10 journalists worked together to put their stories into a European context
Twitter:
Twitter unveils user safety roadmap through Jan. 2018: expand definitions of non-consensual nudity, update policy around hate, add info for suspended accounts — As we said last week, we're updating our approach to make Twitter a safer place. This won't be a quick or easy fix, but we're committed to getting it right.
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@jack, Variety, TechCrunch, @adrianweckler, The Verge, Business Insider, @dylanw, Engadget, Axios and Mashable, more at Techmeme »
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune Media shareholders vote more than 99% in favor of Sinclair merger, which awaits FCC and DOJ approval — Tribune Media shareholders “overwhelmingly” voted in favor of a sale to Sinclair Broadcast Group. (Scott Olson / Getty Images) — Tribune Media shareholders on Thursday …
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