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Source: Twitter suspended hundreds of accounts for violating spam rules; the accounts had posted pro-Saudi Arabia tweets about the disappearance of Khashoggi — Twitter became aware of some of the bots on Thursday when NBC News presented the company with evidence of coordinated activity.
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Erik Wemple / @erikwemple:
After US treasury secretary pulled out of conference in Saudi Arabia, Fox Business Network follows by announcing it will cancel sponsorship and participation
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
At a rally in Montana, Trump praised Greg Gianforte for assaulting Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs during Gianforte's campaign for Congress in 2017 — President's comments at Montana rally in praise of violence against US journalist come amid international outcry over Khashoggi — Play Video
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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
As Facebook promotes its “war room” and efforts to fight interference, a study of disinformation on WhatsApp during Brazil's election shows more could be done — Corporation shows off room of engineers, data scientists and other experts but offers reporters few new specifics
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Wall Street Journal:
Factcheck.org debunks less than one post per day, as human fact-checkers' primary role is seen to be helping Facebook's algorithms to understand fake news sites — The social network's algorithms scan billions of posts each day in hopes of flagging misinformation before it goes viral; humans can't keep up
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New York Times:
Former FBI agent Terry Albury sentenced to 48 months after guilty plea for leaking documents linked to stories in The Intercept — WASHINGTON — By the time Terry J. Albury arrived in Minneapolis in 2012, about 11 years after he went to work for the F.B.I., he had grown increasingly convinced …
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Charlie Amter / Variety:
SoundCloud says DJs will be able to mix all songs from its catalogue starting in 2019 as it partners with Serato, Virtual DJ, and others — SoundCloud is on a roll. Hot on the heels of an announcement earlier this month allowing all users of the open audio platform to tap …
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Variety:
CBS names Showtime CEO David Nevins as chief creative officer for all of CBS, in charge of programming, marketing, and research — David Nevins has been named chief creative officer of CBS Corporation effective immediately, the company announced Thursday. — The announcement …
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Lenny Letter's website is shutting down Friday; it grew out of a newsletter run by Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner, run in partnership with Hearst, then Condé Nast — Lenny Letter's website is shutting down. The site, an outgrowth of a newsletter first run in partnership with Hearst …
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Los Angeles Times:
Peter Meehan, cofounder of the defunct Lucky Peach magazine, joins the LA Times' Food staff as it expands following Jonathan Gold's death — Meehan will help guide editorial direction and expansion of The Times' food and dining coverage — The Los Angeles Times has named Peter Meehan …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Interview with Matt DeRienzo, former executive director of Local Independent Online News Publishers, now back to newspapers with Hearst Connecticut Media Group — In 2014, Matt DeRienzo was the editor of the New Haven (Connecticut) Register, then owned by Digital First Media, “and I was ordered to cut half of the staff in my newsroom.
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For The Record:
Spotify Premium gets streamlined navigation, personalized search, and endless artist radio, rolling out globally on iOS and Android starting today — We're always looking for ways to provide the best possible methods for people to discover and enjoy the music they love.
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Sheelah Kolhatkar / New Yorker:
How Sinclair's focus on small markets led to it becoming a conservative media empire, with more stations in swing states than any other company — The company has achieved formidable reach by focussing on small markets where its TV stations can have a big influence.
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
A close look at the suit against Facebook on video metrics and a look back at many statements from publishers pivoting to video as Facebook touted the medium — “It will probably be all video.” — In June 2016, Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook's VP for Europe, the Middle East and Africa …
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Publishers like Mic and Mashable do not blame Facebook's bad metrics for their pivot to video; ad revenue from video wasn't affected by video watch time
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Jason Miller adds a co-host of the Chapo Trap House podcast to suit against Gizmodo Media Group because of the co-host's tweet calling Miller a “baby killer” — First, he sued Gizmodo Media and a reporter over a claim he gave an abortion pill to a stripper.
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