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Mark Halperin, who faced multiple accusations of sexual misconduct and harassment in 2017, signs a book deal with publisher Regan Arts — News of the “Game Change” author's deal with Regan Arts came as a shock to his accusers, and prominent Democrats interviewed in the book have been scrambling to explain themselves.
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Disney+ to launch in Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, and New Zealand along with the US in November, will stream on all major platforms except Fire TV — Disney today confirmed its first global launches for the company's upcoming Disney+ subscription service, and it outlined which devices …
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Roku Channel adds a kids section with 7,000 free TV shows and movies curated by an in-house team, with 40% less ad volume than regular Roku Channel content — Curated by humans, not algorithms — The Roku Channel currently offers a mix of free-to-watch, ad-supported movies, TV shows, and live news.
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[Thread] Twitter has been running ads from Chinese state news agency Xinhua that aim to discredit protesters in Hong-Kong — Every day I go out and see stuff with my own eyes, and then I go to report it on Twitter and see promoted tweets saying the opposite of what I saw. Twitter is taking money from Chinese propaganda outfits and running these promoted tweets against the top Hong Kong protest hashtags pic.twitter.com/6Wb0Km6GOb
Steve Dent / Engadget:
Spotify's Premium Family Plan is getting parental controls with an explicit content filter and a Family Mix personalized playlist for the whole family — Spotify is rolling out a new Premium Family Plan with a much-awaited setting. Parents will now have the ability to filter out songs with swearing …
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Victoria Kwan / First Draft:
How journalists can avoid amplifying misinformation, given their reporting can improve search engine rankings and increase the visibility for bad info — When it comes to websites with masked motives, can coverage do more harm than good? Recent discussions at First Draft tried to address this inherent problem.
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources say WarnerMedia execs were blindsided by new HBO streaming plans, describe how WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey's harsh management style is alienating staff — Plans by HBO's new parent company to launch a Netflix rival is coming under fire from insiders — many of whom are pointing the finger at their new boss, John Stankey.
Jessica Lipsky / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of the Black Panther Party's newspaper, which ran from 1967 to 1980 and at its peak was the most-read Black newspaper in the US — In 1968, Billy X Jennings was sitting in class at Laney College, in Oakland, California, when he heard chanting from the courthouse across the street.
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Ben Strauss / Washington Post:
Q&A with ESPN's investigative reporter Don Van Natta about Backstory, a new show on the network which revisits some of the biggest stories in sports history — Don Van Natta has covered the Clinton White House and terrorism in Europe for the New York Times.
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Ian Burrell / The Drum:
HuffPost UK EIC Jimmy Leach on his former role as a UK Foreign Office diplomat, the Verizon Media ecosystem, HuffPost's female-focused newsroom, and more — Having been a Foreign Office diplomat and a senior official at Downing Street, Jimmy Leach, the new editor-in-chief of HuffPost UK …
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Jeff Blumenthal / Philadelphia Business Journal:
American City Business Journals acquires BizEquity, a SaaS company offering business valuation tools and more to financial institutions and wealth managers — As part of the deal, the parent company of the Philadelphia Business Journal will make a “significant” capital investment in BizEquity to accelerate its growth.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Ashley Flowers, the creator and host of true-crime podcast “Crime Junkie”, says several episodes have been pulled down, after being accused of plagiarism — Ashley Flowers, creator and host of “Crime Junkie” — currently the No. 1 true-crime podcast — has been accused …
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