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[Thread] Twitter will stop accepting all political advertising on its platform globally starting November 22 — We've made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought. Why? A few reasons...🧵
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Jack Dorsey's announcement that Twitter will cut out political ads increases the pressure for Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg to follow suit
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Sources: over 250 Facebook employees have signed a letter visible on an internal forum that says letting politicians lie in ads is “a threat” to the company
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Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: G/O Media decided to autoplay ads from Farmers Insurance Group after missing targets for a deal that required 43.5M impressions through September 2020 — Management and staff battle over ad strategies and editorial edicts — The publisher of the former Gawker Media websites …
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Sources: following public criticism of autoplay ads from G/O Media's editorial team, Farmers Insurance Group has pulled an ad deal, reportedly worth $1M+ — The ads were axed after G/O Media staffers at Deadspin and other sites spoke out against irritating autoplay ads …
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Ryan Phillips / The Big Lead:
At least five staffers announced their resignations from Deadspin on Wednesday: Laura Wagner, Kelsey McKinney, Tom Ley, Lauren Theisen, and Patrick Redford — Multiple Deadspin staffers announced their resignations on Wednesday, as the site's battle with its G/O Media bosses intensified.
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Ryan Glasspiegel / The Big Lead:
Deadspin's interim editor-in-chief, Barry Petchesky, who has worked for the publication for 10 years, says he has been fired for “not sticking to sports”
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New York Times:
NBC News Digital employees say they are forming a union of 150 workers with the News Guild of New York, driven partly by the network's handling of misconduct — Employees of NBC's digital news division announced on Wednesday that they intend to form a union representing about 150 workers …
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BBC:
Facebook agrees to pay a £500K fine to the UK for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal but makes no admission of liability — Facebook has agreed to pay a £500,000 fine imposed by the UK's data protection watchdog for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Student subscribers to Apple Music, which costs $4.99 per month, will get Apple TV+ at no extra charge — In a surprise announcement, Apple has announced its first bundle deal for Apple TV+. For subscribers to Apple Music on the student plan, $4.99 per month, Apple will giveaway Apple TV+ at no additional charge.
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Travis Clark / Business Insider:
Apple TV+ will be the cheapest streaming platform at $4.99/month at launch, but it's a tough sell with just four shows now and no licensed content library — - Apple TV Plus launches on Friday for $4.99 a month with only four original shows and no library of licensed content.
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Peter Kafka / Vox:
HBO Max to launch in May and cost $15 a month, same as the existing HBO; AT&T plans to bundle free subscriptions for some customers of its other services — HBOMax, WarnerMedia's new streaming service, will feature all of HBO's shows, like Game of Thrones, plus new programing. HBO
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox has repeatedly failed to credit CNN scoops critical of Democrats because credit would undercut Fox opinion hosts' claims about CNN's credibility and bias — Sixth in a series on the relationship between Fox News and the mainstream media. (Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5.)
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Financial Times:
Sources: the Barclays are considering selling the Telegraph Media Group, bought in 2004 for £665M, but have rebuffed an approach by the owner of the Daily Mail — The billionaire Barclay brothers, who own The Ritz hotel in London and Britain's Telegraph newspaper …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
BBC tells employment tribunal that its rolling news channel is too niche to warrant Samira Ahmed receiving equal pay to presenters of high-profile shows — Broadcaster has been speaking at an employment tribunal over claims of unequal pay — Jeremy Vine was “gifted” …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Facebook says it won't remove Pages promoting Daily Wire content because they're “run by real people”, but at least two are owned by Daily Wire's parent company — This is the online version of the Popular Information newsletter. You can get independent accountability journalism in your inbox every week.
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Avi Asher-Schapiro / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Q&A with Maati Monjib, co-founder of the Moroccan Association for Investigative Journalism and a target of NSO Group's spyware, on the impact of surveillance — Pegasus, the cellphone spyware tool sold by the Israeli firm NSO Group, is one of the most powerful surveillance systems governments can buy, experts say.
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Will Cathcart / Washington Post:
WhatsApp sues NSO Group after investigating an attack that sent malware to 1,400 devices, targeting 100+ journalists and human rights defenders
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