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Leo Kelion / BBC:
US teen says TikTok blocked her from posting after she accused China of putting Muslims into concentration camps; TikTok blames other reasons for the suspension — A US teenager's TikTok video clip accusing China of putting Muslims into “concentration camps” has gone viral on the Chinese-owned social network.
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
Facebook bans white nationalist outlets Red Ice TV and Affirmative Right, says VDare's page is still under review, after recent report — Platform bars Red Ice TV and Affirmative Right, as VDare continues to operate — Facebook will no longer allow Red Ice TV and Affirmative Right to use its platform …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Republican congressional leaders are avoiding TV interviews and appearances except for Fox News, while Democratic leaders have stayed off Fox in recent months — New York (CNN Business)In the months ahead, the Republican leaders of the Senate will likely determine the fate of the Trump presidency.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
YouGov survey of five European countries finds Brits are most concerned about fake news and 63% think they're frequently exposed to fake news vs. 28% of Germans — Brits are more worried than their European neighbours about “fake news”, but are the least likely to pay for verified journalism, according to a new Yougov poll.
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@markmackinnon, @daveclark_afp and @paulrapacioli
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
UK's Press Gazette calls on Electoral Commission to ban the use of newspaper mastheads and copycat formats in election pamphlets, a common practice — Political parties must stop imitating newspapers in their election campaign material to avoid deceiving voters and damaging the reputations of trusted local news titles.
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Press Gazette and Sidmouth Herald News
Max Read / New York Magazine:
Q&A with Jonah Peretti on BuzzFeed in the 2010s: how microtargeting enables polarization, turning points like the Boston Marathon, Steele dossier, unionization — As the decade began, there were reasons to be optimistic: America had elected its first black president …
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Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:
Podcasting network Headgum launches Gumball, an advertising marketplace that lets creators circumvent sales reps and address advertisers directly — Plus: Google debuts an automated, aggregated, atomized audio experience. Should publishers buy in? — Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts.
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PR Newswire
Jack Shafer / Politico:
A subscriber strike for Alden Global Capital newspapers may be in order, to nudge Alden to sell its papers to owners who covet both good journalism and profits — It's not a popular thing to say, but journalism may be approaching the point where dedicated news consumers might take a hard look …
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Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
Sources: theSkimm is profitable and projects $30M in revenue this year as it looks for an investor or buyer amid slowing subscriber growth — - Buzzy media darling TheSkimm has been looking for an investor or buyer to accelerate its growth, people familiar with the talks told Business Insider.
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@jyarow, @rafat, @niemanlab and @ashkan
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Bloomberg, Trump, and Steyer 2020 campaigns have spent about two-thirds of all candidate media spend so far with $35M, $33.6M, and $54.8M spent respectively — The 2020 campaigns of the three billionaires running for president next year have collectively spent about two-thirds of all ad dollars so far.
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@alexi, The Guardian and Bloomberg
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News guest Michael Blake asked why Tucker Carlson was still on Fox, highlighting how Carlson and others made Fox a political actor, damaging its credibility — Fox News host Tucker Carlson is a propagandist, though a clever and savvy one. And on his program Monday night …
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@jeremymbarr, @nikkimcr, @erikwemple, @jeremymbarr, Mother Jones and The Week
Luke Bouma / Cord Cutters News:
Disney+ reinstates the Continue Watching section, having re-added Resume, Restart, and Add to Watchlist, features it removed at launch due to technical issues — When Disney+ launched, it faced several technical problems, with customers taking to social media to share that they weren't able to login to their accounts.
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