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Unilever to halt US advertising on Facebook and Twitter at least until 2021, citing hate speech and divisive content; Verizon is suspending Facebook ads in July — Unilever to halt ads on Facebook, Twitter for remainder of year — Under mounting pressure from advertisers …
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Zuckerberg says Facebook will now label content that violates its rules but was left up because it was deemed newsworthy and of public interest — Three weeks ago, I committed to reviewing our policies ahead of the 2020 elections. That work is ongoing, but today I want to share some new policies …
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Coca-Cola to pause paid ads on all social media platforms globally for at least 30 days to reassess its ad policies, but isn't joining the official boycott — - Coca Cola on Friday announced it will be pausing advertising on all social media. — Coca-Cola on Friday announced …
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BuzzFeed News apologizes after finding at least 11 published articles with passages plagiarized from other news orgs; articles are now correctly attributed — BuzzFeed News has found that the following articles do not meet our editorial standards, as laid out in our standards and ethics guidelines.
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Source: BuzzFeed News has fired senior reporter Ryan Broderick for plagiarism or misattributed information in at least 11 of his articles — BuzzFeed News has fired a senior reporter it says plagiarized or misattributed information in at least 11 of his articles, an individual with knowledge of the matter confirmed to TheWrap.
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Though 59% of Americans say media misunderstands people like them, the reasons they feel this way differ among white, Hispanic, and Black Americans — Tensions inside American newsrooms have emerged amid the recent protests over the killing of George Floyd while in police custody …
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Survey from Nov. 2019 to Feb. 2020: 50% of Blacks, 43% of Hispanics, 41% of Asians, 30% of whites say it's critical for media to reflect US population diversity — A solid majority of Americans say it is important for the news media to reflect the diversity of the U.S. population …
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Curbed ceases production on LA and SF sites and says new stories will appear on Curbed.com; Los Angeles and San Francisco newsletters will continue — It's not good-bye — we're moving to a new home. — Dear readers, hate-readers, and vicious commenters, — Googie. “Greenmailing.” NIMBYs.
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A look at Netflix's long-term content strategy, which is enabling the company to launch 59 new original shows in July, despite the global pandemic — The streamer has nearly 60 original titles landing in July alone — Netflix is set to introduce 59 new original things in July …


Tencent is launching Trovo, a Twitch-like streaming service, in the US, and plans to entice creators with a $30M partnership program starting in July — - Trovo is a close analog to Twitch and already live online — Preparing official launch with $30 million recruitment budget
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Indictment says Jack Abramoff paid 2 writers to promote AML Bitcoin: one at Daily Caller, one at Investor's Business Daily, American Spectator, Washington Times — Derek Hunter says he wasn't paid by the disgraced lobbyist to plug his bitcoin project. But the SEC cites his article, among others, in their complaint.

USC partners with Universal Music Group to publish a report on the extent to which people of color are excluded from music's leadership ranks — It has become abundantly clear over the past few years — not to mention the past few decades — that African-Americans and other people of color …
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