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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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Mark Zuckerberg:
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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Riya Bhattacharjee / CNBC:
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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Mark Schoofs / BuzzFeed News:
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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J. Clara Chan / The Wrap:
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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Pew Research Center:
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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Nieman Lab, The Hill, @facttank, @whitneycwimbish, @rasmus_kleis, @elvialimon, @gottfriedjeff, @knightfdn, @facttank and The Wrap
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Knight Foundation:
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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American Press Institute, @michaelbarthel, @knightfdn, @knightfdn, @scchak and @knightfdn
Jenna Chandler / Curbed LA:
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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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
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 …
Bloomberg:
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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@eposvox, @playeressence, @business, @elliottzaagman, @elliottzaagman, @vladsavov and @pingroma
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
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.
Jem Aswad / Variety:
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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@michellemanafy, Music Business Worldwide and Adweek
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