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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
TV news networks say they gamed out how to handle initial vote tabulations that could be misleading and are prepared to push back on false claims by candidates — Networks have gamed out how to handle initial vote tabulations that could be misleading, causing a ‘red mirage’ or ‘blue mirage’
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Nieman Lab, @dartcenter, @rasmus_kleis, @mariaramirezny, @benmullin, @rasmus_kleis, @rasmus_kleis, @asharma, @brianstelter and CNN
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Emily Palmer / New York Times:
Q&A with NYT Audience editors Anna Dubenko and Jake Grovum on their social media plan for the election, balancing speed and accuracy over multiple days — Two digital experts for The Times discuss what they anticipate for a busy night and beyond. — Times Insider explains …
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@emilybell, @jgrovum, @annadubenko, @emilyepalmer and bookforum.com
New York Times:
NYT brings back “the needle” but only for Georgia, N. Carolina, and Florida, and says it won't offer a single needle for the overall election due to mail voting
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Vox, @nbashaw, Poynter, Washington Post, @notbrunoagain, @anildash, @nytpolitics, @mollyjongfast, @spencerdailey, @nytimes, @nycjim, @upshotnyt, @naumanbilly, @kevinroose, @nycsouthpaw, @dsilverman, @jonathanchait, @charohenriquez, @darlin, @alv9n, @asteadwesley, @jbillinson, @panzer and Political Wire
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: AT&T in talks to sell a significant minority stake in DirecTV, AT&T Now, and U-Verse pay-TV, where the buyer would run pay-TV distribution operations — - AT&T is considering selling significant minority stake in DirecTV, AT&T Now and U-Verse pay-TV operations.
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The Streamable, @sherman4949, Light Reading, Hollywood Reporter, @sherman4949, @claireatki and Cord Cutters News
Nicholas Quah / Hot Pod News:
Q&A with Casey Newton on Spotify's need to articulate a content policy after the latest Rogan-Jones episode and its transition from infrastructure to publisher — I've been following Casey Newton's work for closely quite some time now, particularly over the past few years as he's zeroed …
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Vulture, @caseynewton, @evelyndouek, @nwquah and FullFlow
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Comcast is in talks with Walmart to develop and distribute smart TVs, as the cable giant looks to become a dominant hub for streaming apps — Under the terms being discussed, the retail giant would promote TV sets running Comcast software and receive share of recurring revenue
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The Streamable
Axios:
Facebook says it will rely on election results from Reuters, the Associated Press, and six independent decision desks at major media outlets it didn't identify — Facebook said Monday it would be relying on consensus results from the National Election Pool/Edison via Reuters, the Associated Press …
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The Media Nut, CNBC, Wired and Poynter, more at Techmeme »
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Twitter says it will use at least two sources, from among ABC News, AP, CNN, CBS News, Decision Desk HQ, Fox News, and NBC News, to call US election results
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@twittersupport, این …, The Daily Beast, Politico, @justinhendrix, @mmasnick, The Wrap, @twittersupport, @davmicrot, @larakate, @carnage4life, @judiciarygop, @sarafischer, @sarafischer and Breitbart
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
Study: YouTube's recent efforts to reduce recommendations of misinfo from fringe channels worked, but Fox News is now the most recommended for election videos — To battle false information, YouTube cut its recommendations to fringe channels and instead promoted major networks, especially Fox News.
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@diakayyali, @oakmorr, @mhbergen, @jacknicas, @caseynewton and @jacknicas
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Hulu enables Watch Party social viewing on Hulu.com for its live-streamed election coverage, provided by ABC News, the first time it's done so for a live event — Hulu is bringing its Watch Party social viewing feature to its live-streamed election news coverage, provided via its existing partnership with ABC News Live.
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The Streamable
CNBC:
YouTube says it will end full-day masthead ad reservations in 2021, to give “advertisers more budget flexibility”, says change is not connected to the election — - YouTube will discontinue full-day reservations for its masthead ads beginning in 2021.
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@megancgraham, @daiwaka, New York Times, @profcarroll, Vox, The Atlantic, Tubefilter, @slpng_giants, @mmasnick, @amymaxmen, Business Insider, Vanity Fair, @megancgraham, @jigolden, MediaPost, @kevinroose, @alexeheath, @richlightshed, @richlightshed, @peterwsinger, @amanbatheja and @amanbatheja, more at Techmeme »
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Profile of video hosting site Rumble, which has become a home to right-wing figures like Dan Bongino and Devin Nunes, and says it had 60M unique visitors in Oct — As the CEOs of Twitter, Google, and Facebook testified before the US Senate just weeks before the election …
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@craigsilverman and Protocol
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Fox reports $2.72B in Q1 revenue with overall ad revenue falling 7% YoY to $969M due to loss of live sports, but Fox News ad revenue rose 18% YoY — Fox Corp. beat Wall Street analysts' forecasts for its fiscal first quarter, delivering revenue of $2.72 billion, but COVID-19 continued …
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MediaPost, Radio & Television …, The Wrap, The Wrap, @jbflint, Variety, @richlightshed, The Wrap, @bristei, Hollywood Reporter and @jbflint
Tim Peterson / Digiday:
An in-depth look at the fall of CNN's Great Big Story short-form video subsidiary, founded in 2015, which failed to meet sales goals and turn a profit — On the morning of Sept. 22, employees at Great Big Story received some good news. The digital video publisher's biggest advertiser …
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@simonowens, @doctoryasmin and Fast Company
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