Mediagazer: YouTube terminated Steve Bannon's War Room podcast channel and one associated channel on Friday, after receiving three strikes for violating YouTube's rules (Richard Nieva/CNET)

7:50 PM ET, January 9, 2021

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Twitter says it has permanently suspended Trump's @realDonaldTrump account “due to the risk of further incitement of violence” — The president's preferred megaphone is gone — Twitter permanently banned President Donald Trump on Friday, days after a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol leaving five dead.

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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

Twitter and Facebook's ban on Trump is not censorship, and demanding clear rules for social media moderation is “stupid” because the context is always changing — When I started writing this post, it was about Facebook's decision to suspend Trump's account indefinitely …

New York Times:

Three NYT journalists recount the harrowing scenes at the Capitol when it was breached by a mob — Three New York Times journalists were at the Capitol when it was breached. Here's how they experienced it. — WASHINGTON — Something was not right inside the Senate chamber.

Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:

Toledo Blade staff are on byline strike after management said to avoid calling rioters Trump supporters and changed wording to signal other groups were involved — As Toledo Blade staffers, like journalists everywhere, scrambled Wednesday to document the attack on the Capitol …

New York Times:

Dlive, which attracts far-right video streamers and takes a cut of viewer donations, had a near-record 150K concurrent viewers Wednesday, according to estimates — A site called Dlive, where rioters broadcast from the Capitol, is benefiting from the growing exodus of right-wing users from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

The New York Times Company:

Matt Thompson, previously EIC of the Center for Investigative Reporting's Reveal, is joining NYT as editor of Headway, to investigate global and national issues — Matt was previously the editor in chief of Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting. — Matt Thompson is joining The New York Times as editor of Headway.

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Tanishaa Nadkar / Reuters:

UK's competition watchdog says it is investigating Google's proposals to remove third-party cookies from Chrome over concerns it could curb rival advertising — (Reuters) - UK's competition watchdog said on Friday it has launched an investigation into Google's proposals to remove third-party cookies …

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Richard Nieva / CNET:

YouTube terminated Steve Bannon's War Room podcast channel and one associated channel on Friday, after receiving three strikes for violating YouTube's rules — The ban comes as social platforms have cracked down on misinformation and content that could incite violence following the storming of the Capitol.

Nic Newman / Reuters Institute for the Study …:

Survey of media leaders: 73% are confident about their outlet's future; 36% say policy intervention might help; 48% say some issues don't need neutral coverage — 2. Platforms, publishers and regulation | 3. Impartiality versus the search for moral clarity | 4. Strategies for engagement: enduring formats find new favour |

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Jessica Toonkel / The Information:

Sources: AT&T couldn't get an HBO Max distribution deal for Amazon's Fire TV devices before WarnerMedia agreed to extend its contract for AWS services — For six months after WarnerMedia launched HBO Max, the growth of the high-profile new streaming service suffered because the company …

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Joshua Franklin / Reuters:

Source: Bustle Digital Group is exploring a merger with a SPAC to go public, aiming for a valuation of at least $600M — (Reuters) -Bustle Digital Group (BDG), the U.S. media platform whose publications include fashion magazine W and Bustle, is exploring a potential merger …

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Wall Street Journal:

Roku has acquired global rights for Quibi content, sources say for less than $100M, and will make it available free to stream in 2021 on the Roku Channel — Maker of the biggest U.S. streaming video-player plans to put the content in its ad-supported channel