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Netflix is paying $450M for the rights to Knives Out 2 and Knives Out 3, the follow-ups to the 2019 mystery with director Rian Johnson and star Daniel Craig — Netflix is plunking down an astounding $450 million for the rights to “Knives Out 2” and “Knives Out 3,” the next two follow-ups to the 2019 murder mystery.
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PEN America:
Social media companies should make changes like creating a dashboard that filters abusive content and an SOS button to help journalists facing online abuse — No Excuse for Abuse — Introduction — Online abuse—from violent threats and hateful slurs to sexual harassment, impersonation …
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Lyz / Men Yell at Me:
A nuanced conversation with Talia Lavin about the emotional toll of online harassment, and how journalists can try to keep themselves and their families safer — The first time the online mob came for me was in 2016. I was live-tweeting my caucus experience, which I was writing about for VICE …
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Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Facebook says a now-removed interview with Trump posted by daughter-in-law Lara Trump falls under its ban as it spoke “in the voice of President Trump” — Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump promoted a new interview with the former president on Facebook and Instagram Tuesday …
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Three video creators say Facebook underpaid them by thousands in ad revenue after it updated monetization tools in January; Facebook blames a “technical issue” — Britain Lockhart never knows what he'll find when he scuba dives for treasure. Neither do his viewers on Facebook who tune in for a surprise reveal.
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Josh Taylor / The Guardian:
Facebook now lets users and Pages limit comments on posts, after a 2019 Australian court ruling that news outlets are liable for comments on their Pages — The new feature to limit comments comes after an Australian court ruling that found news outlets are liable for comments on their pages
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Comcast's NBCUniversal is considering pulling its movies from HBO Max and Netflix and keeping future releases for Peacock — Media giant's NBCUniversal division wants to boost its own streaming service, Peacock — Comcast Corp.'s NBCUniversal is considering pulling its movies …
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Paul Takahashi / Houston Chronicle:
Houston Chronicle's executive editor, Steve Riley, is retiring after taking the helm of the newspaper in May 2019; he will step down once a successor is found — Houston Chronicle Executive Editor Steve Riley said Wednesday that he will retire after a 41-year career in journalism, including more than three years at the Chronicle.
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Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information:
Gupta Media: Facebook ad prices, measured in cost per thousand impressions, rebounded from a $1 monthly average last spring to almost $5 in November — With consumers glued to phones and laptops, the year of pandemic shut-ins ended up being great for the biggest digital advertising businesses …
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Nandini Jammi / BRANDED:
How brands like GoDaddy and GoodRx appeared on Steve Bannon's new outlet, illustrating that the way people think about brand safety has outlived its usefulness — Here's what's new with us: — We were interviewed by — Claire was quoted for a piece on publisher branding in AdWeek
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Ex-government analyst Daniel Hale, charged with leaking drone warfare info to a reporter apparently at The Intercept, pleads guilty to violating Espionage Act — A former intelligence analyst leaked classified information about drone warfare to a journalist and wrote anonymously …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Entertainment group Endeavor, parent of WME and UFC, has filed its prospectus for a possible IPO, disclosing a $625.3M net loss in 2020 with revenue of $3.5B — Endeavor has filed its prospectus for a possible IPO offering later this year, with updated financial disclosures revealing …
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