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Wall Street Journal:
Internal docs show frequent heated debates among Facebook staff and execs about how to rank, fact check, and moderate content of right-wing pubs like Breitbart — Employees allege content rules aren't enforced for Breitbart and other right-wing publishers for fear of public blowback …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
How Frances Haugen maximized the impact of her leaked Facebook documents, rolling them out first to WSJ and then broadening to a large group of outlets — In a time of mega-leaks, journalists' sources have become power players. Frances Haugen, the former Facebook executive who shared company documents …
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More than 12 news outlets, including AP and Fox Business, form a consortium to sift leaked Facebook docs from Frances Haugen, reporting stories separately
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Citizen Lab: the iPhone of Ben Hubbard, an American reporter for NYT, was hacked in 2020 and 2021, likely by Saudi Arabia using NSO's Pegasus; NSO denies claim — Invasive hacking software sold to countries to fight terrorism is easily abused. Researchers say my phone was hacked twice, probably by Saudi Arabia.
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Stephanie Condon / ZDNet:
Facebook says Q3 ad revenue grew 33% YoY to $28.28B but warns of “continued headwinds” in Q4 due to Apple's ATT changes in iOS — The social media giant also expects its “metaverse” investments will reduce operating profits by $10B for FY 2021, as it begins breaking out Facebook Reality Labs as its own business segment
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Wall Street Journal, Axios, CNBC, Reuters, The Verge, PR Newswire, Facebook, Music Ally, AppleInsider, @edbott, @jason_kint, @amy_siskind, @megancgraham and @anthony, more at Techmeme »
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Interview with LA Times politics columnist Jackie Calmes, who calls on reporters to end false equivalence by never using quotes with lies without refuting them — Jackie Calmes, a veteran former New York Times White House reporter, lit up media Twitter over the weekend with a powerful …
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@jayrosen_nyu, @eugene_scott, @janinezacharia, @chunterct, @froomkin, @mattwelch, @lisatozzi, @froomkin, @jayrosen_nyu, @froomkin, @vanillatary, @froomkin, @jgkoomey, @niemanlab, @froomkin and @jonfavs
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube's VP of Content Partnerships Malik Ducard leaves the company after a decade to join Pinterest as its first chief content officer — After a decade at YouTube, Malik Ducard is moving on: He's been hired by Pinterest as the image-sharing and social media company's first chief content officer.
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@maxthecomrade, Tubefilter, @mhbergen, MediaPost and @mariejoelle
Financial Times:
Fox launches Fox Weather in a new HQ with 120 meteorologists and a ceiling that changes color with the weather, as critics say it will face credibility issues — TV channels bet that reports of increasingly extreme climate can pull them out of a ratings nosedive
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Cameo makes its first acquisition, buying Represent, which develops and operates direct-to-fan ecommerce sites for celeb clients like Leonardo DiCaprio — Cameo, the startup that has built a fast-growing business selling video shout-outs from celebrities (and others), is extending into a new line of fandom business.
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TechCrunch, Axios, The Wrap, @bookcameo, @sarafischer, @adweek, @mr312, Tubefilter, Adweek and Hollywood Reporter
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
A look at IMDb TV, as Amazon hopes attracting Judge Judy and other stars, alongside a possible name change, will boost the free, ad-supported service — The company hopes a new court show starring the straight-talking judge will help turbocharge its free, ad-supported streaming platform, IMDb TV.
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Variety, @nytimesbusiness, @brooksbarnesnyt, The Wrap and Awful Announcing
Stephen Witt / New Yorker:
Profile of Patrick Soon-Shiong, a controversial doctor who bought LA Times with “little due diligence” thinking owning it would be “easier than curing cancer” — The billionaire doctor has become one of Los Angeles's most prominent civic leaders, after a boundary-pushing ascent in medicine.
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@niemanlab, @erictopol, @newyorker, @newyorker, @daviesbj, @lfung, @michaelluo and @sduncovered
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
LA-based esports collective FaZe Clan decides to go public through a SPAC merger, valuing the company at ~$1B — Backed by the singer Pitbull and other entertainment and sports celebrities, FaZe Clan targets Gen Z and millennial consumers — Youth-focused online platform FaZe Clan Inc …
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Variety, @juhrome22, The Wrap, @loudmouthjulia, @jasongwild, Hollywood Reporter, Ad Age and Insider
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Adobe launches Content Credentials, including an opt-in feature that adds edit history and shows use of AI tools, to help with media authentication — Adobe is launching new tools in beta today to help creatives ensure that their work isn't stolen and for the public to see how images were created (and potentially manipulated).
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Fast Company, PCMag India, The Verge and Adobe Blog, more at Techmeme »
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