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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
White supremacists urge supporters to use Twitter's updated Private Information Policy against journalists and activists who identify them in photos of rallies — Researchers fear the new ban on posts sharing people's private information will be ‘emboldening to the fascists’ eager to keep their identities concealed.
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Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Journalists and activists worry Twitter's new privacy policy will be weaponized and make their jobs harder, due to vague terms like “the public interest” — On Tuesday, Twitter said it is expanding its privacy policy to include what the company calls “private media.”
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New York Times:
BuzzFeed will go public via a merger with 890 5th Avenue Partners, raising $16M from the SPAC and $150M via debt and acquiring Complex Networks for $300M — Shareholders in BuzzFeed, the digital media pioneer known for its listicles, quizzes and a news division that won its first Pulitzer Prize this year …
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
BuzzFeed News' union holds a walkout after two years of contract negotiations, as shareholders approve a plan to take the company public via a SPAC
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Sui-Lee Wee / New York Times:
A Philippine court lets Maria Ressa travel to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize after the government blocked her; she still needs two more courts to approve — The decision came after days of growing international pressure on the government to allow the journalist to attend the ceremony in Norway.
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Univision launches Noticias Univision 24/7, the first news streaming channel on its streaming service PrendeTV — Noticias Univision 24/7 is Now Reporting Live on PrendeTV — Over 100 Univision Newsroom Jobs Announced in October Have Been Filled Throughout the U.S.
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Martin Clarke, DMG Media publisher and CEO/EIC of MailOnline and DailyMail.com, is leaving at the end of February 2022 after 12 years — “I wanted to pursue new challenges,” the MailOnline boss wrote in announcing his exit from the digital tabloid. — MailOnline's publisher …
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Isaac McIntyre / Dexerto:
YouTube suspends streamer Ludwig Ahgren days after his publicized move from Twitch; Ahgren blames DMCA notices for listening to Baby Shark while streaming — The 26-year-old has been the talk of the streaming world these past few days, after he signed an exclusive streaming deal with Twitch arch-rivals YouTube.
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Shraddha Chakradhar / Nieman Lab:
Inaugural diversity survey of 209 Canadian newsrooms finds nearly 80% have no Black or Indigenous staff; 52.7% of staff identify as women and 74.9% as white — Almost half of all newsrooms in Canada have only white people on staff, and nearly 80% of all newsrooms don't have any Black or Indigenous journalists on staff.
Jack Suntrup / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Emails: Missouri officials planned to thank the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for finding a data vulnerability before they threatened a reporter, calling him a hacker — JEFFERSON CITY — Before blaming the Post-Dispatch, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education was preparing to thank …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Jimmy Lai's Taiwan unit of Apple Daily, which has 300 staff members, is shutting down in December when funding runs out — - Newspaper's Taiwan unit to run out of funds in December — Closure would mark end of pro-democracy Hong Kong media empire
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Austin Huguelet / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Lee Enterprises says Alden's notice to nominate three board candidates is invalid and that the deadline for 2022 board nominations has since passed — ST. LOUIS — The owner of the Post-Dispatch on Friday rejected a prospective buyer's attempt to nominate three new board members next year, citing procedural flaws in its filing.
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Adweek:
Adweek names former TuneIn CEO Juliette Morris as its new CEO, starting in January — The former TuneIn chief exec has deep roots in marketing, TV and tech
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