Mediagazer: Florida's attorney general asks the Supreme Court whether the First Amendment prohibits states from regulating how social media companies moderate content (Washington Post)

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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:

The BBC, ITV, and Sky removed five pieces of footage from the Queen's funeral featuring members of the royal family, following a veto from Buckingham Palace — Exclusive: Five short pieces of video removed from circulation under agreement between broadcasters and Buckingham Palace

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

Jake Tapper will host CNN's 9pm show from October 10 through the week of the November 8, as part of the network's programming lineup for the 2022 Midterms — John Berman, Brianna Keilar and Wolf Blitzer will fill in during the afternoons, with more changes to come.

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Jem Bartholomew / Columbia Journalism Review:

Examining the differences between “pink slime” local sites, often with partisan paid PR posts, and partisan news outlets that mix advocacy with solid journalism — When the doors of the Texas Senate Chamber opened for the 2019 session, there were two new faces at the press table.

Sara Rafsky / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at 90 readers' reactions to “pink slime” local news sites: a very narrow majority rated coverage as balanced and most found the content non-newsworthy

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Alistair Gray / Financial Times:

Daily Mail and General Trust CEO Paul Zwillenberg plans to step down, replaced by Jonathan Harmsworth, the great-grandson of the newspaper's founder — Great-grandson of newspaper's founder and chair of DMGT will take charge at end of the month — The chief executive of the Daily Mail publisher …

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An interview with the authors of the book Meme Wars, on what journalists don't understand about the power of memes, damaging manipulation campaigns, and more — In 2019, after BuzzFeed and Verizon Media announced a combined 1,000 layoffs on the same day, many people who had shared their layoffs …

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Manori Ravindran / Variety:

BBC Studios hires Vice Studios global president Kate Ward to oversee its factual portfolio, spanning its Natural History, Documentary, and Science units — Vice Studios global president Kate Ward is joining BBC Studios to oversee its factual portfolio, Variety can reveal.

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Washington Post:

Florida's attorney general asks the Supreme Court whether the First Amendment prohibits states from regulating how social media companies moderate content — The state attorney general filed a petition to the Court on Wednesday, after two lower courts split on decisions about social media laws

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Lea Mok / Hong Kong Free Press HKFP:

Ronson Chan, head of a Hong Kong journalist union, is granted bail to travel to UK for a Reuters Institute fellowship, after being arrested earlier in September — Ronson Chan, the chairperson of the city's largest journalist group the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) …

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Steve Dent / Engadget:

Google refreshes Chromecast with Google TV, dropping the price to $35, adding a remote control, and supporting only 1080p content, down from 4K — Confirming rumors, Google has unveiled the Chromecast with Google TV (HD) device that offers features from the $50 4K model at a significantly cheaper $30 price.

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Margi Murphy / Bloomberg:

Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company can't “use what others might consider censorship as a tactic” regarding labeling content that seems to be false — Microsoft Corp. won't label social media posts that appear to be false in order to avoid the appearance that the company …

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Todd S. Purdum / New York Times:

Allan Siegal, a former assistant managing editor at the NYT who left a deep imprint on the newspaper's policies and practices, dies at 82 — As a top editor who was both feared and revered at the newspaper for decades, he left a deep imprint as its arbiter of language, taste, tone and ethics.

Financial Times:

German media group Bertelsmann puts French broadcaster M6 up for sale, after plans to merge M6 with competitor TF1 fell apart due to antitrust concerns — Bertelsmann puts business up for sale after failed merger attempt — German media group Bertelsmann has put its French television business M6 …

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