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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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@robmcd85, @karengeier and @alexhern
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.
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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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CNN, @davidfolkenflik, @alexweprin and @oliverdarcy
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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Press Gazette, The Guardian, Yahoo News, @pressgazette, @pressgazette, @jimwaterson and @janinegibson
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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Deadline
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
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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@reportbywilson, @janinezacharia, @tad_walch, @karavoght and @craignewmark
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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@carnage4life, @jordannovet, @daveyalba, @alexhern, @middleeast and @jeffstone500, more at Techmeme »
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
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 — German media group Bertelsmann has put its French television business M6 back on the block, asking for indicative bids by Friday to …
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Variety, Digital TV Europe, Deadline, Broadband TV News and The Hollywood Reporter
Canadian Press:
Postmedia Network plans to end Monday editions for nine urban daily newspapers, including the Vancouver Sun, Montreal Gazette, and Ottawa Citizen, on October 17 — Postmedia Network Inc., owned by Postmedia Network Canada Corp. PNC-A-T, says nine of its urban daily newspapers will no longer …
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Toronto Star, @aaronwherry and @perreaux, Thanks:@vtuss
Committee to Protect Journalists:
The CPJ demands that Iran release photojournalist Yalda Moaiery, who was beaten, arrested, and imprisoned for covering anti-state protests in Tehran — Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Yalda Moaiery, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday.
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@ichri, @pressfreedom, @kombiz, @jasminramsey, @pressfreedom, @jrezaian, @pressfreedom, @nahayatt, IranWire, CNN and New York Times