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Elon Musk / @elonmusk:
[Thread] Elon Musk says “new Twitter policy” will deboost and demonetize “negative/hate tweets”, reinstates Kathy Griffin, Jordan Peterson, and Babylon Bee — New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach. Negative/hate tweets will be max deboosted & demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter. You won't find the tweet unless you specifically seek it out, which is no different from rest of Internet.
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Associated Press:
The White House issues a non-binding request that Mohammed bin Salman should be immune from a lawsuit over Jamal Khashoggi's killing; a judge must now decide — The Biden administration declared Thursday that Saudi Arabia's crown prince should be considered immune from a lawsuit over his role …
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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Robin Wheeler, Twitter's head of ad sales, seems to have left the company, a week after Elon Musk reportedly convinced her to stay; sources say she was fired — Robin Wheeler, Twitter's head of ad sales, seems to have left the company yet again, just over a week after Elon Musk reportedly had to convince her not to resign.
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Ben Strauss / Washington Post:
A look at state-owned Qatar Airways' role as a major sponsor of the World Cup on Fox Sports, and how that sponsorship likely influences coverage — In recent weeks, the American TV rights holders for the upcoming World Cup held news conferences ahead of this most unusual tournament in Qatar.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Daily Wire says it has 1M+ paid subscribers to its streamer DailyWire+ and 100K subscriptions to its razor brand, and projects $200M in 2022 revenue — The Daily Wire, a conservative media and entertainment company, says it now has more than 1 million paid subscribers to its streaming service DailyWire+.
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@sarafischer, The Daily Wire, The Daily Wire and Mediaite
Eberechukwu Etike / Technext:
Google launches the Google News Equity Fund to increase inclusiveness and diversity in media, with money going to 450 news organizations in 52 countries — 450 news organisations from 52 countries will receive funding from this year's Google News Equity Fund, according to a statement from Google.
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@kcbeacon, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP and The Current
@insiderunion:
Insider's union says members will not be disciplined for “failure to meet arbitrary metric goals” as of December 1, due to bargaining amid a newsroom reorg — ✊WE DID IT!✊ As of December 1st, our union members will no longer be disciplined for failure to meet arbitrary metric goals. This is a monumental change for Insider, and a huge win for our journalists who are thrilled to keep producing phenomenal work. https://twitter.com/...
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@bwdbwdbwd, @ben__tobin, @bwdbwdbwd, @dubsrewatcher, @mattdpearce, @sndrsndh, @bethanybiron, @ungarino, @esmemazzeo, @julianamkaplan, @harrisj, @tanyachen and @tekendraparmar
Media Matters for America:
Fox News decreased crime coverage 63% in the week of the midterms compared to the week prior and 50% compared to the average between Labor Day and November 4 — Fox News significantly decreased its volume of violent crime coverage in the week of the midterms, down 63% from the week prior.
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@mattgertz, @jswatz, @ssurovell, @jhermann, The Wrap, @mehdirhasan, @adamserwer, @gtconway3d and The Daily Beast
Josh Rubin / Toronto Star:
The two owners of Torstar, the Toronto Star's parent company, say they expect to resolve their ownership dispute soon as they aim to split up their partnership — Speaking at TVO panel, owners say they are looking for a ‘quick divorce’ so newspaper can move on
Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak:
A Tokyo court orders two people who transformed full-length movies into 10-minute YouTube summaries to pay roughly $3.56M in a copyright suit by media companies — Setting aside two hours to watch a movie can be a luxury these days, especially when the busiest among us claim they can guzzle 200 TikTok videos in much less than that.
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Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
She Said, a movie about Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor's investigation into Harvey Weinstein, is coming out today; survivors consulted and act in the film — Five years after allegations surfaced against Harvey Weinstein, the bombshell investigation that exposed the movie titan …
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Drake and 21 Savage agree to a preliminary injunction against resuming their marketing campaign that used a fake Vogue magazine cover — Drake and 21 Savage have stopped using Vogue trademarks to promote their new No. 1 album “Her Loss,” and agreed to a preliminary injunction against resuming their campaign.
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Complete Music Update, Billboard and TMZ.com
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