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Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Researchers: China seems to be flooding Twitter with porn tweets mentioning places where people are protesting, overwhelming Twitter's reduced moderation team — For hours, links to adult content overwhelmed other posts from cities where dramatic rallies escalated
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The Guardian:
The BBC says journalist Ed Lawrence, who was covering protests in Shanghai, was detained for several hours and beaten by police, without a credible explanation — Journalist Ed Lawrence was beaten after being arrested at a protest against China's strict Covid restrictions, broadcaster says
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South China Morning Post:
As protests against COVID-19 restrictions spread, China's state broadcaster CCTV Sports censors images of maskless crowds at the 2022 Qatar World Cup — - State broadcaster cuts to shots of coaches rather than show fans without masks in Qatar — The country is the last major economy still attempting …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Guardian, NYT, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, and El País, which were the first to publish WikiLeaks material, urge the US to end its prosecution of Julian Assange — First outlets to publish WikiLeaks material, including the Guardian, come together to oppose prosecution
Federica Cherubini / Reuters Institute:
A survey of 136 news leaders from 39 countries: 61% say their organization has largely embraced hybrid and flexible work, 20% want a pre-pandemic working model — The COVID-19 pandemic showed us that some of the assumptions we had about work were wrong. Across many industries, work had a dedicated place: the office.
Riley de León / CNBC:
Time President Keith Grossman, a staunch advocate of crypto and NFTs at Time, is leaving to be the president of enterprise at crypto trading service MoonPay — - Time president Keith Grossman is leaving the legacy publisher to take on a new role as the president of enterprise at crypto trading platform MoonPay, effective December 31.
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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
The Washington Post grows its climate and environment team from six in 2018 to 30+ in 2022, aiming to attract younger readers who are passionate about the topic — The Washington Post has grown its climate and environment team from six in 2018 to now more than 30 people.
Financial Times:
Sources: Twitter's ads team has shrunk so much after layoffs that ad agencies complain its ads systems are now buggy and that they lack a point of contact there — Top brands abandon social media platform as billionaire owner berates chief executives who have curbed spending
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New York Times:
Yahoo takes a ~25% stake in Taboola and plans to use Taboola's ad tech as part of a 30-year exclusive deal expected to generate $1B+ in annual revenue — Yahoo's chief executive sees the deal as a long-term bet on digital advertising. The companies estimate that their ad partnership will generate $1 billion annually.
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CNN:
CNN names Phil Mattingly as its Chief White House Correspondent and MJ Lee as Senior White House Correspondent — CNN has announced new assignments for its White House team, effective immediately. — Phil Mattingly has been promoted to Chief White House Correspondent.
Variety:
Netflix hasn't released box office figures for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery; sources estimate it earned $15M+ during its week-long run in ~600 theaters — Netflix is staying tight-lipped about the box office performance of “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.”
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R.T. Watson / Wall Street Journal:
How live-action YouTube kids channels Vlad and Niki, Like Nastya, and Kids Diana Show, with a total of ~300M subscribers, are building global franchises — Vlad, Niki, Diana and Nastya party on yachts, ride in Ferraris and travel the world. Their massive audience of fellow kids can't get enough.
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