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Twitter suspends journalists including the New York Times' Ryan Mac and CNN's Donie O'Sullivan; Elon Musk says the “same doxxing rules apply to ‘journalists’” — Twitter suspended several high-profile journalists Thursday evening who have been covering the company and Elon Musk.
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Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Twitter disables Spaces, after Elon Musk abruptly left a Spaces chat with journalists suspended from the site; Musk says the company is “fixing a legacy bug” — Twitter has apparently pulled its Spaces group audio feature, at least temporarily, after Elon Musk joined …
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News:
Elon Musk briefly joined a Twitter Space hosted by a BuzzFeed News tech reporter discussing the latest bans, but left after journalists asked him questions — The embattled Twitter CEO briefly appeared in the Twitter Space hosted by BuzzFeed News tech reporter Katie Notopoulos.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: NBC News has suspended tech reporter Ben Collins from NBC and MSNBC airwaves for criticism of Elon Musk that it deemed not editorially appropriate — News organizations are scrambling to respond to Elon Musk's suspension from Twitter of prominent journalists whose coverage he objected to.
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Variety, @whstancil, @neontaster, @donmoyn, @semaforben, @hemantmehta, The Wrap and Breitbart
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Twitter suspends Mastodon's account and bans Mastodon links, calling them “harmful” and “malware”, after Mastodon tweeted a jet tracking account on its service — A day after Twitter crafted a new policy to explain its decision to ban an account that tracks Elon Musk's private jet, the fallout continues.
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Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Twitter Trust and Safety VP Ella Irwin says the company manually reviewed “any and all accounts” that violated its new privacy policy by linking to ElonJet
Ryan Mac / New York Times:
Twitter updates its private information and media policy with new rules, including suspending accounts “dedicated to sharing someone else's live location”
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Tech industry groups that include Meta and Google ask SCOTUS to overturn the Texas social media content moderation law, arguing it violates the First Amendment — Trade groups that represent Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google said they asked the US Supreme Court to overturn …
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The Hill, @carnage4life, CNN and Politico
Jon Lafayette / Next TV:
NBCU signs a deal with JetBlue to make Peacock the airline's exclusive streaming service; JetBlue loyalty program members get a one-year premium subscription — Originals available on seatback screens, passengers can access Peacock on mobile devices — NBCUniversal has made a deal …
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Ad Age, MediaPost, The Desk, JetBlue, The Wrap, @rashaadm5 and LostRemote
John Ourand / Sports Business Journal:
E.W. Scripps forms Scripps Sports to bid on media rights, maybe including the NWSL, to broadcast matches on ION Media, pay TV, and direct-to-consumer platforms — The E.W. Scripps Co., has emerged as a new bidder for local sports rights, giving MLB, NBA and NHL teams a local broadcast alternative to traditional RSNs.
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Awful Announcing, Next TV, Sports Media Watch, @whague, @skiswm, @ourand_sbj, TVNewser, @ourand_sbj, The Desk, TVSpy, Barrett Media and The Streamable
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Some Washington Post employees say they are outraged at publisher Fred Ryan's handling of a layoff announcement and refusal to take questions at a staff meeting — New York CNN — — Staffers at The Washington Post are livid at publisher Fred Ryan. — That's according to conversations …
Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Five agency executives say Netflix is delivering ~80% of the expected viewers for its ad-supported tier and structured its ad deals to release any unspent money — For as quickly as Netflix brought its ad-supported tier to market, the streamer's advertising business is off to a slow start.
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Sharon Knolle / The Wrap:
GLAAD's 10th Annual Studio Responsibility Index finds that the percentage of LGBTQ-inclusive films dipped in 2021; Lionsgate and Paramount got failing grades — GLAAD's 10th Annual Studio Responsibility Index, which was released on Thursday, found that the percentage of LGBTQ-inclusive films dipped in 2021 …
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@nbcnews, Breitbart, New York Daily News and IndieWire
Bari Weiss / The Free Press:
Bari Weiss describes sifting through Twitter internal archives using dates and names as search terms and says her team didn't cherry-pick files to fit an agenda — 'I'm not going to spend $44 billion to reinstate a satire blog,' Elon Musk said. ‘I did it because I was worried about the future of civilization.’
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