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Silvia Killingsworth / The Awl:
Vox Media Editorial Director Lockhart Steele, founder of Curbed, has been fired; CEO staff memo said Steele admitted conduct “inconsistent with our core values” — In what appears to be the first and probably not the last repercussion of last week's Shitty Media Men list …
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
After firing editorial director Lockhart Steele, Vox CEO Jim Bankoff tells staff that investigations into inappropriate conduct are ongoing — Bankoff said there are still people coming forward and that Gibson Dunn is investigating. — A day after Vox Media terminated editorial director Lockhart Steele …
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The Awl, @willsommer and @sarahnemerson
Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
Proposed Honest Ads Act covers disclosure of political ad spending but fails to address the power of viral unpaid organic posts from fake accounts on Facebook — A BIPARTISAN GROUP of senators introduced a bill Thursday that would require online political advertisers to provide additional disclosures …
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Nieman Lab, New York Times, BuzzFeed, @adams, MediaShift, Axios, The Verge, Ad Age, MapLight and The Daily Beast
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / WWD:
Interview with Joe Hagan on his upcoming biography of Rolling Stone owner Jann Wenner: the book's origins, the process, Wenner's expectations, and more — “Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine" will be published on Oct. 24. — Sticky Fingers: Jean Wenner in 1977
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New York Times, Columbia Journalism Review, @sebastianbach, @nytimes, @gabrielsherman, Washington Post, SPIN and Vulture
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Sources: some employees feel Facebook is being used as a scapegoat for 2016 election outcome using flawed hindsight about factors mostly beyond FB's control — In the summer of 2015, a Facebook engineer was combing through the company's internal data when he noticed something unusual.
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Nieman Lab, @landongn, @batchelor4lyfe, @svthmc, @clancynewyork, @brendannyhan, @jessicakia, @katherinemiller, @katherinemiller, Axios and @justinmduke, more at Techmeme »
Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors:
Billboard's Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts to give more weight to subscription-based streaming services and paid tiers of hybrid services starting in 2018 — Billboard has announced that its Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts — which measure singles and albums, respectively …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Pew survey of 1,116 technologists and other experts: most say political and social divide feeds misinfo online; 51% say things won't improve over next decade — It can be nice to hear from experts (even the so-called experts) how things are going to shake out.
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Pew Research Center, TechCrunch, NewsLab, @lrainie, @dkthomp, Axios, @niemanlab, Engadget and Mashable
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Researchers: 41 sites linked to 301networks, which is closing, used session hijacking and other techniques in scheme to defraud major advertisers of up to $20M — A BuzzFeed News investigation reveals how seemingly-credible players in the ad supply chain can play an active role in — and profit from — fraud.
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@timschu
Max Willens / Digiday:
Nearly 36K people have signed up for The Hive's personalized newsletter, which emails readers stories about the specific figures they've chosen to follow — In politics and business, there are certain figures that warrant constant attention. For the past six months, Vanity Fair brand …
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Talking Biz News
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Sources: Facebook's news subscription tool is delayed on iOS over Apple's 30% App Store cut; the tool will rollout on Android phones over coming weeks — The problem: Apple's 30 percent tax. — Facebook's effort to help media companies sell subscriptions has hit a snag: Apple.
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Press Gazette, Facebook Media, Axios, The Next Web, Scroll.in, Ad Age, Fortune, Digiday, The Verge, Engadget, Adweek, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Business Insider and MacRumors
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
The Information selects first 5 startups for its accelerator program, will give $25K each, provide mentoring; announces hiring plans for reporters in LA and DC — Business is looking for good for subscription-based tech news site The Information. This summer it announced plans …
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Mashable and Talking Biz News
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Verizon loses 18K net pay TV subscribers in third quarter, OTT service plans still tentative — The telecom giant, which earlier in the year closed its acquisition of Yahoo, provides updates on a planned online TV service and possible content deals. — Telecom giant Verizon on Thursday reported …
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Bloomberg, Verizon Fios & Custom TV, Forbes, Fortune, ZDNet, Reuters, Fox Business, Bloomberg, CNET, CNBC and USA Today, more at Techmeme »
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