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LaKeith Stanfield Apologizes for Moderating Anti-Semitic Clubhouse Chat
“I condemn hate speech and discriminatory views of every kind,” actor writes
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So Much for ‘The Tyranny of Big Tech’: Sen Josh Hawley Celebrates His Book Becoming an Amazon Bestseller – on Twitter
Update your records: The “tyranny of big tech” does not extend to the Amazon bestsellers list (or iPhones used to tweet about it)
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Executive Pay 2020: COVID Hammered Hollywood’s Bottom Line – But Not CEOs’ Wallets
WrapPRO’s annual executive compensation survey finds that not everyone who took COVID pay cuts made less money in 2020
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Don’t Worry, Journalists: You Won’t Get Banned for Tweeting Trump Statements
Twitter suspended an account for sharing comments the former president made on his new website
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Facebook’s Oversight Board Didn’t Solve the Trump Problem | Analysis
The Board, which was supposed to provide clarity on Facebook’s censorship decisions, provided confusion instead
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Triller Files $100 Million Lawsuit Over Piracy of Jake Paul Fight
Lawsuit claims 12 online sites illegally streamed PPV fight between YouTuber Jake Paul and MMA fighter Ben Askren
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Roku Warns Customers They Might Lose YouTube TV as Talks With Google Break Down
Roku says “Google is now demanding unfair and anti-competitive terms that harm Roku’s users”
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NFL, Clubhouse to Host Exclusive Draft Interviews and Live Chats
Panels starting Monday will include a fan mock draft and a pre-Draft analysis of expected picks
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Can Substack Live Up to $650 Million Valuation?
“I imagine the Substack execs won’t be sleeping that much in the near future,” one industry analyst says
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Tech Talk With Sean Burch and Alex Kantrowitz: Behind Apple’s Push to ‘Kneecap’ Facebook
A new iPhone privacy feature threatens to dent Facebook’s $86 billion ad business — and take the Apple-Facebook rivalry to new heights
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Audible Studios Names Zola Mashariki to Oversee All Original Content
Former Fox Searchlight executive will have oversight over the audio company’s original content
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Amazon Acknowledges Issue of Drivers Peeing in Water Bottles After Snarky Tweet to Congressman
“The tweet was incorrect. It did not contemplate our large driver population and instead wrongly focused only on our fulfillment centers,” company says
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3 Most Surprising Features of Donald Trump’s New Official Website
From seemingly bespoke “greetings” to a photo with Kim Jong Un, here’s what we found
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Inside Hollywood’s Rush to Cash in on NFTs
“We’ve been inundated with celebrity clients and estates trying to figure out how to get involved in this,” says Darren Julien of L.A.’s Julien’s Auctions
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Microsoft in Talks to Acquire Discord in $10 Billion Deal
Popular chat platform has 140 million monthly users