How Wattpad Is Courting Streamers and Producers Worldwide With User-Generated Stories (and Data)
With 500 million-plus stories on its platform, Wattpad is using its data to launch video projects in Germany, Korea, India, and the U.S.
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Rupert Murdoch and News Corp Push for Google’s Breakup
Media company urges Australian regulators to act against Google’s “overwhelming” search and advertising power
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Google Paid Former VP up to $45 Million to Leave Company After Being Accused of Sexual Misconduct
Amit Singhal left Google with a huge payout after an employee said he groped her at an off-site event, according to court documents
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Facebook Shuts Down Data-Collection App Onavo
Onavo is being pulled from the Google Play store months after it was kicked off Apple’s App Store
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YouTube Says ‘Inappropriate Comments’ Could Result in Video Demonetization
Video giant’s answer to pedophiles flooding its comments is to punish creators posting clips of young children
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YouTube Purges Hundreds of Accounts After ‘Soft-Core Pedophilia Ring’ Is Exposed
Google-owned site also removed thousands of comments for trading contact information and child pornography
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Google and Facebook’s Complete and Total Digital Ad Domination Explained in 1 Chart
Tech duopoly controls more than 60 percent of all global online advertising — a dominance that’s projected to only grow in the next three years
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FX Boss John Landgraf Bashes Google and Facebook’s ‘Winner-Take-All’ Mentality: ‘Not a Good Thing for Society’
TCA 2019: FX boss says he’s fundamentally opposed to when “one entity or one person gets to unilaterally make the rules or pronounce the truth”
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YouTube Cracks Down on Flat-Earth Videos and Other Conspiracies
Video giant says it’s reducing recommendations for “borderline content and content that could misinform users in harmful ways”
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BuzzFeed to Lay Off 15 Percent of Its Staff
Cuts are expected to happen next week, a person familiar with the matter tells TheWrap
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Roku Pulls Alex Jones’ InfoWars Channel After Just 1 Day
Company says that it made the decision to pull channel after hearing from “concerned parties”
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7 Highlights at CES 2019, From Apple’s TV Deals to 10-Second Toothbrushes
Finally, a $249 diaper will alert you when your baby has gone to the bathroom
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Scarlett Johansson: Fight Against ‘Deepfake’ Porn Is a ‘Lost Cause’
“Nothing can stop someone from cutting and pasting my image or anyone else’s onto a different body,” star tells The Washington Post
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Batten Down the Hatches for 2019 – A Media Storm Is Coming
Consolidation, an uncertain economy and an unstable presidency are making people nervous
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Macaulay Culkin Reimagines ‘Home Alone’ With the Help of Google Assistant (Video)
“Hey Google, begin Operation Kevin”
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Twitter Shoots Down Trump’s Unfounded Claim That It’s ‘Much More Difficult’ to Follow POTUS’ Account
“Many prominent accounts have seen follower counts drop,” the social media giant notes
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YouTube Removed Millions of Spam Channels and Videos, Says Creators Could See Subscriber Count Decrease
58 million videos and 1.67 million channels were purged from YouTube between July and September
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Google’s Top Trending Terms of 2018: You Might Be Able to Guess the Top Pick
Search giant’s top results are filled with global sports events and recently-deceased celebrities
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Google Has ‘No Plans’ for Censored Chinese Search Engine, Says CEO Sundar Pichai
Exec has faced criticism from Congress and his own employees for company’s clandestine plans for China
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Watch Alex Jones Chase Google CEO Before Congressional Hearing and Chant ‘Google Is Evil’ (Video)
“Google is siding with the Communist Chinese against America!” InfoWars founder shouted at tech exec
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Google CEO Explains Why Trump’s Photo Appears When You Search ‘Idiot’
It’s not political bias, Google chief says
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Verizon Takes $4.6 Billion Write Down on Oath
Failed AOL-Yahoo joint venture sees its value slashed to about $200 million — after Verizon paid $9 billion for both companies
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Google+ to Shut Down 4 Months Sooner After Data Leak Hits Another 52 Million Users
Usernames, emails and job information were exposed in social networking site’s latest leak
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YouTube Kicks off Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes
Right-wing agitator had his channel “terminated” for copyright infringement
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Google Employee Found Dead in Company’s New York City Headquarters
22-year-old Scott Krulcik, a software engineer, is found unconscious on the sixth floor of the company’s Chelsea building
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YouTube Plans to Make All Its Original Content Available for Free
YouTube will create a single Originals slate for both AVOD & SVOD audiences
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Google Employees Call for Company to Abandon Its Censored Chinese Search Engine
“We object to technologies that aid the powerful in oppressing the vulnerable,” employees say in an open letter
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President Trump Blasts ‘Biased Facebook, Google and Twitter’ – on Twitter
President’s barb comes the same day Facebook terminates relationship with Republican consulting firm
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‘Infuriated’ Mark Zuckerberg Told Facebook Staff to Use Android After Apple CEO’s Diss (Report)
Facebook CEO “ordered” his management team to boycott iPhones, The New York Times reports
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What the Hell Is TikTok? A Look at the Top-Ranked App
Video-sharing app has teenagers trying to out-cringe each other
