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2020-10-28 DIGEST: INSIDERS, KIDS, AND CONCUSSIONS
In the past week we found 3,011 unique links from 213 emails, sourcing from 94 newsletters.
The most linked story of the week was Facebook manipulated the news you see to appease Republicans, insiders say.
As seen in 7 newsletters; API Need To Know, Axios Log-In, Muck Rack Daily, Platformer, Techmeme, The Media Today, The Sunday Long Read.
7-DAY ROLLING AVERAGE OF APPEARANCE RATE OF TOP LINKS IN THE PAST MONTH
The Election That Could Break America
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Sep 28 Oct 28
As seen in 5 Smart Reads, Just Good Shit, The Media Today.
Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance
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Sep 28 Oct 28
As seen in 1440, 5 Smart Reads, Digg, Internet Brunch, Morning Brew, Muck Rack Daily, Need2Know, Public Announcements, TMN Headlines, The Media Today, The Morning Missive, The Skimm, The Sunday Long Read, WTF Just Happened Today?.
How a TikTok house destroyed itself
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Sep 28 Oct 28
As seen in 1440, Box Of Amazing, Five Things, Links I Would Gchat You, Nisha's Internet Tote Bag, Nonostantement, Ritholtz's Reads, Shelter, Shit from the Internet, TLDR, Techmeme, The Ann Friedman Weekly, The Collected AHP, The Lunch Read, The Sunday Long Read.
Facebook leaks show Mark Zuckerberg defending his decisions to angry employees
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Sep 28 Oct 28
As seen in Platformer, The Interface.
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Sep 28 Oct 28
As seen in B3ta, Curious Electric News, FinkedIn Dispatch, Lorem Ipsum, Morning Brew, The Land Of Random.
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Sep 28 Oct 28
As seen in Digg, TMN Headlines, WTF Just Happened Today?.
Inside eBay’s Cockroach Cult: The Ghastly Story of a Stalking Scandal
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Sep 28 Oct 28
As seen in 1440, Box Of Amazing, Links I Would Gchat You, Morning Brew, Ritholtz's Reads, Shit from the Internet, Techmeme, The Sunday Long Read, Why Is This Interesting?.
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Sep 28 Oct 28
As seen in Briefing Day, Links I Would Gchat You, Next Draft, Noah Kalina, Public Announcements, Ritholtz's Reads, Techmeme, The Media Today, The Sunday Long Read, Warning: Graphic Content.
THREE RANDOM LINKS THAT APPEARED JUST ONCE THIS MONTH
Sourcing from the following newsletters: 10 Things, 1440, 5 Smart Reads, 5-Bullet Friday, 5ish, API Need To Know, Arts and Leisure Daily, Austin Kleon, Axios Log-In, Axios World, B3ta, BNet, Because The Internet, Benedict Evans, Big Technology, Bladst, Box Of Amazing, Brain Food, Brain Pickings, Brass Ring Daily, Briefing Day, Bullet Points, Creative Mornings, Curiosity Weekly, CuriosityPill, Curious Electric News, Daily Dose, Deez Links, Dense Discovery, Digg, Drinking From The Firehose, Electric Speed, Elevator, Finding Beauty, FinkedIn Dispatch, Five Things, Fives Best Ideas Of The Day, Garbage Day, Girls' Night In, Hacker News, Here For It, Internet Brunch, Jocelyn K. Glei, Just Good Shit, Laura Olin, Lily Lines, Link Me Up Scotty!, Links, Links I Would Gchat You, Longform, Lorem Ipsum, Matt's Thoughts In Between, Media Genius, Modern Adventuress, Monday Musings, Morning Brew, Muck Rack Daily, Need2Know, Next Draft, Nisha's Internet Tote Bag, Noah Kalina, Non-Obvious, Nonostantement, Numlock News, Platformer, Pluralistic, Pop Culture Happy Hour, PopBitch, Public Announcements, Radio Lab, Reasons To Be Cheerful, Recomendo, Reply All, Ritholtz's Reads, Rusty's Electric Dreams, Semi-Rad, Sentiers, Shelter, Shit from the Internet, Sidebar, Spark Edition, Storythings, Sunday Reads, Swissmiss, TLDR, TMN Headlines, Techmeme, The Ann Friedman Weekly, The Breads, The Collected AHP, The Cramm, The Daily Respite, The Five Seven, The Friyay Fuel, The Good Trade, The Highlighter, The Hustle Daily, The Interface, The Land Of Random, The Lunch Read, The Media Today, The Monday Medley, The Morning Missive, The Roundup, The Skimm, The Sunday Long Read, The What List, The Whippet, Three Banana Thursday, WTF Just Happened Today?, Warning: Graphic Content, Weekly Filet, Welcome To Hell World, What Happened Last Week?, Why Is This Interesting?.
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