A Twitter thread from Matt Taibbi exposes Twitter documents on the internal debate over the handling of content related to NY Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
With “Twitter Files”, Elon Musk shows himself as an egregious example of what he wanted to expose: managers leveraging their social platforms for partisan ends  —  But it is actually a tool of progressive power.  While you were hypnotized by viral memes, a cabal …

Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
With “Twitter Files”, Elon Musk shows himself as an egregious example of what he wanted to expose: managers leveraging their social platforms for partisan ends  —  But it is actually a tool of progressive power.  While you were hypnotized by viral memes, a cabal …

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Elon Musk seeks to reassure Twitter advertisers, arguing his goal is not “to make more money” and the service “cannot become a free-for-all hellscape”  —  Mega-billionaire Elon Musk, nearing the finish line in his rocky takeover of Twitter, posted an open letter …

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube’s Q3 ad revenue dropped 1.9% YoY to $7.07B, below expectations of $7.42B and marking YouTube’s slowest ad growth in at least two years  —  Overall, Alphabet, Google’s parent company, also came in below analyst estimates.  The company posted revenue of $69.1 billion and earnings per share of $1.06 for Q3.

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Denmark-based Podimo, a subscription service for podcasts and audiobooks, raised €58.6M led by 83North, Highland, and Saban, bringing its total funding to €162M  —  Listen up: Podimo, the Denmark-based subscription service for podcasts and audiobooks, said it secured €58.6 million …

Monica Chin / The Verge:
Framework and Google partner to launch the $999 Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition, a user-upgradeable model running Chrome OS, shipping in early December  —  Framework and Google have announced the new Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition.  As the name implies, this is an upgradable …