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Michael Nunez / Gizmodo:
Ex-Facebook news curators describe suppressing conservative news, being instructed to include non-trending stories, removing news about Facebook itself — Facebook workers routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers from the social network's influential “trending” …
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Nick Statt / The Verge:
Facebook says it has “rigorous guidelines” in place to protect neutrality and consistency of its Trending Topics section, in response to Gizmodo report — Facebook has responded to allegations in a Gizmodo report that its contract news curators actively censored stories …
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Mediaite, @o_ema, @mathewi, @holmesdm, @ellenhuet, @gaberivera, Social Media Collective, Business Insider, The Hill and The Daily Caller
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Sources: To combat ad-blockers, Google said to be exploring an ‘acceptable’ ads policy — Google is reportedly jumping deeper into the ad blocking issue by exploring an acceptable ads policy, publisher and industry sources say. — Google, together with Facebook, controlled 64 percent of the digital ad market last year.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Till Faida, CEO of Eyeo, maker of AdBlock Plus, says it's close to 1B downloads and is installed on over 100M active devices — Ad blocking software's usage on the web, and now mobile, has forced the media and publishing industry to look to new revenue models.
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VentureBeat, Adblock Plus and …, ZDNet and Fast Company
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Spotify expands its video offerings, unveils slate of 12 original series which will be available to both free and paid users in US, UK, Germany, and Sweden — Russell Simmons, Tim Robbins to produce programs for Spotify — Videos will help Spotify compete with YouTube, Apple
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Fast Company, The Next Web, Fortune, RAIN News, AOL, AppleInsider, The Verge, MacRumors, GeekWire, Tubefilter, Quartz, @aaronrutkoff, @mattbraga, @thestalwart and iMore
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Google News gets new Local Source tag to highlight local coverage of major news stories — Google has today announced plans to shine a light on local news reporting with the introduction of a new Local Source tag in Google News. — The Internet giant has long appended articles in Google News …
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Google News Blog, @walldo, Search Engine Land, Mashable and Engadget
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Founders of Philadelphia's Billy Penn to launch a site in Pittsburgh by end of summer, using recent Gannett investment — The founders of Billy Penn, a local news startup in Philadelphia, are launching a second site in Pennsylvania's second biggest city, Pittsburgh.
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Judge dismisses mental competency lawsuit brought against Viacom's controlling shareholder, Sumner Redstone, by ex-girlfriend — A Los Angeles judge has dismissed a salacious lawsuit that challenged the mental competence of Sumner Redstone and provided a rare window into the rivalries …
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New York Times, The Wrap, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Wrap, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, Variety, Broadcasting & Cable, Fortune and CNBC
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Journalist Julia Ioffe files police complaint following anti-semitic abuse from Trump supporters, alleged offense listed as threat to kidnap or injure a person — Julia Ioffe has filed a report with the D.C. police department over the anti-Semitic threats that she received …
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FishbowlDC and AOL
Irving Azoff / Recode:
Artist manager Irving Azoff writes open letter to YouTube, criticising Google for not letting artists opt out of it, says company hides behind safe harbor law — “You have built a business that works really well for you and for Google, but it doesn't work well for artists," says the legendary artists' manager.
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A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
Fusion partners with The Young Turks to launch a weekly, one hour show this fall covering election — Road trip! — Millennial-focused cable channel Fusion announced today it's launching a weekly, one-hour show this fall in tandem with online news series The Young Turks, founded by former MSNBC and Current TV host Cenk Uygur.
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The Wrap, Variety and FishbowlDC
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
The BBC, with annual income of over $7B, faces intense budget pressure as UK government prepares plans for its new charter — LONDON — The British Broadcasting Corporation is variously seen as a crown jewel of British culture, a producer of refined entertainment and reliable news coverage …