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6:20 AM ET, May 10, 2016

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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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Tom Stocky / Facebook:
Facebook VP of search Tom Stocky: we found no evidence contractors manipulated Trending Topics to suppress stories of interest to conservatives  —  My team is responsible for Trending Topics, and I want to address today's reports alleging that Facebook contractors manipulated Trending Topics …
Discussion: Fast Company and Recode
Poynter:
Poynter media ethicist Kelly McBride says Facebook has a responsibility to be more transparent about how it curates news  —  Gizmodo ignited a social media firestorm today when it reported that curators for Facebook's “trending” section regularly put the kibosh on right-leaning news stories.
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 …
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg and AI Monitor's Laura Rozen dispute article in The New York Times Magazine claiming they helped “retail” US-Iran nuclear deal  —  The New York Times Magazine editor defended the description, though he acknowledged the journalists should have been contacted for comment.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Viacom board considers reducing Sumner Redstone's pay again, after cutting it from $13.2M in FY2014 to $2M in FY2015  —  Dismissed lawsuit over media mogul's mental capacity highlighted his health problems  —  The board of Viacom Inc. is considering whether to cut the pay …
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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.
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 …
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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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
In Latin America, a digital community of media startups hopes to make entrepreneurship easier  —  Entrepreneurs tend to take for granted how easy it is to start media companies in the U.S. The abundance of capital and potential ad revenue and lack of governmental censorship make it relatively simple …
Discussion: Forbes
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Sam Dolnick, editor in charge of VR content at NYT, about its in-house projects, returning users, and the challenges of the medium  —  With virtual reality, The New York Times has told viewers the stories of young refugees, taken them on the campaign trail, and helped them experience mourning in Paris.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Q&A with Investopedia Vice President Caleb Silver on emphasizing news, using data to determine coverage, and where traffic comes from  —  Caleb Silver is vice president of content at Investopedia.com with 20 years of experience in broadcast news, digital video programming, documentaries, live events and branded content.
 
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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
Discussion: FishbowlDC
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
Fusion partners with The Young Turks to launch a weekly, one hour show this fall covering election
Discussion: The Wrap, FishbowlDC and Variety
Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
SEC filing: Time Inc paid $87M to acquire certain assets of Viant, parent company of MySpace
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
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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