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Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:
Mark Zuckerberg promises “full investigation” on Trending Topics matter, will talk to “leading conservatives” — I want to share some thoughts on the discussion about Trending Topics. — Facebook stands for giving everyone a voice.
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Sam Thielman / Guardian:
Leaked documents show human intervention at almost every stage of Facebook's news operation — Exclusive: Leaked internal guidelines show human intervention at almost every stage of its news operation, akin to a traditional media organization — Leaked documents show how Facebook …
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Adweek, The Next Web, Washington Free Beacon, New York Times, Motherboard, BuzzFeed, Los Angeles Times, dunstewart, Mashable, The Drum, Reuters, Guido Fawkes, The Libertarian Republic, Daily Mail, MediaShift, Talking New Media, New York Magazine, BetaNews, Digiday, Financial Times, FishbowlNY, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, NPR, Forbes, Ubergizmo, Motherboard, @bcbluecon, @jeffjarvis, The Hill, @mattnavarra, @mlle_elle, @attackerman, @moorehn, The Federalist, @emilybell, The Daily Caller, @violetblue, Net Worked, @frankpasquale, Fusion, @samthielman, Engadget, @benmullin, @tarletong, SlashGear, Vanity Fair, YouGov, @mikeisaac, @jonathanellis, @grady_booch, @mikeisaac, The Verge, Fast Company, @conorsen, Mediaite, @themediaisdying, @mathewi, @moneyries, @mgsiegler, @mlcalderone, @mims, @mathewi, @digiphile and @dangillmor
Justin Oskofsky / Facebook Newsroom:
Facebook explains how Trending Topics works, publishes internal guidelines, reiterates that discrimination against sources of any political origin isn't allowed — At Facebook, we stand for connecting every person — for a global community, for bringing people together, for giving all people a voice …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook director of product management for News Feed says injecting a point of view doesn't scale, Trending Topics team's priority is bug fixing — A year ago today, Facebook introduced Instant Articles — a quick-loading news format, hosted on Facebook's own servers …
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@dannysullivan, Fortune, The Verge, @mathewi, @jackmarshall, Hit & Run, Poynter, @max_read, @themediaisdying, @gaberivera, @themediaisdying, @mathewi and @mathewi
Matthew Champion / BuzzFeed:
Alan Rusbridger steps down as chair of Guardian newspaper owner the Scott Trust — Alan Rusbridger, the former editor of the Guardian, will not take up the position of chair of the the paper's owner, the Scott Trust, it has been announced. — Rusbridger stepped down as editor-in-chief …
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The Toast:
The Toast to close July 1 due to decreased revenues and too heavy a workload, archive will remain online — MALLORY: WHEW. First of all, we should start by saying No, this is not a joke and Yes, this is really happening. We would never joke about this, we would not do that to you!
Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
Charter-TWC Deal Clears Final Hurdle With California Approval — California Public Utilities Commission votes for merger — Deal for New No. 2 U.S. cable provider could next week — Charter Communications Inc. won final regulatory approval to buy Time Warner Cable Inc. and become …
Matt Brian / Engadget:
BT to stream UEFA Champions League and Europa League finals on YouTube for free in the UK — BT will broadcast coverage of both the UEFA Champions League and Europa League finals for free on YouTube. The company confirmed today that it will show both matches on BT Sport TV channels across Sky …
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Julia Fioretti / Reuters:
Europe agrees on cross-EU roaming access for Netflix and other video subscription services — Consumers will be able to access their online subscriptions for services like Netflix (NFLX.O), Sky (SKYB.L) and Canal+ (IPO-CANALFRA.PA) when they travel across the European Union under proposals tentatively agreed …
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Home Media Magazine, Fast Company, Telegraph, BidnessEtc, TorrentFreak and Gizmodo UK
Jordan Valinsky / Digiday:
The New York Times is surveying 700,000 readers who use ad blockers — Off the heels of blocking a “relatively small” amount of ad block users from accessing The New York Times' website, the newspaper is ratcheting up its anti-ad blocking campaign with a massive reader survey.
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@jedschneiderman, @andresh and @digiday
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korean media tour raises questions about what is real and what is staged — “You ask too many questions,” Mr. Jang told me. “It's a little hard to work with you.” — My North Korean minder — Jang Su Ung, one of two provided by the state to monitor (or “care for,” in their words) …
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@annafifield, @jchengwsj, @gjbarb and @rachelmorris
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
A look at Snapchat's secretive culture and the controlling leadership style of CEO Evan Spiegel — It's Evan Spiegel's world — we're all just snapping in it — Before Evan Spiegel was Evan Spiegel, there were times he wanted to fit in. — Like in June 2012, when Spiegel walked across …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
BBC white paper: Broadcaster to be regulated by Ofcom for the first time and run by new unitary board — The BBC is set to regulated by Ofcom for the first time and run by a unitary board appointed by the government and the BBC itself. — The move means Ofcom, rather than the BBC Trust …
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Guardian, Crikey, New York Times, The Conversation, International Business Times, The Independent and Guardian
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John Plunkett / Guardian:
BBC to contribute £8M to fund 150 local journalists at news organizations around the UK
BBC to contribute £8M to fund 150 local journalists at news organizations around the UK
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Journalism.co.uk and Crikey