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Colin Stretch / Facebook Newsroom:
Facebook responds to GOP Sen. Thune on Trending Topics, says investigation found no systematic bias, cannot rule out unintentional bias, plans improvements — Last week we met with Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee John Thune to describe our investigation in response …
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Thomas C. Rubin / Slate:
Facebook's Trending Topics Are None of the Senate's Business
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Fortune
Harrison Weber / VentureBeat:
Facebook buys VR audio company Two Big Ears and debuts “Facebook 360 Spatial Workstation”, a free software suite for designing spatial audio — Today Facebook announced it's acquired Two Big Ears, a spatial audio technology company, for an undisclosed sum.
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Nick Denton speculates that Silicon Valley funding is behind Hulk Hogan lawsuit and two new cases against Gawker — At first, Nick Denton, the founder of Gawker Media, thought it an unlikely conspiracy theory. — Now, he's starting to believe it himself.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Starting in September, Netflix will be exclusive US pay TV home for new releases from Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Pixar — Netflix's exclusive deal with Disney for pay-TV window rights to the Mouse House's movie titles in the U.S. will commence in September.
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Netflix Media Center, The Verge, Engadget, CNET, The Mary Sue, TIME, E! Online, Boing Boing, The Huffington Post and VentureBeat
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Washington Post management disputes methodology of NewsGuild study of the Post that found white male reporters out-earn others by average of 20% — One of the findings in a just-released salary analysis by the Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild could lift an eyebrow or two in journalistic circles …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook's Continuous Live Video removes 90 min. limit on streams, but does not allow for replay or rewind, lets broadcasters target viewers by location and age — Live mobile video is evolving beyond selfie-stream rants and citizen journalism. Facebook will now allow non-stop …
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TechCrunch, TVSpy, Mashable, SiliconANGLE, @uniwave, @ow, @lauraelizdavis, Business Insider, Engadget, The Verge, AppleInsider, The Next Web and Fast Company
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Ciel Hunter Named Vice's Head of Content — Vice Media has promoted Ciel Hunter to head of content. She most recently served as executive creative director. Hunter has been with Vice for 11 years. — “She is a perfect example of what makes us unique,” said Vice CEO and founder Shane Smith, in a statement.
Politico:
Salon CEO Cindy Jeffers is leaving, will be replaced by media executive Jordan Hoffner — Salon CEO Cindy Jeffers is leaving the company, POLITICO has learned. — She is being replaced as CEO by veteran media executive Jordan Hoffner, who worked at NBC and Google before founding the investment firm TCP Advisors.
Discussion:
FishbowlNY and @msteib
Nicholas Schmidle / New Yorker:
New security course teaches journalists how to protect themselves at Trump rallies — Paul Burton, a retired British commando, was in Washington, D.C., recently to brief a group of journalists on how they might survive a week in Cleveland. “Don't wear black,” he said.
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@hatr, @sbengali, @pamengel12, @t_mcconnell, @pressfreedom, The Week and CNNMoney
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Networks are trying to lure audiences back from streaming services like Netflix by offering viewers on-demand access to current shows — Putting episodes on VOD after they air keeps fans engaged — With live viewership of most U.S. TV channels in decline, the most-watched networks …
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
Swedish podcast app and ad network Acast launches paid subscription service, splitting revenue with creators — Swedish company Acast launches paid subscription option — Podcast listeners have become accustomed to the advertising that many of their favorite shows depend on …
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, @robenfarzad and Fortune
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
How the BBC used Yik Yak to get young people to talk politics and mental health — 'Don't underestimate millennials. Just because humour and gossip pervade on chat apps doesn't mean that's the only thing young people want to engage on' — The BBC has been experimenting with chat apps …
Antoine Gara / Forbes:
New investor and biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong licenses 100+ “machine vision” and AI patents to Tribune Publishing and gives access to studio space — Tribune Publishing, owner of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, does not want to merge with Gannett, publisher of USA Today.
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