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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Medium launches memberships for $5/month, directing early revenue to writers, eventually giving access to exclusive stories and an offline reading list — You don't really get anything yet — Medium has just launched its subscription service, which for $5 per month will give subscribers access to... something, eventually.
Jessica Guynn / USA Today:
Despite Google's assurances, AT&T, Verizon, others pull ads from Google and YouTube over concerns ads could appear next to content promoting terrorism and hate — SAN FRANCISCO — AT&T says it's pulling its business from Google and YouTube despite the Internet giant's pledge this week …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Women's Media Center annual study: gender gap in reporting persists across platforms and is large and growing in TV news but smaller at digital outlets — Far more men than women are reporting the news, at least at some of the most prominent news organizations in the United States.
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Women's Media Center, TVNewser, @niemanlab, @spacekatgal and Women's Media Center
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Memo: The Guardian announces job cuts at US newsroom, after plan to move NY HQ to Kushner-owned building was scrapped at a cost, according to sources, of $250K — The Guardian's US operation announced a fresh round of cuts two days after BuzzFeed News reported that it had backed out of a move to a Kushner-owned building.
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John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
US Senate begins debate on resolution to roll back FCC's broadband privacy regulations — Vote expected tomorrow on resolution — The Senate began debate late Wednesday on invalidating the FCC's broadband privacy regs, adopted last October by a divided FCC whose dissenters are now in the majority.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vice Media moves into scripted content with short-form and original programming coming to its US website — Inks exclusive distribution pact with startup studio Blackpills — Vice Media, which has built its brand for more than two decades largely around news, documentaries and other nonfiction fare …
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TechCrunch, VideoInk - Medium and Birth.Movies.Death
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Opinion page of Murdoch's Wall Street Journal harshly rebukes Trump, saying he's damaging his presidency with stream of falsehoods and evidence-free accusations — The editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is known for its conservative tone, but its latest editorial would stand out even in the pages of its left-leaning peers.
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Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch:
Six March Madness games to be offered in VR; single court camera for $2 per game, multiple camera angles for $3 per game or $8 for all six — Want to watch March Madness in VR? You're in luck. — Six games — including the Final Four national semifinals and National Championship game — will be streamed in VR.
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Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter:
Trump Organization lawyers sent cease and desist letter to teen behind cat website, which allows users to scratch photos of the President with virtual cat paws — “I really just want people to be aware that this is a president who's clearly more concerned about what people think of him than doing things …
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Jessica Chasmar / Washington Times:
Media Matters founder David Brock, 54, is recovering from a heart attack he suffered Tuesday in Washington — Media Matters founder and chairman David Brock is recovering from a heart attack he suffered Tuesday in Washington. — “David Brock suffered a heart attack while working …
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Washington Examiner, Politico and The Hill
Evan Engel:
Reporter Evan Engel says he resigned from Vocativ after the publication tried to suppress a story he was working on about police officers abusing prisoners — Yesterday, I left Vocativ, the news site where I've worked since August of last year. I've included the text of my resignation letter below …
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@evanengel, @fivek and @anthony
James Warren / Poynter:
Inside the Pulitzer Center, a 10-year-old nonprofit with 571 publication partners that has supported 715 projects and facilitated a total of 6,168 stories — Iona Craig, a prototypical high-wire journalist without much of a safety net, recently found herself in a broken-down car with no phone reception by a riverbed in war-torn Yemen.
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