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Hamza Shaban / BuzzFeed:
Senate votes 50-48 to repeal Obama-era regulations requiring that ISPs ask before sharing customer data — The Senate voted Thursday to make it easier for internet service providers to share sensitive information about their customers, a first step in overturning landmark privacy rules …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Twitter confirms it is considering a paid TweetDeck subscription service with new features including analytics and breaking news alerts for brands and news orgs — New analytics inside TweetDeck — Twitter is considering offering a paid subscription to power users, including brands and news organizations, The Verge has confirmed.
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: a bitter feud has emerged between Patrick Soon-Shiong and Michael Ferro as they compete for larger stakes in Tronc — Ousted director Patrick Soon-Shiong adds to stake in Los Angeles Times publisher, setting up for showdown with its biggest shareholder and chairman Michael Ferro
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Jeff Gammage / Philly.com:
Philadelphia Media Network guild members vote down contract that would have ended seniority protections in the event of a layoff — Journalists and other union members at the Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com have decisively rejected a contract offer that would have provided solid …
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@poynter, @thegoalkeeper and @davisshaver
James Cook / Business Insider:
Filing: SoundCloud raises $70M in debt funding to build a “financially sustainable platform”, following a $100M raise in June 2016 — Music streaming service SoundCloud has raised $70 million (£56 million) in debt funding, according to documents filed with Companies House in the UK.
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Disney extends Bob Iger's contract as CEO until July 2019 amid concerns that there is no immediate successor within the company's executive ranks — The exec has now re-upped his contract until July 2, 2019 amid concerns among industry observers that there is no heir apparent within the company's executive ranks.
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New York Times, @thr, @thrmattbelloni, Fast Company, TVWeek.com, Investor's Business Daily, Seeking Alpha, Financial Times and Bloomberg
Paola Nalvarte / Journalism in the Americas:
Miroslava Breach Velducea, 54, shot and killed leaving her home in Chihuahua, becoming the third Mexican journalist killed this month — Journalist Miroslava Breach Velducea, 54, was killed on the morning of March 23 after receiving at least four shots to the head.
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@longdrivesouth and @borderreporter
Caroline Scott / Journalism.co.uk:
How Norwegian weekly newspaper Kommunal Rapport uses data journalism to build its digital presence — Since 2010, the title has increased its turnover by 40 per cent as a result of transforming into a digital-first news outlet — A Norwegian news organisation has transformed its output …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Vice News Tonight draws more than 500K viewers each episode, and more than 3M watch longer-form Friday night show; a considerable number are millennials — The show “Vice News Tonight” aired its one 100th episode last night on HBO. The show mixes the edgy style of the Vice Media Company …
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TVNewser, @cheeky_geeky, @keegan_hamilton, @evanmcs and @joshuahersh
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Judge approves class action settlement that will see The Hollywood Reporter pay out $900K for misclassifying freelancers — Over three years after The Hollywood Reporter was accused of playing fast and loose with how it classified contributors to get out of paying benefits and more …
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The Hollywood Reporter retracts post saying Trump organization sent cease-and-desist letter to teen behind cat website — “The letter did not come from us,” says a top attorney for the president's company as significant doubts are raised about the authenticity of the communication.
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Snopes.com, Above the Law and Hollywood Reporter
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / WWD:
Sources: American Media Inc. cuts about 40 jobs at Us Weekly, including Editor in Chief Michael Steele and Editorial Director Jaimee Zanzinger — Among those cut were editor in chief Michael Steele and editorial director Jaimee Zanzinger, both of whom had to lead the meetings about the job cuts.
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