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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Mic rolls out nine new content brands focusing on women's issues, social justice, and more; the company will hire about 35 employees as part of the expansion — Millennial-focused web publisher launches channels focused on social justice issues, technology and President Trump
Discussion:
@petersterne
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
JPMorgan Chase has limited its display ads to about 5K pre-approved websites, and aims to restrict YouTube ads to a human-checked list of 1K channels — As of a few weeks ago, advertisements for JPMorgan Chase were appearing on about 400,000 websites a month.
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New York Magazine, Marketing Week, @sapna, @jmcduling, @michaelroston, @ktbenner, @mccanner, @macmccanntx, @codinghorror and @ennisnyt
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
BuzzFeed is expanding to Germany and Mexico as it prepares to cover national elections in both countries — Outlet will focus on covering elections, feminism, gay rights — BuzzFeed Germany to be led by founder of non-profit newsroom — BuzzFeed News is expanding into Mexico and Germany …
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@katz, @jimwaterson, @gerryfsmith, @gerryfsmith and @miriamelder
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
Study of 1.5K scholars and tech experts shows 81% expect online incivility and trolling to stay same or get worse, with “Potemkin internet” hiding incivility — I'm going to confess an occasional habit of mine, which is petty, and which I would still enthusiastically recommend …
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Pew Research Center, CNET, Nieman Lab, @devjpow and The Awl - Medium, more at Techmeme »
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
The second largest fake news network on record is a group of at least 33 websites, including ViralMugShot.com, that largely eschew political coverage — Some of the sites' hits include “Father of 23 Kids Only Had Sex at Night, Because He Thought Sperm Was Sleep” and “60 KKK Members Commit Suicide …
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@gregghoush, @davidmackau, @joelcifer, @buzzfeedben, @buzzfeednews, @craigsilverman, @craigsilverman, @craigsilverman and @buzzfeednews
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: FCC expected to reverse UHF rule that hindered TV station owners from buying more stations, easing a potential Sinclair-Tribune Media deal and more — Proposal would restore ‘UHF discount’ in calculating audience share — WASHINGTON—Federal regulators plan to reverse an Obama-era rule …
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USA Today, @jbflint, Law360 and Fierce Cable
Don Kaplan / New York Daily News:
Spectrum lays off more than a dozen NY1 staffers in unexpected round of cuts, and eliminates NY1's weekly public affairs program The New York Times Close Up — Bloodbath at NY1: Some of your favorite on-air staffers at New York news channel get the ax — It seems NY1's new owners …
Discussion:
@jhsthethird, @aubernalevy and @nydailynews
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Profile of former Breitbart reporter Julia Hahn, who was mentored by Steve Bannon and who now serves as a special assistant to the president — It was a warm August night last year when Ryan Williams, a well-connected Republican operative, went to a book party in Washington — and met a ghost.
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@fahrenthold, @mattdpearce, @bterris, @michaelkruse, @elianayjohnson, @billwasik, @chengela, @annehelen, @bterris, @gabrielsherman and @matthaber
Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas:
Two journalists, Julio Omar Gómez and Armando Arrieta Granados, survived shootings in Mexico within 24 hours this week; three others killed this month — In the early morning hours of March 28, journalist Julio Omar Gómez's house was set on fire in Baja California Sur …
Discussion:
@rosental and Committee to Protect …
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Alex Pareene is leaving Gizmodo Media Group to lead a new politics team at Fusion, which will also include Hamilton Nolan and Ashley Feinberg — JAMES COMEY WANTED TO PUBLISH A NYT OP-ED ON RUSSIAN ELECTION MEDDLING - And he wanted to do so last summer, according to Newsweek's scoop last night …
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Newsweek, Mediaite, The Wrap, IJR, Vanity Fair, @joepompeo, The Daily Caller, Politicus USA and Mashable
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Pandora, facing continued pressure by investor Corvex to sell, has to convert some of its 81M users from free radio to its Premium $9.99/month service — Music streaming app is best shot to spur growth, cut losses — Activist Corvex with 8.8% stake urges company to weigh options
Discussion:
Recode, hypebot and TechCrunch
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBC, BuzzFeed, and Snap team up for 2018 winter Olympic coverage; NBC and Buzzfeed to produce content for Snapchat Discover, Snap to provide ad-sales packages — NBC, Snap Inc. and BuzzFeed will be jumping back into the Olympics rings next year. — The broadcaster will work with BuzzFeed …
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