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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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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Nuzzel starts including sponsored links in its email newsletter, selling it as an alternative to press release distribution services like PRNewswire — For the first time, news aggregator Nuzzel will include advertising. — That doesn't mean you're going to see banner ads popping up all over the startup's app and website.
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
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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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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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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 …
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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
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
The Believer magazine has been bought by the Black Mountain Institute at University of Nevada, and will be edited by the institute's director, Joshua Wolf Shenk — NEW YORK (AP) — A highly praised and proudly off-beat literary magazine, where contributors have ranged from Nick Hornby …
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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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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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Elizabeth Spiers / Washington Post:
How Jared Kushner's tenure as owner of The New York Observer could predict his success leading the newly-created Office of American Innovation — How the New York Observer could predict the fate of the Office of American Innovation. — On my first day of work as the editor in chief …
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William Turvill / City A.M.:
Citing financial pressures, the BBC ends its partnership with the Associated Press and begins a “new relationship” with Agence France-Presse — Associated Press said it was disappointed not to have secured a new contract with the BBC... “but producing the high quality journalism …
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