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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Facebook, Craig Newmark, Mozilla, Betaworks, others help launch $14M global News Integrity Initiative administered by CUNY to improve online news literacy — A global coalition of tech leaders, academic institutions, nonprofits and funders, including Facebook, Mozilla and Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark …
Peter Kafka / Recode:
YouTube to start letting outside firms like DoubleVerify and comScore audit its efforts to avoid controversial ad placements — In an interview with Recode, Philipp Schindler, Google's top business exec, walks a fine line. — A top Google executive says the company's YouTube ad controversy …
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New York Times, Ad Age, Bloomberg, Digiday, TVWeek.com, The Guardian, The Next Web, Business Insider, @pkafka, @pkafka and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Reuters appeared to retract a story about Jared Kushner being in Iraq, issued a tweet saying the story was wrong then deleted it — Jared Kushner has a lot on his plate right now. As a senior advisor (and son-in-law) to President Trump, Kushner is heading the new White House Office of American Innovation …
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Mediaite, New York Times, CNN, The Inquisitr News, Associated Press, Just Security, Washington Post, New York Magazine, @maggienyt, KTLA, The Week and Axios
Business Insider:
Sources: after the Verizon deal closes, AOL and Yahoo plan to be called Oath — When Verizon merges Yahoo with AOL after its acquisition of Yahoo closes, the newly created division will get a new name. — And that new name is “Oath,” sources tell Business Insider.
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@michaelbolen, @b_fung, @oliverdarcy, @jeffyoung, @maxnisen, @mikeisaac, @sfiegerman and @mekosoff, more at Techmeme »
Poynter:
Tow Center's 25K word report details the issues with increasing social media platform influence on news publishers, suggests avenues to explore for remedies — Facebook and other platform companies publishing news are forces for bad journalism not good, despite some well-intended efforts lately to help media companies.
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Columbia Journalism Review, The Guardian, @mtaibbi, @lauraelizdavis, @emilybell and @benedictevans
Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Fox News contributor Julie Roginsky files sexual harassment suit against the network, Roger Ailes, and its current co-president Bill Shine — Fox News contributor Julie Roginsky has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the network, former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes and current co-president Bill Shine.
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Gizmodo Media Group's Executive Managing Editor Katie Drummond is joining Joshua Topolsky's The Outline as its first executive editor — She's reuniting with Outline CEO Josh Topolsky — The Outline, a startup that promises to take a novel approach to digital publishing, has a new editorial boss …
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@kevinroose, @raju, @carlfranzen, @johnjcook, @ashleyfeinberg, @katiedrumm, @williamturton and @joshuatopolsky
Jeff Baumgartner / Broadcasting & Cable:
Roku introduces audience guarantees for TV advertisers that are based on Nielsen ratings, about 2 years after Roku and Nielsen partnered to measure demographics — Roku to base guarantees on Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings, tap into currency used for traditional TV advertising
Kerry Myers / Columbia Journalism Review:
A critique of criminal justice reporting by Kerry Myers, a former inmate and editor of the Louisiana State Penitentiary's award-winning publication The Angolite — This column was published in partnership with The Marshall Project. — It is interesting to follow what journalists write and say about criminal justice.
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@daviduberti, @cjr and @brucebartlett
Peter Orsi / AP News:
Norte, a newspaper in Juarez, Mexico, says it is shutting down due to the climate of insecurity and impunity for killings of journalists — MEXICO CITY (AP) — A newspaper in the Mexican border city of Juarez announced Sunday that it is shutting down due to the climate of insecurity …
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@ajcorchado, JOURNALISM IN THE AMERICAS and @peter_orsi
Amanda Hess / New York Times:
In S-Town, the new Serial podcast spinoff, journalist Brian Reed illuminates the reportorial experience of following through on tempting tips — In 2014, the true-crime podcast “Serial” began like this: A tipster asked a radio journalist to investigate a murder.
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@iraglass, @thisamerlife, @nytimes and New Yorker
Politico:
Playbook: April Ryan, White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks, joins CNN as a political analyst — IT'S OPENING DAY! The Washington Nationals face off against the Miami Marlins at 1:05 p.m. at Nationals Park. Email us and let us know who is playing hooky!
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The Hill, @aprildryan, The Wrap and @lkherman
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