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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 …
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CUNY Graduate School …, BuzzMachine, Facebook Media, @lheron, @lheron, @brizzyc, Axios, @steverubel, VentureBeat, @brianstelter and Adweek, 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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New York Times, Mediaite, CNN, Washington Post, Just Security, Associated Press, New York Magazine, KTLA, The Week and Axios
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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 Wrap, @aprildryan and @lkherman
Bryan Logan / Business Insider:
News outlets teamed up to request, gather, and publish obfuscated financial disclosures of White House staff
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The Daily Beast, Politico, @patrick_hruby, @parkermolloy, The Hill, @propublica, @ericliptonnyt, The Week, Adweek, Politico, @ericuman, @jayrosen_nyu and New York Times
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, @benedictevans, Nieman Lab and Fortune
New York Times:
Investigation finds Fox News and Bill O'Reilly have paid about $13M over the years to address complaints from five women about Bill O'Reilly's behavior — About $13 million has been paid out over the years to address complaints from women about Mr. O'Reilly's behavior. He denies the claims have merit.
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Washington Post, CNNMoney, CNNMoney, Bill O'Reilly, TVWeek.com, Bloomberg, Axios, @brianstelter, @glennthrush, @ezlusztig, @nycjim, @lolgop, @davidcorndc, The Wrap, @bluechoochoo, @brianstelter, The Week, LawNewz, Variety, The Drum, @gabrielsherman, @nytimes, @therickwilson, @keitholbermann, @chriswarcraft, @lawrence, New York Magazine, Newser, TVNewser, Showbiz411, The Guardian, @bynickdavies, @lisabloom, @realdanlyons, AOL, Vanity Fair, Business Insider, @brianstelter, @markberman, Deadline and The Huffington Post
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
O'Reilly accuser Wendy Walsh to hold press conference today, as her attorney describes Fox News as “the Bill Cosby of corporate America” — Wendy Walsh to speak out Monday following revelations of settlements with five other women totaling about $13 million.
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@usmc701952, Mediaite and Variety
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: claims against O'Reilly were considered in his recent contract renewal talks; to settle claims, one source says O'Reilly paid $10M and company paid $3M
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@f**ktrumpblotus, Mediaite, @sparksjls, @brianstelter, @danharmon, The Week, Variety, The Wrap, Washington Post and Axios
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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Ad Age, The Guardian, Digiday, Business Insider, New York Times, Bloomberg, @pkafka and @pkafka, more at Techmeme »
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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@johnjcook, @ashleyfeinberg, @katiedrumm and @joshuatopolsky
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
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Sam Dolnick, who was recently one of three candidates for the NYT's deputy publisher role, joins the paper's masthead as assistant editor — The New York Times continues to add to the ranks of its top newsroom editors. — On Monday, the company announced that Sam Dolnick would become an assistant editor on the masthead.
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
Shelley Hepworth / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of Mark Harris, whose experience in entertainment reporting and cultural criticism gives him valuable insight into Trump — EIGHT YEARS AGO, Mark Harris began research on his second book. It would tell the story of five Hollywood film directors who left behind families and careers …
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@bypetevernon, @robbiereviews and @coreyatad
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