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8:30 AM ET, April 6, 2017

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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Despite assurances by executives after Ailes' departure, culture has not changed at Fox News  —  Throughout Fox News Channel's summer of discontent last year, executives at its parent company, 21st Century Fox, assured reporters that the young, up-and-coming corporate leadership …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
O'Reilly's “hotline defense” is ludicrous: a Fox News culture of fear would prevent a sexually harassed woman from calling an internal hotline  —  Whatever happens to Bill O'Reilly's career, one aspect of this unrelenting story line at Fox News deserves to be put to rest forever.
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
As the number of advertisers who have dropped The O'Reilly Factor reaches more than 40, Bill O'Reilly and Fox News remain quiet  —  Brown: Time for Fox to clean shop  —  Bill O'Reilly's future at Fox News is the number one topic among Manhattan media executives, entertainment agents and journalists.
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
How ProPublica responded to the White House press secretary's insult by defending its journalism and promoting its work in tweets, boosting followers 10%  —  Journalists often agonize over how to tweet, and rightly so.  For many of us, Twitter is the most personal point of contact with audiences.
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
How Trump insiders reward pro-Trump media figures including Mike Cernovich, who earlier spread Pizzagate rumors and false theories of a Hillary Clinton illness  —  The pro-Trump “Upside-Down” media is working hard to go mainstream, and it's doing so with help of a powerful ally: the White House.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Spotify is considering directly listing its shares on a public exchange in September, instead of a traditional IPO  —  Music-streaming service considers a direct listing, bypassing the typical public-offering script  —  Music-streaming service Spotify AB is readying an initial public offering that is expected by year-end.
Mará Rose Williams / Kansas City Star:
How student reporters at a Kansas high school dug into the background of a new principal and found questionable credentials, causing her to resign  —  Days after student reporters at Pittsburg High School in Kansas dug into the background of their newly hired principal and found questionable credentials …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Verizon is primed to become ad-tracking giant and take full advantage of an impotent FCC, using consumer data without permission, as it's done with supercookies  —  Zombie adtech is coming to kill Google  —  Two seemingly unrelated things happened Monday that actually point directly at the future of the internet:
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Russia's Sputnik hires former Breitbart News reporter Lee Stranahan to launch a radio show  —  A former Breitbart News writer is launching a radio show for Russian propaganda network Sputnik.  —  “I'm on the Russian payroll now, when you work at Sputnik you're being paid by the Russians …
Discussion: @rosiegray and @mlcalderone
Ben Popper / The Verge:
YouTube's $35/mo TV streaming service debuts in Los Angeles, NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco Bay area, with 4 major networks, 40+ cable channels  —  Young people in the United States have already made the switch from traditional television to streaming services.
Bureau of Labor Statistics:
From January 2001 to September 2016, US newspaper publishers lost over half their employment, from 412K to 174K jobs  —  The information industry consists of businesses that publish information through traditional forms of media such as newspapers, periodicals, and books, as well as electronically over the Internet.
Discussion: Mashable
 
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Adblock Plus parent company Eyeo says it has acquired Sweden-based micropayment service Flattr
Sara Fischer / Axios:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

 
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