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New York Times:
Inside the generational change at News Corp, as James and Lachlan Murdoch consolidate their power and try to modernize the company culture — Since taking over two years ago, James and Lachlan Murdoch seem determined to rid the company of the old-guard culture on which their father built his empire.
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Inside the new power dynamics at Fox, Breitbart, and The Wall Street Journal in the wake of Trump's victory — The right-wing media won the presidency—but lost control of their audience. Inside the new power dynamics roiling Fox, Breitbart and the Wall Street Journal.
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@joepompeo, @mcorley, @elianayjohnson, @elianayjohnson, @mathewi, @anthony, New York Magazine, @moorehn, Real Stories, Axios and Mashable
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
The Guardian confirms it has stopped publishing its articles to Apple News and Facebook Instant Articles — Publishers aren't happy with the deal platforms are cutting them. Now, the Guardian has dropped both Facebook's fast-loading Instant Article format and will no longer publish content on Apple News.
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@jamesburgos, @nixxin, Fortune, 9to5Mac, @mikeisaac, @nbj914, @jackmarshall, @maxwillens, @joshspero and @lmoses, more at Techmeme »
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube says 12M videos, including those with LGBTQ+ topics, are now available in Restricted Mode after fix, adds way to report videos wrongly excluded — YouTube today claims to have fixed an issue with its service that was causing it to incorrectly filter content in “Restricted Mode” …
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YouTube Creator Blog, Mashable, YouTube Creator Blog, Engadget, @ewerickson, @icguild, @lizthegrey, The Daily Beast, The Wrap, Variety, Gizmodo, Adweek and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Sources: Facebook is offering publishers a monthly sum in exchange for a minimum amount of produced video, to host mid-roll ads — The new deals include a mix of both live and produced video commitments. — Facebook wants to pay publishers to create more produced video as part of a plan …
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@rafat, @pkafka, @taylorbuley, @profcarroll and @edmundlee, more at Techmeme »
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
In relentless tweeting since Inauguration Day, Louise Mensch has accused at least 210 people or organizations of being under Russian government influence — Since last November's election, the former British politician Louise Mensch has transformed herself into the leader …
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@maggienyt, @bernstein, @joelnihlean, @louisemensch, @sethabramson, @profjeffjarviss, @christianstork, Mediaite and The New York Observer
The Guardian:
The Sun prints apology for Kelvin MacKenzie's column that compared mixed-race Everton footballer Ross Barkley to a gorilla — Former editor, who compared mixed-race Everton footballer to a gorilla, was suspended by newspaper — The Sun has published an apology to Ross Barkley …
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Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at whether Montana alt-weekly the Indy will remain a local media watchdog after being bought by Lee Enterprises, the state's largest newspaper chain — 1820 WORDS — THE MISSOULA INDEPENDENT, the decades-old western Montana alt-weekly, was acquired last week by Lee Enterprises, the state's largest newspaper chain.
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Missoula Independent …, Last Best News, @coreyhutchins, @hollykmichels and @coreyhutchins
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Sources: Google and partners in Coalition for Better Ads are working on a tool designed for publishers to filter some ads; IAB head says tool isn't ad blocker — A Chrome feature to filter ads is coming — just don't call it an ad-blocker. — After seven months of work …
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@alistairmbarr, @carlhendy, @mhbergen, @jason_kint, GeekWire, Axios, eMarketer and Newsroom Posts, AdExchanger, Recode and Ad Age, more at Techmeme »
Scott Sayare / The Guardian:
How Marine Le Pen used the French press to lead the far-right Front National into the political mainstream — Yet Marine Le Pen has managed to lead the far-right Front National into the political mainstream - and she couldn't have done it without the press
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The Financial Times launches Due Diligence, a new subscriber-only M&A newsletter used partly to present scoops it can't fit elsewhere — “We want to draw people's attention to the fact that we cover the entire totality of a deal with the same aggression that we would try to get a scoop."
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Bérénice Magistretti / VentureBeat:
Quora raises $85M round led by Y Combinator to expand internationally and develop its ads business; CEO Adam D'Angelo says the platform has 190M monthly uniques — EXCLUSIVE: — Quora is known for being an under-the-radar company. But in an exclusive interview with VentureBeat …
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Sam Altman, TechCrunch, Mashable, @venturebeat and @jamesliamcook, more at Techmeme », Thanks:@ravichandrans25
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