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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Sources: seven more black Fox News employees plan to join racial discrimination suit filed last month — The Murdochs hoped firing Bill O'Reilly would signal a changing culture at Fox News. “We want to underscore our consistent commitment to fostering a work environment built on the values …
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CNNMoney, Media Matters for America, TVNewser, Variety, Fortune, @sruhle, @richarddeitsch, CNNMoney and The Guardian
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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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Washington Post and Quartz
Politico:
Inside the ritualized warfare between the White House and the press, as potential for real conflict with media lurks below the surface — The president puts on a big show of assaulting his “opposition” in the news media. But inside the White House, it's a different story.
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
Yahoo's fate is a sign of what's to come for businesses including news organizations that rely heavily on digital ad revenue — Yahoo filed its final quarterly report this week. And just like that, the once-mighty tech firm is exiting public trading. — The company has been unraveling …
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@mediatwit, @drclarkipresume, @lauraelizdavis, @kevindgrant, @ryanbeckwith, Ad Age and The Week
Gideon Lewis-Kraus / The Nation:
A critique of Julius Krein's American Affairs, the Trump-inspired quarterly journal that is seeking to help build a new post-liberal intellectual vanguard — Last February, an anonymous cohort of conservative writers, their bylines purloined from antiquity, started a group blog they described as the …
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@thenation and @jayrosen_nyu
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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@politico, New York Magazine, @joepompeo, @mcorley, @elianayjohnson, @elianayjohnson, @mathewi, @anthony, @moorehn and Axios
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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@far_right_watch, ESPN FC, TheJournal.ie, Balls.ie, The Independent, JOE.co.uk, The Drum, BBC, Yahoo! News, Sport, London Evening Standard, Telegraph and Independent.ie
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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Seeking Alpha, @carlhendy, @mhbergen, @jason_kint and GeekWire, 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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Engadget, Mashable, YouTube Creator Blog, @ewerickson, @icguild, @lizthegrey, The Daily Beast, The Wrap, YouTube Creator Blog, Fortune, Adweek, Gizmodo and Variety, 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 and @christianstork
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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