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6:30 AM ET, April 25, 2017

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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Jimmy Wales launches Wikitribune, a crowdfunded news site that will use journalists to write and volunteers to fact check in effort to combat fake news  —  The crowd-funded news platform aims to combat fake news by combining professional journalism with volunteer fact checking: “news by the people and for the people.”
Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Bill O'Reilly speaks publicly for first time since Fox News departure, says he will host daily podcast, free until Thu., then only available to Premium Members  —  Bill O'Reilly has broken his silence following his departure last week from Fox News.  —  In his first media appearance since signing off of …
New York Daily News:
Andrea Tantaros files new federal lawsuit against Fox, alleging that the network orchestrated an online harassment campaign and hacked into her devices  —  Former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes and senior network executives orchestrated an online harassment campaign against a former female host …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CNN's Alisyn Camerota tells how she was sexually harassed and then bullied by Roger Ailes when she worked at Fox News; Ailes' attorney denies claim
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
NBC says Megyn Kelly to start next month in preparation for Sunday night show going to air June against 60 Minutes, and morning show which is set for fall  —  A lot has happened since Megyn Kelly was last on television.  —  The first 95 days of the Trump presidency.  Terror attacks in London and Paris.
Kerry Flynn / Mashable:
The New York Times joins Snapchat Discover with a daily edition posted at 6am weekdays, including The Daily Mini crossword puzzle  —  Remember this date in history: April 24, 2017, The New York Times launched on Snapchat Discover.  —  “All the news that's fit to print” …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
How The New York Times podcast The Daily reached 20M downloads in less than three months after its February debut
Discussion: @colinmorrisonuk
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Google adding TV ad inventory to DoubleClick Bid Manager, letting advertisers measure video campaigns across digital media and linear TV  —  With viewing habits shifting from the living room environment to multiple online platforms spread throughout the house and elsewhere …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
On press freedom threats, First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams worries most about the Espionage Act and leak investigations, and says Trump's tweets may help  —  Last Monday, the sun rose in the east, the black-capped chickadee sang its spring mating song and President Trump attacked American journalists in a tweet.
Discussion: @tackettdc and @jimrutenberg
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Some companies, including AOL, BuzzFeed, and Fullscreen, have pulled out of NewFronts or scaled back their plans considerably  —  Some executives wonder whether the stream of events, where digital media companies pitch advertisers on their web video content, has lived up to its billing
Discussion: Adweek
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Netflix to raise $1B through debt offering to fund new content and other “strategic transactions”  —  Netflix has announced that it intends to raise €1 billion — a smidgen more than $1 billion (USD) when converted at today's rate — via a senior note debt offering for …
Columbia Journalism Review:
How Univision's investigative journalists teamed up with Story House screenwriters for a “fictionalized series” on El Chapo  —  A film crew in Colombia works on a close-up shot for the new biopic El Chapo.  Photo courtesy of Univision.  —  In September 2013 …
Washington Post:
Sources: Trump said he won't fire Sean Spicer as press secretary because “the guy gets great ratings” and likened his press briefings to a daytime soap opera  —  During a small working lunch at the White House last month, the question of job security in President Trump's tumultuous …
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Mark Walton / Ars Technica UK:
Google announces series of YouTuber-led “Internet Citizens” workshops in the UK designed to tackle the spread of online hate speech and fake news
The Seattle Times:
Couple charged with assault in connection with January shooting outside University of Washington speech by Milo Yiannopoulos
Discussion: The Stranger …
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Fox & Friends anchor Heather Nauert has been hired as the State Department's spokesperson, making her the second Fox journalist to jump to State
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Caroline Scott / Journalism.co.uk:
To build trust, Reuters has launched Backstory, a project that tells how its journalists find, pursue, and verify particular stories
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The Boston Globe's health and life science news site, STAT, is launching a print tabloid and is in talks with other metro newspapers for reprints
 

 
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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

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

Kevin Roose / New York Times:
A look at Amazon's revamped drone delivery program near Phoenix, Arizona, where the company's new MK-30 drones deliver dozens of packages a day to customers
 
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