Mediagazer: To build trust, Reuters has launched Backstory, a project that tells how its journalists find, pursue, and verify particular stories (Caroline Scott/Journalism.co.uk)

4:40 PM ET, April 24, 2017

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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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President Trump to hold reception Monday for conservative media, including One America News Network, The Daily Caller, Breitbart, and columnists and radio hosts

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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.

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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 …

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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 …

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 — The initiative will provide readers with behind-the-scenes details of how Reuters found, researched, and investigated some of its stories

Discussion: @emmajourno

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 …

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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 — The health and life sciences site is in talks with other newspapers about republishing its coverage in print.

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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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