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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Number of plaintiffs claiming racial discrimination and harassment at Fox News rises to 13 as anchor Kelly Wright joins suit, alleging involvement of Bill Shine — Fox News still under grand jury probe — Fox News' legal troubles grew even larger Tuesday, with new plaintiffs …
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Anthony Noto says Twitter is aiming to air live video 24 hours a day, every day inside its apps and site, will pitch handful of shows at NewFronts next week — Get ready for nonstop live video inside Twitter. — The company, which reports first quarter earnings Wednesday …
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Politico:
With 73 percent of internet publishing jobs based in Boston-NY-DC or West Coast corridors, the US media bubble is real and growing more extreme — We crunched the data on where journalists work and how fast it's changing. The results should worry you. — How did big media miss the Donald Trump swell?
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google allows users to report offensive autocomplete suggestions and Featured Snippets, will show more authoritative content for obscure and infrequent queries — Google knows it has a search quality problem. It's been plagued since November with concerns about fake news …
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Inside Zuckerberg's and Facebook's evolving approach to misinformation and filter bubbles, now that the issues have been more openly acknowledged — Mark Zuckerberg now acknowledges the dangerous side of the social revolution he helped start. But is the most powerful tool for connection …
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
In its latest attempt to tackle fake news, Facebook tests displaying links to fact-checks alongside stories inside Related Articles widget — Facebook wants you to think about whether a headline is true and see other perspectives on the topic before you even read the article.
Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast:
Macron campaign in France refused to give accreditation to RT France and Sputnik and fights back against hackers aiming at campaign and news media — PARIS—Looking back on the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton last year, one sees an appalling passivity and helplessness …
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
The standing committee of the US Senate Daily Press Gallery has denied Breitbart News permanent credentials to Capitol Hill — The standing committee of the US Senate Daily Press Gallery has denied Breitbart News permanent credentials to Capitol Hill, a move that would have given …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
CPJ: technology, combined with old school censorship tactics, has resulted in more arrests and killings of journalists than CPJ has ever recorded before — Old-school censorship and repressive government tactics have combined with technology and social media to create a new and troubling …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
The Huffington Post has rebranded as HuffPost and has redesigned its site, opting for a tabloid style evocative of the New York Daily News in the 1970s — “The splash is really the best of our editorial voice...In thinking about who we are, this is the best reflection of it from a product perspective."
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Gannett reports Q1 print ad revenues down 17.7% YoY, local digital ad revenue up 3.7%, and mobile digital ad revenue up 39.2% — Warnings were that the first quarter of 2017 would be about as bad financially as the final two of 2016 for newspaper organizations.
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Samuel Gibbs / The Guardian:
Thai man broadcasts killing his 11-month-old child with Facebook Live; the two clips, garnering 112K and 258K views, were taken down after 24 hours — Distressing footage of murder of 11-month old in Thailand was accessible to Facebook users for approximately 24 hours before being taken down
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
In the Trump era, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow has started beating Fox News in the key 25-54 demographic which determines advertising rates — Fox News normally ranks #1 among cable news channels. But lately MSNBC's Rachel Maddow has been challenging Fox at 9 p.m., the centerpiece of the prime time schedule.
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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 speaks publicly for first time since Fox News departure, says he will host daily podcast, free until Thu., then only available to Premium Members
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