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Sources: federal probe of Fox News includes questions about alleged intimidation; private investigator said he was hired to discredit two women who sued — Federal authorities have interviewed current and former Fox News employees and on-air talent in a widening inquiry into the nature …
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Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News Radio staffer Jessica Golloher sues Fox News, 21st Century Fox, and two executives, claiming discrimination and retaliation after contract not renewed — Fox says her claims are “without merit.” — A Jerusalem-based Fox News employee is suing the network for discrimination and retaliation …
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Bloomberg:
YouTube producing a half-dozen original series this year; source says it will spend $100M+ for 40+ ad-supported original shows and movies next year — Online service sees opportunity to lure big national sponsors — Paid Red service gets budgets matching HBO, Showtime programs
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Facebook says it is closing Oculus VR film studio, canceling all on-going projects, will invest in VR content produced by outside partners — Oculus Story Studio, the award-winning studio behind virtual reality (VR) short films like “Dear Angelica” and “Henry,” is being shut down, Facebook announced Thursday afternoon.
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Matt DeRienzo / Medium:
Layoffs at Gannett, Gatehouse, and Digital First Media show the need to support local journalists, not simply local newspapers with corporate owners — Gannett's year-round layoffs hit small-town journalism hardest — As long as there have been big corporate newspaper chains answering …
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Ken Schwencke / ProPublica:
Cloudflare shares personal information of those who complain about hosted sites like Daily Stormer; Cloudflare GC says policy lets users “face their accusers” — Since its launch in 2013, the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer has quickly become the go-to spot for racists on the internet.
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Mark Scott / New York Times:
Analysis shows that US election-style misinformation and alt-right-inspired memes, many backing Le Pen, aren't being shared widely during the French election — The digital call to arms came shortly after the first round of the French presidential election.
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Interview with Jimmy Wales on the progress of Wikitribune, its business model and budget, and topics: politics to start, then Bitcoin and maybe dog breeding — “Political news, I think, is of the most interest right now, and so I think that that's where we'll focus at first."
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Kari Howard / Storyboard Posts:
Q&A with Gene Roberts, the former editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer and the subject of a forthcoming documentary, called “The Newspaperman” — Filmmaker David Layton isn't a stranger to the newsroom. Before he produced and directed documentaries, he was a newspaper reporter …
Mark Glover / Sacramento Bee:
McClatchy reports Q1 adjusted net loss of $14.5M, compared to loss of $7.9M for Q1 2016, on revenue of $221.2M, down 7% YoY; total ad revenue down 12% YoY — Despite double-digit growth in digital-only advertising revenue, McClatchy today reported a net loss of $95.6 million, or $12.60 a share, in this year's first quarter.
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Matt Pressberg / The Wrap:
CBS beats targets with Q1 revenue of $3.34B, down from $3.59B in Q1 2016, as it aired Super Bowl and playoff game; affiliate and subscription fee revenue up 17% — CBS began 2017 on the right note, as strong ratings for its TV hits and growth in its streaming services helped propel the network to a strong first quarter.
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Airbnbmag, a new print publication from Airbnb and Hearst, will launch May 23 with a circulation of 350K and stories sourced from Airbnb's anonymous data points — New print publication will roll out May 23 with a $3.99 cover price — When the new travel publication Airbnbmag hits select newsstands …
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
In its effort to create TV-like content, Snap has signed original show deals with NBCUniversal, Turner, others, and is in talks with CBS and Fox, sources say — Snap Inc.'s ambitious effort to create television-like content has old and new media companies alike clamoring to learn …
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