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Cale-Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company:
“Deep web” news site Vocativ has laid off its editorial staff — Vocativ, the tech news website that aimed to do “deep web” reporting, has laid off all of its editorial staff. According to some accounts, it's because the company has decided to shift toward video content.
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Carlos Greer / Page Six:
Source: NBC needs controversies like the Alex Jones scandal to shake up Sunday night ratings; they hired Megyn Kelly to create such buzz — As families of the Sandy Hook victims continue to pressure NBC to ax Megyn Kelly's Sunday interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones …
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Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
As JPMorgan becomes one of the latest brands to pulls ads from a news show, questions arise about whether firms are becoming too involved in editorial decisions — A production of Shakespeare's “Julius Caesar” in Central Park featuring a look-alike of President Trump as Caesar.
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Kelsey Sutton / Mic:
The Intercept is conducting an internal review after the publication of an NSA doc may have led to the government contractor who leaked it being identified — The investigative news site the Intercept has launched an internal investigation into the publication of a classified NSA document, the site's co-founders said Tuesday.
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Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:
Memo: Time Inc announces it is cutting 300 jobs, 4% of workforce, with layoffs and buyouts — Time Inc (TIME.N) said on Tuesday it is eliminating 300 positions, or 4 percent of its workforce, through layoffs and buyouts, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters.
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
The NYT is overhauling its digital publishing system as it pivots from a platform-based approach to a reader-centric strategy in order to entice subscribers — With its business model squarely built around reader revenue, getting users logged in is a critical step toward payment.
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Allison Schiff / AdExchanger:
Facebook begins testing a tool for reviewing where on- and off-platform ads run, with option to opt-out of some publishers, rolling out over the year — Facebook made several overtures to openness on Wednesday with tools designed to give advertisers more control over where and how their ads …
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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Report: political campaigns could manipulate elections by spending just $400K on fake news and propaganda, while discrediting a journalist costs just $55K — Fake News Machine research comes amid increasing concern about hacking elections and the ways that fake news on social media has manipulated voters
James Walker / Press Gazette:
Murdoch MacLennan steps down as Telegraph Media Group chief executive after 13 years, moving to deputy chairman role; he will be replaced by Nick Hugh — Murdoch MacLennan has been replaced as chief executive of the Telegraph Media Group (TMG), owners of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph newspapers, after 13 years in the role.
Chris Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Amid sexual misconduct scandals, Fox News' parent company, 21st Century Fox, launches Women@Fox initiative to help female staffers rise through ranks — With sexual misconduct scandals surrounding Fox News in New York, the launch day of the initiative on the L.A. studio lot included a panel featuring film chief Stacey Snider.
Max Willens / Digiday:
Magazine publishers like Time and Condé Nast are turning to brand licensing as they try to recoup losses from declining print advertising revenue — Twelve years ago, Gary Caplan took a meeting with Time Inc. to discuss pots and pans. Caplan, a brand-licensing agent from California …
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Reporters are told they can no longer film or record interviews in Senate halls of Capitol without special permission, then Senate Rules chair reverses course — Reporters covering the U.S. Senate were told Tuesday that they could no longer film interviews with senators in the hallways outside …
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