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Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
Sources: Mic is laying off between 20 and 30 editorial staffers amid what is expected to be a larger pivot to video later this month — Mic.com laid off staffers on Thursday in what is part of a larger pivot to video that it will begin later this month. — The millennial-news site …
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Tom Barnes / Mic:
Spotify says it has begun to remove white supremacist acts that were flagged three years ago as “hate bands” by the Southern Poverty Law Center — In November 2014, the Southern Poverty Law Center put together a list of 54 racist bands that had made a home for themselves on iTunes.
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
The pro-Trump media is grappling with a post-Charlottesville identity crisis as it tries to distance itself from white nationalism while defending the president — The events in Charlottesville have created the first real crisis for the pro-Trump media, which is caught between …
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Thuy Ong / The Verge:
Facebook will limit the spread of stories in News Feed that feature either fake video play buttons or videos of only a static image — Like ones that have a fake play button on videos of still images … Facebook has announced two new updates that will limit video clickbait posts from appearing in the News Feed.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
In unexpected move, HBO gave Vice go-ahead to post Charlottesville story to YouTube immediately after it aired on TV — Vice Reporter: Protesters knew what they were doing — When my mom shared Vice's documentary about Charlottesville on Facebook, that's when I knew it had really broken through.
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George Slefo / Ad Age:
Verizon expects to resume buying video ads on YouTube after pulling them in March, under proviso third-party tests prove ads will not run near unsavoury content — Verizon said Tuesday that it will resume buying video ads on YouTube after a five-month break that was triggered by concerns …
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Electric Jukebox, a UK music streaming service that works through TVs, comes to US with launch of Roxi device for $199 and a subscription of $52 per year — A hardware-based music-streaming service that only works through your TV? That's exactly what Electric Jukebox brought to market in the U.K. last year.
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Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
Cheddar signs radio deals with iHeartRadio, SiriusXM, TuneIn, Amazon Alexa, and Otto Radio — Have cheese, will travel. — Media startup Cheddar has signed a deal to bring its business-focused live content to national radio, adding to the growing distribution of its content beyond its Facebook Live origins.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Sources: Steve Bannon has told associates that he didn't know he was giving an interview to Robert Kuttner of The American Prospect — Steve Bannon's White House colleagues can't believe what they're reading tonight — and here's the twist: neither can Bannon.
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TASS:
Ukraine expels Russian journalist Tamara Nersesyan for causing “damage to country's national interests”, says she is banned for three years — Tamara Nersesyan told Rossiya-24 TV Channel she had been denied the right to enter Ukraine for three years … /TASS/.
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Daniel Funke / Poynter:
The Coral Project announces Guides, a set of 70 how-tos, resources, and case studies aimed at helping news publishers create and sustain online communities — For a lot of news organizations, the comment section is an afterthought or something to be avoided altogether. The Coral Project wants to change that.
Max Willens / Digiday:
Tronc and Investor's Business Daily to launch Trophy Funds, a newsletter on investing in mutual funds, costing $7.99/month — With duopoly-squeezed publishers on the hunt for more reader revenue, some have joined forces to go after it. — Tronc and Investor's Business Daily are launching Trophy Funds …
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