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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Former White House aide Sebastian Gorka says he will return to Breitbart, where he was once national security editor, in an undefined role — Former White House aide Sebastian Gorka said Saturday he will return to Breitbart News, reuniting him with longtime ally and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon.
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Facebook hires Liz Spayd, former New York Times public editor, as a consultant to help with its “transparency” efforts — She has also worked at the Washington Post and Columbia Journalism Review as a top editor. — Facebook has recently hired former New York Times public editor Liz Spayd …
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ESPN:
Pay-per-view issues delay Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight — The Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor main event Saturday night in Las Vegas will be delayed due to pay-per-view outages. — “Due to the overwhelming demand, capacity of cable systems around the country are being overwhelmed.
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Ben Knight / Deutsche Welle:
Germany orders leftist website Linksunten, a subdomain of Indymedia, shut down for sowing hate, treating site as an “association”, not a news outlet — Germany has banned and raided an independent news website popular with left-wing readers. Officials found linksunten.indymedia.org's …
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Alison Flood / The Guardian:
The New York Times pulls young adult novel Handbook for Mortals from bestseller list after reports of fake sales — Lani Sarem's Handbook for Mortals was taken off the No 1 spot after fellow YA authors, sceptical of ‘a book that no one has heard of’, uncovered a pattern of strategic preorders
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Gary Baum / Hollywood Reporter:
Profile of Cooper Hefner, Playboy's chief creative officer, as the magazine brings back nudity and attempts to go upmarket — Cooper Hefner has assumed creative control at the brand his father launched 64 years ago as he brings nude images back to the magazine while lamenting the company's involvement …
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Li Yuan / Wall Street Journal:
Toutiao, a Chinese news aggregator that uses deep learning to tailor feeds to individual users, says it has 120M DAUs and made $900M revenue in 2016 — Apps that supply news streams tailored to individual users by algorithms are China's fastest-growing mobile segment
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Tyler Fisher / Politico:
How partisan Twitter users saw and shared different narratives of Charlottesville — How partisan Twitter users saw and shared different narratives of Charlottesville and the aftermath. — After violence erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12, media coverage differed on what aspect of the event to cover.
New Statesman:
The Saudi-led coalition controlling access to Yemen has choked media access, making it almost impossible to report on the conflict — The conflict is not getting anything like the media attention it deserves. — This article has been co-authored by Ahmed Baider, a fixer based in Yemen's capital Sana'a …
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Alexis Okeowo / New Yorker:
A remembrance of Kim Wall, who as a female journalist often working alone, was more vulnerable to violence — The Swedish journalist Kim Wall was a rush of positive energy, a force so alive that it always felt good simply to be around her. And so, when she disappeared a little more than two weeks ago …
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Alex Heath / Business Insider:
After long ignoring many influencers, Snapchat is starting to verify and proactively engage more internet celebrities — - Snapchat is starting to warm up to the group of internet celebrities and so-called influencers that it has long ignored. — The app is starting to verify …
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IAB:
IAB forecasts podcast ad revenues will hit $220M in 2017, up from $119M in 2016, says ~25% of US population over 12 listens to podcasts monthly — Comprehensive Buyer's Guide Designed to Help Brand Marketers Navigate the Fast-Growing Podcast Media Landscape
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