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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Interview with Report for America's Charles Sennott on how the project will work, where first partnerships will likely be, training, coverage topics, and more — “This was once something that a whole generation of journalists got to do to start their careers. Sadly, we've seen it disappear.
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MediaShift, The Rural Blog and Poynter
Cory Doctorow / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
EFF says it's resigning from W3C after the standards org voted for browser DRM, a move hostile to archiving, accessibility, security research, more — In 2013, EFF was disappointed to learn that the W3C had taken on the project of standardizing “Encrypted Media Extensions,” …
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Julia Fioretti / Reuters:
Twitter removed 300K accounts in first half of '17 for promoting terrorism, a 20% decline from previous six months with 75% suspended before posting first tweet — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said that its internal controls were allowing it to weed out accounts being used for the …
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Twitter, The Drum, @marklittlenews, Adweek, SlashGear, ZDNet, Fast Company, The Next Web, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Engadget, Mashable and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
As authoritarian tendencies rise in America, shutting down voices like Jemele Hill's is dangerous — I love words, but sometimes they just aren't up to the job. — Like the word “inappropriate,” which has been applied to certain tweets last week by Jemele Hill, the ESPN commentator …
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The Wrap, @robinbyrd3, @timobrien, @poniewozik, @sulliview, @lpolgreen, @jayrosen_nyu and The Daily Caller
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
How an overheard lunch conversation led to The New York Times story about tensions between White House lawyers — WASHINGTON — I have always thought of overhearing conversations as an underappreciated journalistic tool. — When political donors, lobbyists and politicians gather at hotels …
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter launches Nuzzel-like Popular Articles feature, which shows articles shared by your network, located in Twitter's Explore tab on iOS and Android — Click a link inside Twitter's Popular Articles feature and the article will open in a browser inside the Twitter app.
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The Next Web, Engadget and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Steven Spielberg, chairman of DreamWorks parent Amblin Partners, will assume CEO role as Michael Wright steps down — Michael Wright, Amblin Partners' top executive, is stepping down from his role as CEO, the company said Tuesday. — “I have always enjoyed working with Michael …
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The Wrap, Business Wire, Variety and Deadline
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Apple Music for Android updated with user profiles, voice command support, Beats 1 app shortcut, recently played widget — Apple is updating its Apple Music app for Android with new features that are also debuting on iOS 11 today. Social profiles are perhaps the biggest addition across Android …
Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Fox says it will stream entertainment programming on Twitter to promote new fall shows, with one comedy, Ghosted, debuting on Twitter before it starts on TV — Fox's new comedy series “Ghosted” will debut on Twitter days before its scheduled linear premiere — part of a new partnership between …
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Broadcasting & Cable, The Slanted and Deadline
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Google announces it is rolling out Natural Language API features tested with Hearst and Vice: classification of content and sentiment analysis of things — Google is launching new features within its free Cloud Natural Languages API (shared software technology) that will help newsrooms …
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The Keyword, Google Cloud Platform Blog, TechCrunch and VentureBeat
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
USA Today loses two business and tech veterans, Roger Yu and Jon Swartz, amid Gannett layoffs — USA Today's business and tech news staff is losing two reporters as part of the Gannett company-wide layoffs. — Those being cut are: — Roger Yu, who writes about economics and business policy for USA Today.
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@maxwelltani, @rwklose, @rocswingle, @seanlahman, Ashvegas, @heoj, @joshsternberg, @mediaverse and Phoenix Business Journal
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Joe Lindsley mixes fact and fiction in his new self-published book about his time as Roger Ailes' protégé — Joe Lindsley was as close to the late Fox News chairman as anybody. Now, for the first time, he's giving his account of their dramatic split.
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