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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Zuckerberg says News Feed will focus on what friends share, de-emphasize content from publishers and brands as it moves to favor interactions over passive posts — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook introduced sweeping changes to the kinds of posts, videos and photos that its more than two billion members …
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Publishers briefed on News Feed changes say Facebook told them reputable publishers will also be surfaced, though term was undefined, traffic impact was unclear — The end is nigh. Facebook is planning a major change to its news feed, starting as early as next week, that will decisively favor user content …
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Jason Koebler / Motherboard:
Facebook's News Feed changes liberate the media industry from Facebook's whims; journalism engineered for an algorithm is not journalism, it's marketing — Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told the New York Times that the social network will revamp its news feed to emphasize “meaningful interaction” between friends and family.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
How news outlets handled the decision to repeat President Trump's “shithole” comment, and why some editors decided readers needed to see the word — Lester Holt opened the “NBC Nightly News” on Thursday with a parental warning: “This may not be appropriate for some of our younger viewers.”
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Rebecca Sun / Hollywood Reporter:
Teen Vogue EIC Elaine Welteroth, who expanded the brand to cover politics, feminism, and more, is leaving the magazine and has signed with talent agency CAA — She announced her departure in an internal email to staff on Thursday. — Teen Vogue editor-in-chief Elaine Welteroth is leaving the magazine …
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Sources: Breitbart CEO Larry Solov and Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow say they won't immediately name a Bannon replacement or make other staff changes — Steve Bannon is out at Breitbart — It's difficult to imagine Breitbart without Steve Bannon. — Bannon had headed the far-right website since 2012 …
Robert Mackey / The Intercept:
A group of Dutch journalists collectively pressed the new US ambassador about a false claim he made, in contrast to how US outlets handle Trump's false claims — White House correspondents who routinely allow the president of the United States to repeat false claims unchallenged should study …
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Kara Swisher / Recode:
Recode partners with MSNBC for town halls about tech's impact, hosted by Kara Swisher, Ari Melber, airing on cable and online; 1st features Google, YouTube CEOs — First up to be interviewed: Google's Sundar Pichai and YouTube's Susan Wojcicki. — Yes, I am about to become an anchor monster.
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Ronan Farrow finalizes three-year deal with HBO to develop and front a series of investigative documentary specials and produce other pieces — Farrow will develop and front a series of investigative documentaries for the network. — Ronan Farrow has finalized a three-year deal with HBO, the network confirmed Thursday.
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Sources: Washington Post reporter Janell Ross, who spoke at a liberal conference last year, has been put on leave and is unlikely to return — A Washington Post reporter who came under fire late last year for participating in a liberal conference has been put on leave by the newspaper, CNN has learned.
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Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Sources: Google to vet videos in the Google Preferred ad program with human moderators and AI, after concerns from marketers over videos including Logan Paul's — Google is planning a new push to vet top-tier YouTube videos that it bundles for major advertisers, people familiar with the effort said …
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Kevin Cullen / BostonGlobe.com:
Publisher of the Boston Herald, Pat Purcell, defends his salary as the newspaper goes up for sale amid bankruptcy, likely shedding pension liabilities — It was the perfect Boston Herald story: Greedy entrepreneur runs business into the ground, walks away to his myriad mansions with pockets lined …
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