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Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed:
Twitter says it needs a scalable policy on authenticity of content after journalist suffers harassment due to viral screenshots of fake tweets from her account — In the wake of the Florida high school shooting Wednesday, Twitter users began spreading doctored tweets targeting Miami Herald reporter Alex Harris.
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Shawn Musgrave / Politico:
How 4chan trolls organized to spread misinformation about Florida shooter's ties to a white supremacist group; ADL, ABC, AP, and others spread the false story — ABC, AP and others ran with false information on shooter's ties to extremist groups. — Following misrepresentations …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Covering Parkland shooting means balancing informing the audience with interviewing traumatized teenagers who may not be able to give informed consent — The morning after the school massacre in Parkland, Fla., NBC's “Today Show” aired a dramatic live interview Thursday.
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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Since 2016, American Media has made Karen McDougal professional promises and paid $150K in a catch-and-kill arrangement for her story of her affair with Trump — One woman's account of clandestine meetings, financial transactions, and legal pacts designed to hide an extramarital affair.
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CNBC:
US indicts 13 Russian nationals and 3 Russian entities, including Internet Research Agency, in Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 elections — - Special counsel Robert Mueller said a grand jury had indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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Klint Finley / Wired:
Google says 42% of sites notified made preemptive changes ahead of Chrome ad blocker launch; fewer than 1% of most popular sites violate suggested ad guidelines — YOU MIGHT SEE fewer ads on the web from now on. But you probably won't. — On Thursday, Google Chrome …
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Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, more at Techmeme »
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
The New York Times launches nytDEMO, a data science and analytics team that will adapt its internal tools for advertisers — Team will help lure marketers with tools to predict which articles will resonate with certain readers to better target advertising — Publishers are increasingly …
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The New York Times Company and Editor & Publisher
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The shift to a reader-sustained business model means subscriptions cancellations and reader boycotts will have a bigger impact on revenue and possibly coverage — With its shift in business models, the paper of record will inevitably change to reflect its new masters.
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@noahcrothman, @nycsouthpaw, @anthony, @jayrosen_nyu and Splinter
Maria Bustillos / Columbia Journalism Review:
An overview of digital media archives, like the Wayback Machine, and their responsibilities in the face of authoritarian regimes and the “billionaire problem” — When an online news outlet goes out of business, its archives can disappear as well. The new battle over journalism's digital legacy.
David Beard / Poynter:
Interview with The Intercept's Research Director Lynn Dombek on researchers, their skill sets, and their role in site's Dakota pipeline and Rob Porter stories — Move over, Woodward and Bernstein. — This era's great journalistic diggers include Julie Tate, Kitty Bennett, Alice Crites, Margot Williams and Sheelagh McNeill.
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
A look at the Guardian's new podcast player, available online and as an app, which provides show notes like links, graphics, and more in real time — The Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab's podcast player for the mobile web lets you listen to a show without using a podcast app …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
At the Digital News Initiative Summit on Thursday, Google previewed a “Subscribe with Google” feature in Google Play for publishers who use paywalls — Hey, Google — how do we solve the news industry's various revenue problems? — Google gave a preview of some features it's …
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