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New York Times:
New York Times obituaries now feature Overlooked, a series on women and people of color who hadn't received obituaries when they died, starting with 15 women — The poet Sylvia Plath and the novelist Charlotte Brontë. Ida B. Wells, the anti-lynching activist.
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StarWars.com:
Iron Man director Jon Favreau to write and produce a live-action Star Wars series for Disney's new streaming service — The director of Iron Man and The Jungle Book will helm the series for Disney's new direct-to-consumer platform. — Lucasfilm is excited to announce that Emmy-nominated producer …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sources: local TV anchors at Sinclair stations are concerned about mandatory on-air corporate promos that claim national media outlets publish fake news — “This is so manipulative.” — That's an anchor at a local TV station owned by Sinclair, describing the company's latest mandate …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube TV renews MLB marketing deal and adds MLB Network to channel lineup, will sponsor 2018 and 2019 World Series — YouTube TV adds MLB Network to channel lineup under expanded deal — YouTube is back in Major League Baseball's clubhouse with an expanded marketing deal that makes YouTube TV …
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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Google says it is taking the lessons it has learned from AMP and is applying them to web standards that could allow instant loading for non-AMP web content — Can the most contentious piece of the web form the basis of a new standard? — In a blog post today, Google is announcing …
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The Guardian:
Sri Lankan authorities block access to Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other social media services in an attempt to curb anti-Muslim violence — Reports of attack on Buddhist temple sparks anti-Muslim riots in Kandy district — Michael Safi in Colombo and Amantha Perera
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David Beard / Poynter:
Brandy Zadrozny, a librarian and researcher at The Daily Beast who uncovered Russia's troll farm, Eric Trump's charity, moves to NBC News as a national reporter — Earlier in this decade, Brandy Zadrozny had been happy in Vermont, baking pies, cross-country skiing, working at the Burlington Public Library …
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Wall Street Journal:
Analysis shows that IRA-backed trolls flooded social media to oppose Romney as a possible secretary of state, following claims that Russia was opposed to him — Online campaign targeted the ex-GOP nominee as Donald Trump considered him in late 2016 — Weeks after Donald Trump was elected president …
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Netflix data shows that while only 25% of users sign up on TVs, most viewing, ~45% after one month and 70% after six months, happens on TVs — Most Netflix subscribers sign up on phones or computers. But 70 percent of viewing happens on TVs. — You can watch Netflix in almost every country in the world, on any device you want.
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Bustle expands to UK with a 10-person staff; CRO says 80% of every UK deal has a branded content component — Women-focused publisher Bustle is expanding to the U.K., launching a local site and social channels in May. According to the publisher, it will have 10 employees in the U.K. within …
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Armin Rosen / Fast Company:
Activists documenting Syrian war say YouTube takedowns and restorations of videos in 2017 left 200K+ videos offline with deletions now continuing at slower pace — Thousands of videos, some of which offer crucial evidence of war crimes, have been deleted via the platform's algorithms.
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Wall Street Journal:
Univision board chair says CEO Randy Falco plans to retire at end of 2018, earlier than planned; sources say a company review could lead to cost cuts of ~$200M — After canceling IPO plans, Spanish-language broadcaster explores cost cuts to ready company for a potential sale
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Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Verge:
Profile of Know Your Meme, a website and video series that has been documenting viral online content and internet meme culture for over ten years — After 10 years of documenting memes, nobody has seen this much shit — Photography by Amelia Holowaty Krales; Illustrations by Garret Beard
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David McCabe / Axios:
Senator Lindsey Graham says he wants to hold hearings to question social media companies about how threats of gun violence spread online — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) says he'd like to grill America's social media companies at a hearing about the way threats of gun violence, including against schools, spread online.
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