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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
A week after Cambridge Analytica and despite #deletefacebook, Facebook app installs did not drop, no big advertisers quit, and analysts recommend buying the dip — As Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal spiraled into chaos this week, a frantic hail of notes from Wall Street analysts …
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Sky News:
UK's High Court has granted an application by the Information Commissioner's Office for a warrant to search Cambridge Analytica's office — The High Court has granted an application by the Information Commissioner's Office for a warrant to search Cambridge Analytica's London office.
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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Four lawsuits against Facebook by its users and shareholders have been filed in federal courts so far after Cambridge Analytica revelations — The lawsuits are piling up against Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data misuse and political ad targeting scandal.
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Mediaite, Investor's Business Daily and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Dave Cullen / Vanity Fair:
Profile of the social-media content studio started by Parkland school shooting survivors and their allies, with the hope to keep #neveragain in the conversation — In an undisclosed strip-mall location, the survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High shooting—and a few key alumni allies …
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@vanityfair, @anxiaostudio and @b52malmet
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The Guardian:
Student journalists from Marjory Stoneman Douglas will guest edit the Guardian US for 48 hours starting today and oversee coverage of March for Our Lives — Guardian US has invited student journalists from the Florida high school where 17 people were shot dead to direct our coverage of March for Our Lives …
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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Tumblr confirms 84 accounts linked to Internet Research Agency and has begun emailing users who interacted with them; accounts were ID'd and deleted last fall — Tumblr has confirmed that Kremlin trolls were active on its platform during the 2016 US presidential elections.
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Tumblr Staff, Help Center, Gizmodo, @kevincollier, Engadget, @craigsilverman and Mashable, more at Techmeme »
Ina Fried / Axios:
Craigslist pulls all personal ads after passage of sex-trafficking bill FOSTA, says any tool or service can be misused and that it can't take such risk — Online classified site Craigslist has pulled its entire personal ad section after Congress passed a new sex-trafficking bill that puts more liability on Web sites.
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Felix Salmon / Nota bene:
Magazine covers featuring Adwoa Aboah and Lena Waithe represent a look forward and diversity but both photos were taken by 60-something white superstars — When you take over a storied magazine, your first cover is important: it's a public statement of who you are, what you stand for, what you hope to achieve.
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Vanity Fair, CNNMoney, Ad Age, USA Today, TMZ.com, IndieWire, Fashionista and The Wrap
Oli Coleman / Page Six:
BET Network removed WaPo journalist from conference after she published about Michelle Obama's talk; BET claimed talk was private, also posted selections online — Talk about going Postal. — The BET Network booted a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist from its conference for publishing …
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Washington Post, @monicahesse, @robingivhan and EURweb
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
John Bolton is the third TV commentator in eight days hired by the White House, continuing a trend of placing TV faces in positions of consequence — Less than an hour after President Trump named John R. Bolton as his new national security adviser on Thursday, Mr. Bolton made an appearance …
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@mccormackjohn, CNNMoney, CNN and Mediaite
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Medium is rewarding select authors with $100 cash bonuses for high-quality posts in important topic areas, chosen by its editors — A year ago, publishing platform Medium debuted a new business model where readers could pay a monthly fee to access exclusive, curated content …
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@hunterwalk, @blam and @hunterwalk
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS News and BBC News intend to open a joint news bureau in Johannesburg, another development in the newsgathering partnership struck in July 2017 — CBS News and BBC News intend to open a joint news bureau in Johannesburg, South Africa, one of the more significant developments …