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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Tim Cook says that some well-crafted privacy regulations may be necessary; Zuckerberg acknowledged Facebook may need to be regulated in CNN interview this week — Apple's CEO says the Cambridge Analytica controversy is “dire” — Apple CEO Tim Cook, long an staunch advocate for consumer privacy …
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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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Andy Kroll / Mother Jones:
Sources on how Cambridge Analytica milked Mercer-backed GOP candidates, including Cruz campaign, which paid $5.8M and compared the firm to a Ponzi scheme — 1. “I can't stand lying to you every day” — In the late summer of 2015, Chris Wilson, the director of research, analytics …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Facebook has been contacting ad agencies and trade bodies to reassure them that customer data is being protected in light of Cambridge Analytica news — Social-media giant plans marketing outreach to reassure users of safety on its platform and prevent more advertisers from dropping out
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Hannah Summers / The Guardian:
Eighteen investigators, including some from the UK's Information Commissioner's Office, raid Cambridge Analytica's London offices after search warrant granted
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Anika Gupta / The Membership Puzzle Project:
A look at present and future public radio membership strategies in the age of on-demand content and how a growing demand for quality content can drive donations — Illustration by Leon Postma, De Correspondent — When Lauren Bracey Scheidt, senior product manager for listener journey …
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Helen Branswell / STAT:
The death of local newspapers and absence of their archives could make monitoring disease outbreaks, their causes, and their progress more difficult — aia Majumder was on Twitter earlier this month when she saw a map that terrified her. — The map recorded the number of local newspapers in each county across the United States.
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@erinmillar, @asteadwesley and @davidfolkenflik
ProPublica:
A behind-the-scenes look at how ProPublica discovered IBM's ageism issue via digital outreach using a questionnaire distributed on Facebook and through email — Today, we are reporting that over the past five years IBM has been removing older U.S. employees from their jobs …
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@propublica, Fortune and @scottthurm
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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Matthew Schneier / New York Times:
Bill Cunningham's memoir, discovered posthumously and out in September with Penguin Press, chronicles his love of fashion and career despite family disapproval — The beloved fashion and society photographer Bill Cunningham, who worked for The New York Times for nearly 40 years, left behind an enormous archive valued at $1 million.
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@nytimesbooks, @e_alexjung, @matthewschneier, @helenmanncbc, @peteryeoh, @chris__boyette, @asp_ceo, @newley and Boing Boing
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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@teamtrace, Fox News, @flynavy123, @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
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David Beard / Poynter:
Interview with S. Mitra Kalita, CNN Digital's VP for programming, on the continued importance of home pages and content strategy that fits users' schedules — A decreasing presence in the Facebook algorithm and data concerns. The often toxic environment of Twitter. The surfacing of fake news in Google searches.
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@sammyragland
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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Daniel Holloway / Variety:
PBS files countersuit against former host Davis Smiley, providing details about alleged sexual misconduct that led to his show's cancellation — PBS on Friday filed a countersuit against former talk-show host Tavis Smiley, seeking $1.9 million in salary and providing detail about the alleged misconduct …
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