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9:50 AM ET, April 4, 2018

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Casey Newton / The Verge:

Police confirm four shot at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, three hospitalized, one dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound, suspected shooter was a woman — San Bruno received multiple 911 calls from headquarters, report says — At least four people were shot at YouTube's headquarters …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, @realdonaldtrump, @tdd, @jeffbezos, BuzzFeed, CNN, @lavrusik, New York Times, @google_comms, @google_comms, @sundarpichai, @jack, thecut, CBS News, New York Times, The Daily Beast, Hollywood Reporter, @satyanadella, The Guardian, Washington Post, CNBC, KTVU-TV, @cwarzel, Fast Company, The Daily Beast, KTLA, The Week, TechCrunch, @jack, Recode, io9, @jack, BetaNews, Business Insider, KRON, Associated Press, CBS San Francisco, ABC News, CBS Los Angeles, AOL, CBS News, Yourstory.com, The Hill, Jezebel, Crikey, CNET, The Guardian, USA Today, Deadline, The Wrap, @johnlegere, Hit & Run, KRON, VideoInk, Slate, Mashable, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, TVNewser, @buzzfeednews, TIME, USA Today, Mother Jones, @fbisanfrancisco, @w7voa, Silence is Consent, Politico, Tubefilter, ThinkProgress, CBS New York, The Next Web, @techcrunch, GeekWire, Vanity Fair, The Wrap, 9to5Google, @recode, Business Insider, @fbe, WGN-TV, Engadget, Fortune, gameinformer.com, Polygon, BGR, @lavrusik, Variety, The FADER, New York Magazine, Refinery29, PAPER, Motherboard and The Drum, more at Techmeme »

Michelle Broder Van Dyke / BuzzFeed:

Alleged YouTube shooter Nasim Aghdam had denounced the platform for age-restricting videos on her website; her father warned police she might visit YouTube HQ — The woman posted frequently on the video sharing platform about animal cruelty, vegan recipes, and said she believed YouTube was discriminating against her.

Russell Brandom / The Verge:

Twitter account of YouTube product manager Vadim Lavrusik was hacked and shared fake news during YouTube HQ shooting; Twitter deleted hoax tweets from account — As Twitter users searched for news about today's shooting at YouTube headquarters, hackers were actively compromising a verified employee account to spread misinformation.

Discussion: @janelytv, @twittersafety, @sdkstl, @allonsykraken, @lavrusik, AOL, @scottbix, @bruce_arthur, @maitlis, @imraansiddiqi, @lavrusik and @sdkstl, more at Techmeme »

Tony Romm / Washington Post:

Mark Zuckerberg to testify before House Energy and Commerce Committee on April 11, first of three potential hearings in Congress, about Facebook's data privacy — Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg will testify before a key House committee next week, the panel said Wednesday …

Discussion: Energy and Commerce Committee, Mediaite, TechCrunch and VentureBeat, more at Techmeme »

Katie Roof / TechCrunch:

Spotify closes at $149.60 on its first day, down ~10% from opening but still far above private market price of ~$132, giving the company a market cap of ~$26.5B — Spotify is done with its long-awaited “direct listing” experiment. The music streaming company went public without the IPO.

Discussion: Forbes, New York Times, Variety, The Local, Wall Street Journal, Variety, The Local, @arrington, VentureBeat, Recode, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, MacRumors, Crain's New York Business, GeekWire, SlashGear, @maureenmfarrell and The Guardian, more at Techmeme »

Peter Kafka / Recode:
Spotify, which posted operating loss of $461M in 2017, thinks its reliance on labels will ease; sources: hope is more artists will work directly with Spotify

Discussion: Slate, Talking Biz News, The Verge, Al Jazeera English, CNNMoney, Forbes, Yourstory.com, Android Police, TechCrunch, The Ringer, newsroom.spotify.com, Fortune, SlashGear, CNBC, @recode, @mathewi, @niallstanage, Consequence of Sound, BGR, Mashable and RAIN News

Alex Stamos / Facebook Newsroom:

Facebook deletes 70 FB accounts, 138 FB Pages, and 65 Instagram accounts run by Russia's Internet Research Agency this morning, shares samples of IRA content — This morning we removed 70 Facebook and 65 Instagram accounts — as well as 138 Facebook Pages — that were controlled by the Russia-based Internet Research Agency (IRA).

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: WPP board is looking into allegations of misuse of company assets and improper personal behavior by Chief Executive Martin Sorrell — Questions come as advertising giant is facing cost-cutting pressures from clients and stepped-up competition from Google, Facebook

Discussion: Washington Post, The Week, Fortune, The Drum, Mumbrella, Mumbrella Asia, Business Insider, AdExchanger, Ad Age, CNBC and Adweek

Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:

Internal Facebook white paper says Trump campaign spent $44M on FB ads while Clinton team spent $28M from June-November 2016; Trump team ran 5.9M ad versions — The president's ad campaign was 'more complex than Clinton's' — Trump focused on new donors; Clinton on ensuring broad appeal

Discussion: Washington Post, @sarahfrier, The Next Web, @jdawsey1, @sarahfrier, @sarahfrier and @parscale, more at Techmeme »

Ashley Balcerzak / Center for Public Integrity:

Since 2016, Sinclair Broadcast Group's political action committee has donated ~$78K to Republican candidates, with company execs making donations too — Critics argue the TV news giant is producing Trump-friendly ‘pro-government propaganda’ — A collection of images of anchors reciting …

Discussion: On The Media and Washington Post

Bloomberg:
Review of Sinclair employment contracts shows some employees cannot resign from firm without incurring a penalty equivalent to 40% of their annual compensation

Discussion: The Week, The Daily Beast, ThinkProgress, @gerryfsmith, Bloomberg, Hit & Run, Business Insider, AOL, New York Magazine, New York Times, Quill, Slate, The Wrap, Washington Post and Vox

Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:

In Trump era, NYT's newsroom is divided with tensions brewing between older and younger staff as Managing Ed says journalism is not about “creating safe spaces” — Catalyzed by the Trump presidency, roiled by flash points like Glenn Thrush, Bret Stephens, and Bari Weiss …

Discussion: @matt_pressman, @hunterdk, @mattdpearce, @brianstelter, @sulliview and New York Times

Fast Company:

An in-depth look at how Twitter is scrambling to combat abuse on its platform, after initially being blinded to safety concerns by its zeal for free speech — Yair Rosenberg wanted to troll the trolls. — Rosenberg, a senior writer for Jewish-focused news-and-culture website Tablet Magazine …

Facebook Newsroom:

Facebook is rolling out an “About this article” button in the US, showing where an article's been shared, the publisher's Wikipedia entry, and related stories — Last year we started a test in the US to give people more background information about the publishers and articles they see in News Feed.

Discussion: MediaNama, TechCrunch, Quartz, @joshconstine, @mattnavarra, Marketing Land, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, The Verge, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Fast Company and @jowens510, more at Techmeme »

Ruchi Kumar / Nieman Lab:

Profile of Business DNA, a new English-language financial mag focused on growing industries in Afghanistan, hoping to foster local entrepreneurship, investment — Business DNA aims for a success that will show “the Afghan private sector has the ability to operate independently …

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Zach Campbell / Columbia Journalism Review:
In Bulgaria, anti-fraud investigators are probing the owner of two of the country's last independent news outlets, in a move he says is politically-motivated

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Music app Genius debuts its own take on Stories, to combine Genius artist interviews with YouTube content like concert footage, music video clips, and playlists

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Sources: CBS has formally submitted a bid for Viacom, valuing the company around $12.3B and proposing Moonves as chairman-CEO and CBS's Joe Ianniello as COO

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Multichannel News and Hollywood Reporter

CNBC:
Sources: Snap in advanced talks to open office in Saudi Arabia; source: content deal with MiSK Foundation is in works to teach Saudi youth how to use Snapchat

Dan Rys / Billboard:
Amazon Music says it now has “tens of millions” of paid subscribers, with Amazon Music Unlimited subscriptions doubling in the past six months

Discussion: TechCrunch, Engadget, NPR, hypebot and @joaquinmencia, more at Techmeme »

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Media Matters for America:
Kevin Williamson's media appearances over a decade: he said Laverne Cox is not a woman, said he supported torture, and called Mexican immigrants “peasants”

Maane Khatchatourian / Variety:
Film and TV veteran Catherine Tait named president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada, becoming the first woman in the role

Nicholas Diakopoulos / Columbia Journalism Review:
The age of trends is over, as social signals like retweets and likes are too easily manipulated by bots, and journalists must learn to identify their influence

Discussion: @cjr, @chrisgailus, @cjr, @maryannbatlle and @emilybell

Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News President Jack Abernethy releases statement in support of Laura Ingraham, says network will not be “censored by agenda-driven intimidation efforts”

Discussion: @fortunefunny, @andylassner, Los Angeles Times, Ad Age, The Wrap and TheBlaze

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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Cisco details a hacking campaign that penetrated multiple governments' networks using two zero-day flaws in its VPN and firewall Adaptive Security Appliances

Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal:
IBM agrees to buy HashiCorp, which helps companies manage cloud infrastructure, in a deal valuing HashiCorp at $6.4B and expected to close by the end of 2024

David Pierce / The Verge:
Hands-on with the Rabbit R1: a fun and funky AI device that feels pretty nice and does a solid job with basic AI questions, but the Rabbithole app is unfinished

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