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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Sinclair CEO David Smith defends his company's “must-run” segments on media bias, likens them to the late-night shows other networks air on local affiliates — David D. Smith, the chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, says the media is getting his company all wrong.
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@buzzfeedben, Media Matters for America, Mediaite and FTVLive
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
A Sinclair TV producer at KHGI in Nebraska, Justin Simmons, resigned March 26 in protest of what he calls the company's “obvious bias” — Ex-Sinclair news director: We had must-run pieces — A morning TV producer at a Sinclair-owned station in Nebraska has resigned in protest …
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Slate, The Daily Caller, @justinsimmonsne, ThinkProgress, @mattdpearce, Variety, Deadline, Vox, The Wrap, TVWeek.com, @mlcalderone, Mediaite, Bloomberg, The Week and Orlando Weekly
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
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The Daily Beast, Media Matters for America, TheBlaze, The Wrap, Washington Post and New Republic
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Cambridge Analytica denies Facebook's claim that it accessed data on 87M Facebook users, claims it “licensed data for no more than 30M people” — Cambridge Analytica is refuting a report by Facebook today that said Cambridge Analytica improperly attained data on up to 87 million users.
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Mashable and Recode, more at Techmeme »
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Eleanor Dickinson / Mumbrella Asia:
Facebook statistics show data from 3.6M+ users in Asia, ~1M in UK, and 700K+ in Mexico may be among the 87M who had information analyzed by Cambridge Analytica — Facebook has this morning revealed that more than 3.6 million users its service in Asia may have had their information improperly shared …
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Mumbrella and BuzzFeed, more at Techmeme »
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Mark Zuckerberg refutes earlier reports, says Facebook will make GDPR controls available globally, notes different markets, laws may require different formats — Mark Zuckerberg refuted a Reuters story yesterday that said Facebook would not bring Europe's General Data Protection Regulation privacy safeguards around the world.
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Facebook now says Cambridge Analytica may have collected information on as many as 87M people, mostly in US; original reports pegged the number closer to 50M
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Judge denies Bill O'Reilly's motion to keep settlements with accusers sealed; deal with Andrea Mackris could have forced her to lie even under oath — Fox gave O'Reilly contract after $32 million settlement — A federal judge in New York has denied Bill O'Reilly's motion to seal settlement agreements …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Interview with Renée Kaplan, FT head of audience engagement, on appealing to more female subscribers via a newsletter, encouraging potential op-eds, and more — Only 20 percent of the FT's subscribers were women. Renée Kaplan, the paper's head of audience engagement, is doing a lot of things to change that.
Davidporter / 8tracks Blog:
8tracks, a streaming music startup that focuses on playlists and has used crowdfunding to raise capital, re-introduces free streaming in the US — Thanks to our much-appreciated 8tracks Plus subscribers and the recent introduction of new audio ads, we're beyond excited to say goodbye …
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RAIN News and @thegodfathersa
Sara Jerde / Adweek:
Future plc, which publishes TechRadar and PC Gamer, has acquired NewBay Media, which owns Music Week, Multichannel News, and Broadcasting & Cable, among others — The deal is valued at an initial $13.8 million — International media group Future plc has acquired NewBay Media …
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Multichannel News, Folio, PR Newswire, Forbes, PR Newswire, The Drum and TvTechnology
Wall Street Journal:
WPP settles gender discrimination lawsuit brought by Erin Johnson, former J. Walter Thompson comms chief, alleging misconduct by then-JWT CEO Gustavo Martinez — Settlement comes as WPP's board investigates an allegation of personal misconduct by CEO Martin Sorrell
Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch:
Sarah Lacy unveils Chairman Mom, a $5/month Q&A site with a 3-person team curating 2 questions/day; site requires real names on signup, but Q&A can be anonymous — Sarah Lacy, founder of media site Pando, has unveiled her newest company, Chairman Mom.
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@1nquisitivemind, @sarahcuda, @sarahcuda and FinSMEs, more at Techmeme »
PR Newswire:
Comcast, Charter, and Cox announce new division of their jointly owned NCC Media to sell ads through linear TV and VOD using data to target specific audiences — The new division within NCC Media will help advertisers reach audiences nationwide with innovative technologies that deliver precision, consistency and accountability.
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