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5:35 PM ET, April 6, 2018

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Facebook:
Facebook will only allow authorized advertisers to post ads on widely discussed issues like political topics, will require verification of admins of large Pages  —  We believe that when you visit a Page or see an ad on Facebook it should be clear who it's coming from.
Paul Mozur / New York Times:
Myanmar civil society groups say Zuckerberg mischaracterized efficacy of Facebook systems to detect hate speech on Messenger in their country in Vox interview  —  SHANGHAI — Civil society groups in Myanmar on Thursday criticized Facebook's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg …
Politico:
President Trump does not plan to attend the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner; Press Secretary Sanders will represent the administration  —  President Donald Trump will not participate in this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner, and press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders …
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UMD Right Now:   University of Maryland, White House Correspondents' Association, and Newseum partner to create a searchable digital archive of presidential pool reports
David Zurawik / Baltimore Sun:
Anti-Sinclair ad featuring Deadspin video montage scheduled to run 175 times on four Sinclair stations over the next week, beginning Friday  —  An anti-Sinclair ad featuring a Deadspin video that mocks the Baltimore-based broadcaster could start running as early as Friday on four of the company's stations including WBFF in Baltimore.
Discussion: HuffPost and Mediaite
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Jonathan Beaton / HuffPost:
Ex-Sinclair reporter says he quit after being ordered to ask politically biased questions; Sinclair is suing him for $5,700 for leaving before contract expired
Discussion: Fast Company
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Three political candidates vow not to advertise on Sinclair TV stations, and Sen. Richard Durbin asks Sinclair for information about its “must-run” stories
Blake Montgomery / BuzzFeed:
Classified ads site Backpage, known for personal adult ads, had its domains seized by the federal government  —  The classified ads site displays a message “backpage.com and affiliated websites have been seized.”  —  Backpage.com, the popular classified ads website, appeared to be offline Friday …
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Laura Lollman / KASW-TV:
FBI confirms it has raided the Sedona, AZ home of Backpage.com founder Michael Lacey in child sex trafficking investigation  —  SEDONA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -  —  The FBI confirmed Friday that agents raided the Sedona home of Michael Lacey, the founder of Backpage.com.  The website has been seized and shut down.
Reuters:
Sources: Netflix is attempting to acquire Regency Outdoor Advertising, a billboard company, for $300M as it increases spending on marketing to $2B this year  —  (Reuters) - Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) is attempting its largest acquisition, offering more than $300 million to acquire a company …
Cary O'Reilly / Bloomberg Law:
Department of Homeland Security to compile database of journalists, bloggers, and influencers in an effort to track 290K global news sources in 100 languages  —  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to monitor hundreds of thousands of news sources around the world and compile …
Discussion: Forbes and The Week
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Sources: YouTube TV is testing up to six new channels from digital publishers like Cheddar, Tastemade, and The Young Turks Network  —  YouTube's livestreaming TV service is looking to add channels from multiple digital media publishers, including Cheddar, Tastemade and The Young Turks Network.
Discussion: Tubefilter
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Sources: Meredith bankers are hoping for $100M each for Time, Fortune, and Money, and $150M+ for SI; Jay Penske, with recent Saudi funding, is looking at titles  —  Bankers who are helping to sell the four former Time Inc. magazines that are now being divested by new owner Meredith …
Discussion: Talking Biz News
Anders Hofseth / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Emily Bell on the lack of viable ad-supported models for journalism, commercial media, and the importance of public service media  —  “I think there's a very viable long-term financial model for commercial media.  But I don't necessarily think that applies directly to journalism."
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Sony says it sold 17% of its 5.7% stake in Spotify on Tuesday, the day Spotify went public, for $250M+; other big labels are thought to own 4% or less  —  In the music industry, one of the biggest issues hanging over Spotify's arrival on the New York Stock Exchange has been what the major record companies …
Discussion: Digital Music News and Engadget
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Alex Barinka / Bloomberg:   Sources: fewer than expected Spotify shareholders sold stock during listing, potentially driving price up; 5% of potentially available shares traded at open
 
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Mack DeGeurin / Motherboard:
Knowhere, a startup using neural natural language processing to rewrite trending news stories with an aim of impartiality, launches with $1.8M in VC funding
Discussion: FinSMEs
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
CNN brought in $19.9M, Fox News $16.2M, and MSNBC $8.1M in ad spending in the first quarter; many of the same brands advertised across all cable channels
Discussion: Mediaite, The Week, HuffPost and Newser
Patrick Redford / The Concourse:
The new owners of LA Weekly, Semanal Media, have launched a campaign to push back against an ongoing boycott, saying the weekly is being bullied and harassed
New York Times:
The Paris Review names a new editor: Emily Nemens, co-editor of The Southern Review, who hopes to strike “a balance between stewardship and innovation”
 

 
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Reuters:
Albania bans TikTok for a year from January 2025, part of a broader plan to make schools safer following the killing of a 14-year-old near a school in November

Kevin Roose / New York Times:
A look at Amazon's revamped drone delivery program near Phoenix, Arizona, where the company's new MK-30 drones deliver dozens of packages a day to customers
 
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