Mediagazer: Profile of Sarah Kendzior, a political journalist based in St. Louis who foresaw Trump's authoritarian streak and highlighted his relationship with Putin early (Tony Rehagen/Columbia Journalism Review)

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

Bloomberg's TicToc, its Twitter video news service, will launch a podcast, audio news digest, and a newsletter next month — Now that Bloomberg's new live Twitter network TicToc has taken off, it's expanding its brand into more direct-to-consumer offerings, like podcasts, audio digests and a newsletter, launching later this month.

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High-profile accounts and popular music videos on YouTube were hacked and defaced, and the most-viewed video of all time, “Despacito”, disappeared briefly — Lots of popular music videos have been defaced — YouTube appears to have fallen victim to hackers today …

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Mark Zuckerberg's prepared testimony says Facebook dealt with several Russian threats, including from APT28, before the 2016 US election

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Sahil Patel / Digiday:

Tegna, which owns TV broadcast stations in 39 US markets, is working with Snap to include public Snapchat videos and images in its news coverage — Local broadcaster Tegna has partnered with Snap to bring public Snapchat stories to its local news programs.

Sally Kohn / Fast Company:

CNN commentator Sally Kohn talks about her experience as a liberal and openly-gay pundit at Fox News and what she learned at the network — Sally Kohn was a left-leaning commentator on the right-wing network. “It taught me that no one is the embodiment of their worst stereotype.”

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Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Vimeo launches a free macOS app that helps simplify video sharing and has Final Cut Pro integration — The YouTube competitor video site Vimeo has today debuted a new Vimeo app for macOS, available for free in the Mac App Store. The native client simplifies video sharing for Vimeo users …

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Tony Rehagen / Columbia Journalism Review:

Profile of Sarah Kendzior, a political journalist based in St. Louis who foresaw Trump's authoritarian streak and highlighted his relationship with Putin early — Sarah Kendzior still has trouble explaining the limousines to her neighbors. Kendzior is a political journalist who works mostly …

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