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Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Comey memos detail Trump's idea of jailing reporters, first reported in 2017: “They spend a couple days in jail, make a new friend, and they are ready to talk” — The president wanted to stop leaks pouring from the White House. — President Donald Trump floated the idea …
CNNMoney:
At antitrust trial, AT&T CEO announced AT&T Watch, a $15/month streaming TV bundle without sports; service is free for cellular customers, will debut in weeks — Here's a different way to announce a new product — during your testimony in a federal court case.
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Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Gizmodo, FierceCable, BGR, Exstreamist, USA Today, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Fast Company, Engadget and MediaPost, more at Techmeme »
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CNNMoney:
Investigation: 300+ organizations' ads ran on extremist YouTube channels despite many advertisers saying they use YouTube's sensitive subject exclusion filter — Advocates say YouTube is collecting kids' data — Ads from over 300 companies and organizations — including tech giants …
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Bloomberg, Fortune, TechCrunch, Vanity Fair, Marketing Land, Engadget, Business Insider, Variety, New York Magazine, The Wrap, The Next Web and Mediaite
Ken Auletta / New Yorker:
Profile of Martin Sorrell, who resigned as WPP CEO after an internal investigation and who grew WPP from a wire-basket maker into a giant marketing company — I once asked Cristiana Falcone, Martin Sorrell's wife, if she could imagine her husband retired. — “No!” she exclaimed …
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BBC
theGrio:
Essence Editor-in-Chief Vanessa De Luca and Editorial Projects Director Patrik Henry to leave the company, which has no plans to replace either — Where “Black women come first.” — It's the motto, tagline, credo and daily mantra that ESSENCE magazine has used ever since the magazine first premiered in 1970.
Discussion:
Folio, Journal-isms and MediaPost
Shoon Naing / Reuters:
Witness says a Myanmar police chief ordered officers to “trap” Reuters reporter Wa Lone by giving him secret documents; Reuters EIC calls to end the case — YANGON (Reuters) - A Myanmar police chief ordered officers to “trap” a Reuters reporter arrested in December …
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The Irrawaddy, Reuters, Reuters, Newser, Coconuts, DVB Multimedia Group, The Straits Times, Frontier Myanmar, Associated Press and Committee to Protect …
Pete Brown / Columbia Journalism Review:
Analysis: 11 of 13 regional metro papers averaged fewer interactions per post following Facebook's pro-local algorithm change than in the two years prior — Interactions on some local publishers' Facebook posts are down by as much as 56 percent compared to the two years prior …
Discussion:
Nieman Lab and American Press Institute
Reuters:
German Supreme Court rules that ad blockers are legal, in favor of Adblock Plus, and throws out a case brought by Axel Springer — KARLSRUHE/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a case brought by Axel Springer seeking to ban a popular application …
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Financial Times, VentureBeat, @jason_kint, Phys.org, gizmodo, DW.COM, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Engadget, BBC, The Next Web, AdExchanger and Wall Street Journal, more at Techmeme »
John Cook:
It's appealing to laugh at Hannity's connection to Cohen, but forcing it to be revealed in court should worry journalists because of the precedent it sets — A lot of journalists are still shuddering with glee at news that Sean Hannity was among Michael Cohen's legal clients.
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@anthony
Nieman Lab:
NYT executive director of retention says behind-the-scenes perspectives, early access, and exclusive content drive retention with content ideas led by editorial — “My team believes that by investing in the subscribers we have and making the subscription experience better and better …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
By December 2017, 28 out of Hearst's top 50 stories had research or original reporting, up from one in January, as average time spent per visitor grew — Digital scale used to be the watchword at Hearst Magazines, but it's now joining the stampede to original reporting.
Discussion:
@janebsinger, @digiday, @lmoses and @josephminer
Daniel Funke / Poynter:
A look at Facebook's month-long rollout of its fact-checking tool and its partners in Mexico, Indonesia, the Philippines, India, and Colombia — What started as a pilot project 16 months ago is now one of Facebook's primary weapons against fake news. — During his testimony to Congress last week …
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Nieman Lab and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
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