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YouTube releases its first community guidelines enforcement report: 8M+ videos removed in Q4 2017, with 6.7M first flagged by machines — In December we shared how we're expanding our work to remove content that violates our policies. Today, we're providing an update and giving …
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Monika Bickert / Facebook:
Facebook publishes the internal guidelines it uses to enforce its public Community Standards, will allow users to appeal when their posts are taken down — One of the questions we're asked most often is how we decide what's allowed on Facebook. These decisions are among the most important …
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Adweek, Bloomberg, Slate, @jilliancyork, The Next Web, The Daily Caller, @darth, @gaberivera, VentureBeat, TechCrunch and BGR, more at Techmeme »
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
UK-based digital publication The Debrief, which launched in 2014 and was aimed at young women, is shutting down, possibly due to changes to Facebook News Feed — It launched in 2014 with ambitions to be more than just a “BuzzFeed” for young women. Now, The UK-based digital publication The Debrief, is shutting down.
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Debrief, Press Gazette, Bauer Media, @bpas1968, @aimeejakes, @ywtrust, @poornabell, @sophwilkinson, @shonfaye, @kieran_yates, @katelloud, @annacafolla, @louiseridley, @notrollergirl and @jess_commons
Mike Shields / Business Insider:
Sources: Bloomberg is planning to erect a paywall on its site, possibly as soon as next month — - Bloomberg is planning to start charging readers to access stories on Bloomberg.com, potentially starting next month, according to people familiar with the matter.
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@yoda and Talking Biz News
Amy Russo / Mediaite:
Trump tells supporters in email he's boycotting the White House Correspondents Dinner and will hold a rally that night in Michigan's Washington Township instead — President Donald Trump is explaining his absence from the upcoming White House Correspondents' Dinner with a fundraising email …
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Broadcasting & Cable
Steve Pratt / Pacific Content:
As it prepares to launch a podcasts app, Google adds seamless podcast listening across devices, allowing users to listen on a phone and resume on Google Home — Google has a new podcasting strategy that completely reimagines how people find and listen to shows. Today, part one of our exclusive five-part series.
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Nieman Lab, @ow, @shansquared, Engadget, @moorehn, @agolis, @phkeane, @pippateer, The Next Web, RAIN News and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
McClatchy partners with Google to roll out its new subscription tool, Subscribe with Google, across all 30 of its local news sites across 14 states — Google is rolling out its subscription tool, Subscribe with Google, on April 24, and it picked newspaper chain McClatchy as its first launch partner …
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@laurenhorsch, @dawnbvaughan, @doug_hanks, @mcclatchy and @cforman
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
A Twitter user discovered homophobic posts on Joy Reid's old blog The Reid Report; Reid claims the content was added by hackers — MSNBC weekend host Joy Ann Reid apologized last December for a series of homophobic blog posts she wrote from 2007 to 2009 about then-closeted-Governor Charlie Crist of Florida …
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@ggreenwald, @caulkthewagon, @ggreenwald, Mediaite, @bernstein, Sean Hannity, Fox News and The Daily Caller
Radhika Jones / Vanity Fair:
Vanity Fair's website has launched a paywall, with readers getting four articles a month for free before needing to subscribe — I've been an avid watcher of The Crown for its first two seasons. It is one of the most subtle and fascinating studies of female power I've seen.
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Wall Street Journal, Digiday and @claireatki
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Roku adds news to its free channel, including the new streaming network ABC News Live — Last fall, Roku launched its own channel to provide its cord-cutting customers with access to free movies and TV shows in a single destination. Today, it's adding live news to its channel, too.
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Multichannel News
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
A look at The Daily Beast's reinvention under Editor John Avlon, with a focus on pop culture and politics driving traffic of 16.5M monthly visits in 2017 — It's been more than four years since John Avlon, — the former columnist and ubiquitous cable news commentator …
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@davidklion, @elise_jordan and @nickgillespie
The Guardian:
Sean Hannity's real estate venture bought houses through a property dealer who was involved in a criminal conspiracy to fraudulently obtain foreclosed homes — Shell company tied to the Fox News host bought homes through Jeff Brock, who was charged in 2016 with fraud and conspiracy for his role …
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