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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Twitter announces 30 new or renewed video content deals, details live programming from ESPN, NBCUniversal, Live Nation, Vice News, MLB, and more — Twitter is ready to pump even more premium video into your tweet-stream from a range of new and existing partners — with an emphasis on live-streamed content.
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Christopher Robbins / Gothamist:
New York Times Metro Editor Wendell Jamieson resigns following an “investigation”, Susan Chira to step in as interim metro editor effective immediately — The Metro Editor for The New York Times has resigned following an investigation, according to an email sent to the newsroom on Monday.
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Barry Levine / MarTech Today:
Trade groups representing 4,000 publishers criticize Google's GDPR policies, say proposal to get consent from EU visitors if Google ads are served “falls short” — The organizations point to Google's requirements that publishers collect consent and assume liability as some of the many issues.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
WHCA discusses possibly changing format for future dinners, including inviting a liberal and a conservative comedian, booking a singer, or suspending the dinner — WHCA president discusses her ‘regret’ about dinner — The White House Correspondents Association is belatedly accepting …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Journalists should stop the White House Correspondents Dinner because it has become downright counterproductive to the goals of good journalism
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Annotated transcript of Michelle Wolf's caustic roasting of the Trump administration and the media at the White House Correspondents Dinner
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Chris Ariens / Adweek:
At NewFronts, The New York Times announced an expansion into TV and film productions and says its podcast The Daily has been downloaded 280M times — At its NewFront, the paper of record talked TV, podcasts and more — First out of the gate at the 2018 Digital Content NewFronts this morning …
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Following algorithm changes on Facebook, Mic's views there dropped from 192M in April '17 to 11M in March '18, with sources saying it's running out of cash — June 2015 was an ebullient time for Mic.com. The company closed a $17 million funding round. The news site for millennials …
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Reuters:
Danish citizen Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman first to be convicted under Malaysia's fake news law after posting a YouTube video; Sulaiman to spend a month in jail — KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian court convicted a Danish citizen on Monday for inaccurate criticism of police on social media …
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Wall Street Journal:
Tehran court orders Iranian telecoms to block Telegram saying the app gave Islamic State “safe ground” and also citing the app's role in recent protests — Tehran court ruling prohibits the messaging platform used to organize protesters — Iran moved to shut down the messaging app Telegram …
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Google and NBC to make 10+ multi-episode VR productions to run alongside core programming of network's channels, including SNL, Vanderpump Rules, and Syfy Wire — Virtual reality has yet to hit the big time with the vast majority of consumers — headset sales are still in the single-digit millions …
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Australia's ABC to restructure its eight capital-city newsrooms for digital and multi-platform journalism; about 20 jobs will be cut as new roles are created — News director says overall job numbers won't fall as new roles will be created — Another 20 journalists will lose their jobs …
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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Analysts: revenue for local TV stations is expected to increase 5.6% to $27.68B in 2018, boosted by political advertising in election season — Revenue for the local television station business is expected to increase 5.6% to $27.68 billion in 2018, according to BIA Advisory Services.
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The New York Times Company:
New York Times names Erin McCann its deputy editor of Politics and adds a mix of editors and reporters to the team — We are pleased to announce members of our Politics team for 2018 — a mix of great veteran political journalists and terrific reporters and editors from a range of desks …
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@mccanner, @nickywoolf, @jswatz, @liamstack, @mccanner, @sapna, @timherrera, @bypetevernon, @migold and @palafo
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