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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Facebook announces Clear History feature, letting users stop Facebook-collected browsing history from being associated with their account — It's arguably the company's biggest update since the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke. — Facebook users will soon be able to opt …
Variety:
Sources: NBC News told reporters to mention letter of support for Tom Brokaw in their reporting, raising concerns among some staffers who had issues with letter — On Monday, NBC News staffers received a memo with guidance from the network's standards and practices on how to handle reporting …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Sources: CBS News execs were so dismayed by WHCD this year that they considered withdrawing from future events, until WHCD said changes are being considered — As the power elite of Washington filed out of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday …
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Letter from The Hill's Chairman James Finkelstein to WHCA's Exec Director, explaining its decision to withdraw from future events over Michelle Wolf's comments
Letter from The Hill's Chairman James Finkelstein to WHCA's Exec Director, explaining its decision to withdraw from future events over Michelle Wolf's comments
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump answering questions at events allows him to dodge questions more than at a press conference, a format he's abandoned, but aides say doing so grants access
Trump answering questions at events allows him to dodge questions more than at a press conference, a format he's abandoned, but aides say doing so grants access
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BBC:
BBC Afghan service reporter Ahmad Shah was shot dead by armed men on Monday, becoming the fifth BBC journalist to die in Afghanistan since the 1990s — A BBC reporter has been killed in the east Afghan province of Khost, on a day of attacks which left nearly 40 people dead, other journalists among them.
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Sam Forsdick / Press Gazette:
Suicide bomber in Kabul, disguised as a reporter, detonated bomb while among press pack, killing up to nine journalists, including AFP photographer, and others
Suicide bomber in Kabul, disguised as a reporter, detonated bomb while among press pack, killing up to nine journalists, including AFP photographer, and others
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The Nieman Foundation for Journalism:
Flipboard's Managing Editor Gabriella Schwarz and The Lens' Editor Steve Myers are among 2019's Nieman fellows — The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, home to internationally recognized journalism fellowships, programs and publications, has selected 27 Nieman Fellows for the class of 2019.
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
In 2017, Digital First Media recorded a 17% operating margin and nearly $160M in profit, meaning parent company Alden Global may be reluctant to sell it — Digital First Media's financials — revealed here — show how the company has ridden its deep cuts to nearly $160 million in profits and the highest margins in the business.
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Filing: Sony Music has sold about half of its shares of Spotify and pledges to share proceeds with artists and distribution labels — Sony sold approximately half of its shares in Spotify during the streaming giant's first month on the New York Stock Exchange, according to Sony's public filing issued Friday.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Disney Digital to launch an over-the-top video app for millennials, as it woos advertisers burned by YouTube — Ahead of the 2019 launch of Disney's Netflix competitor, the company's digital arm will launch a free, over-the-top video app aimed at millennials sometime this summer.
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Jon Fingas / Engadget:
Viacom launches new Digital Studios unit for original internet programming available on services including Facebook Watch, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube — Viacom has come a long, long way from the days when online video was seemingly its mortal enemy. The media giant has formally …
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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
About 2,500 freelance writers who sued publishers over digital rights to their work will now begin getting part of a $9M settlement, after 17-year legal fight — Seventeen years after nearly 3,000 freelance journalists filed a class-action lawsuit claiming copyright infringement …
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Overview of Twitter's video ad business, which brought in $287M+ in Q1 and over half of the company's total revenue since Q4 2017 — Twitter made more than $287 million from video ads last quarter. — Twitter has been highlighting its video ad business during earnings calls for years …
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Pew Research Center:
62% of US adults who think the internet has had a good impact on society cite access, speed of info, while 16% who think impact has been bad cite fake news — Americans tend to view the impact of the internet and other digital technologies on their own lives in largely positive ways …
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