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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Zuckerberg says Facebook won't pay annual fees to publishers, an idea floated by Murdoch, and emphasizes interest in helping news outlets sell subscriptions — Sorry, Rupert Murdoch: Facebook isn't a pay TV company. — Quick memo to Rupert Murdoch, Jonah Peretti and other media executives …
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Zuckerberg says Facebook is already ranking news organizations based on trust, will invest billions to fight fake news, remains committed to WhatsApp encryption — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the company has already begun to implement a system that ranks news organizations based …
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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 …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Facebook, which relies on Republicans to advocate for minimal regulation, is bringing in advisors to investigate claims it's biased against conservative voices — To address allegations of bias, Facebook is bringing in two outside advisors — one to conduct a legal audit of its impact …
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Sources: Wendell Jamieson, the NYT editor who resigned after an internal investigation, was accused of inappropriate behavior by at least three female employees — Wendell Jamieson, the metro editor whose resignation was announced by The New York Times on Monday after an internal investigation …
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@nytmedia, @davidfolkenflik, @amandahess, @mathewi, New York Post and Gothamist
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
NYT Executive Editor Den Baquet tells staff that the resignation of Metro Editor Wendell Jamieson was within the #metoo realm and not about journalism — The paper of record talks the talk on sexual misconduct—but in yet another case, it doesn't fully walk the walk.
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@joepompeo and @petersterne
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Snapchat is rolling out an update, previously in testing, that will sort friend communication by recency and move Stories from the friends page to Discover — Snapchat's redesign was a disaster. It cratered ad views and revenue and led Snapchat's user count to actually shrink in March.
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The Wrap, Recode, New York Times and investor.snap.com, more at Techmeme »
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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TVWeek.com, Washington Post, The Villager Newspaper, The A.V. Club, @sarahlellison, Music Business Worldwide, @danielleiat, @andrewwmullins, @shannonrwatts, @ewagmeister, @jimwindolf, HuffPost, Mediaite, ThinkProgress, New York Daily News, Fox News, @moorehn, Mediaite, TV Tattle, The Wrap, Law & Crime, The Daily Caller, Refinery29, @poniewozik, AOL, Splinter, Washington Free Beacon and Page Six
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.
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
GLAAD denounces Fox News host Tucker Carlson after he dedicates segment to Pulse survivor Brandon Wolf, leading to Wolf receiving death threats — GLAAD blasts the Fox News host for a segment criticizing Pulse nightclub survivor Brandon Wolf — Tucker Carlson is facing heat from GLAAD …
Manish Singh / The Outline:
Facebook has quietly ended its Free Basics program in more than six nations and territories in recent months including Myanmar and Latin American markets — Facebook enabled ethnic-cleansing-related hate speech in Myanmar; many died and thousands fled. Rather than take responsibility, it's turning away.
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Engadget and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
The Weinstein Company declares Lantern Capital is the winning bidder in bankruptcy sale and turns away a late bid from Broadway producer Howard Kagan — Despite a last minute bid that didn't come in until the day after the polls closed, The Weinstein Co. officially declared …
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Variety, New York Times and TVWeek.com
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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The Wrap, ABC News, theGrio, Vox, @rezaaslan, Splinter, The New York Observer, @rodneyanon, @thefawz, @ggreenwald, @kharyp, @scott_tobias, @walkerbragman, @grynbaum, @wajahatali, @jamespmorrison, @sally_field, @todayshow and @jennyjonesie
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PR Newswire:
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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Columbia Journalism Review, New York Post, Mediaite, Adweek, Splinter, @oliverdarcy, @oliverdarcy, @swanniontv, @tomgara, @moj_kobe and @existentialfish