Mediagazer: At NewFronts on Tuesday, Verizon's Oath announced a slate of 10 new original video series, documentaries, and live shows, plus a partnership with Samsung (Jon Lafayette/Broadcasting & Cable)

12:50 PM ET, May 2, 2018

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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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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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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 …

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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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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:

NYT Executive Editor Dean 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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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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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:

At NewFronts on Tuesday, Verizon's Oath announced a slate of 10 new original video series, documentaries, and live shows, plus a partnership with Samsung — Becomes content partner for Samsung devices — Oath announced a slate of 10 new original video series, documentaries and live show …

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Washington Post:

Oath's Senior Director of Product Jeffrey Turner has been named Head of Ad Product at The Washington Post — Turner will oversee RED, the company's industry-leading ad technology group — Jed Hartman, Chief Revenue Officer at The Washington Post, today announced Jeffrey Turner was named Head …

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

UK-based The New Statesman to launch a website covering North America, edited by Nicky Woolf, as part of a “major online expansion” — The New Statesman is launching a website dedicated to covering North America as its first step towards a “major online expansion”.

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.

Discussion: @caseyjohnston, @r0h1n, @aparatbar, Engadget, @caseyjohnston and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »

Jessica Elgot / The Guardian:

UK defence secretary Gavin Williamson said journalists should join the UK's reserve forces to help counter fake news and cyber-propaganda — Defence minister says armed forces need specialist skills to counter cyber-propaganda — Journalists and IT specialists should join the UK's reserve forces …

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