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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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The Atlantic, Press Gazette, Wall Street Journal, HuffPost, Quartz, @emilybell, Axios, TIME, @realsaavedra, @dnvolz and @kantrowitz, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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Broadcasting & Cable and Fast Company, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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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The Wrap, Mediaite, @davidfolkenflik, @nytmedia, @mathewi, @amandahess, 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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Recode, The Wrap, New York Times and Talking Biz News, 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, Fox News, The A.V. Club, @sarahlellison, Music Business Worldwide, @danielleiat, @andrewwmullins, @shannonrwatts, @ewagmeister, HuffPost, @jimwindolf, Mediaite, ThinkProgress, The Villager Newspaper, New York Daily News, TV Tattle, Fox News, @moorehn, Mediaite, The Wrap, The Daily Caller, Refinery29, Law & Crime, @poniewozik and AOL
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 »
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hulu announces it has surpassed 20M subscribers in the US, increasing 18% since the end of 2017, and inks animation deal with DreamWorks — Upfront news includes ‘Good Doctor’ licensing pact, 'Handmaid's Tale' renewal, plans to start running live TV ads in Q2
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Broadcasting & Cable and The Wrap
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
A look at the 2018 Pulitzer-winning Santa Rosa Press Democrat, which local investors bought from Halifax Media nearly six years ago — As the announcement of the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes continued on a muted TV in the background, the staff of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat prepared for a toast.
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
A look at year-old Tennessee Star, a conservative site that covers local and state politics, reposts content from LifeZette and Daily Caller, and hopes to grow — The Tennessee Star, a right-wing publication with a mainstream name, makes waves while looking to expand.
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