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Associated Press:
After resignation of Denver Post's editorial page editor, two editors resign amid budget cuts by hedge fund owner; Dean Singleton resigns from editorial board — https://www.apnews.com/cae12ecbd3cf4a31 85edad7171d600ce — DENVER (AP) — Three top figures at The Denver Post …
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The Colorado Independent, New York Times, Associated Press and Denverite
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
UK's ICO orders Cambridge Analytica to hand over data it has on a US voter who brought a complaint, including how the data was obtained and what it was used for — In landmark cross-border decision, Information Commissioner's Office gives company 30 days to comply with David Carroll's request
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@profcarroll, more at Techmeme »
Elizabeth Flock / PBS NewsHour:
Inside the DC offices of Sputnik, a Russian-government funded media outlet that is “more pernicious” than RT, which operates in 34 countries in 30+ languages — One day this past fall on my morning commute from D.C. to Virginia, I tuned the radio to 105.5 FM, expecting to hear my usual bluegrass.
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@lizflock
Jackie Spinner / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of one-year-old The Triibe, a Chicago digital media site for black millenials that wants to counter the legacy media narrative of a broken city — Morgan Elise Johnson (left) and Tiffany Walden, co-founders of The Triibe. Photo by Keeley Parenteau.
Scott Bay / Wired:
How filmmakers could use machine learning, trained on data from prior box office hits, to predict a movie's success by understanding what motivates moviegoers — Like, for example, Avengers: Infinity War, which made a record-breaking $258 million at the domestic box office last weekend …
David McCabe / Axios:
Starting July 10, Google will require people buying ads related to candidates in US federal elections to be US citizens or lawful permanent residents — People buying Google ads related to candidates in U.S. federal elections will have to prove they are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents beginning July 10, the company says.
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New York Times, The Verge, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, SlashGear and The Keyword, more at Techmeme »
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
A look at The Local Europe, a group of sites across nine countries, which offers expats practical advice and hopes to convert its community into paying members — “They've moved across borders for work or for love or whatever and often they're struggling with the same sort of issues …
Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
Transcript of a Q&A between Atlantic EIC Jeffrey Goldberg and Ta-Nehisi Coates, a day after cutting ties with Kevin Williamson, in front of the Atlantic's staff — In a staff meeting, Jeffrey Goldberg and Ta-Nehisi Coates discussed the hiring and firing of a conservative writer.
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@adamweinstein, The Daily Beast, Hot Air and Mediaite
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Sources: Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group President John Amato derailed stories on harassment allegations against his friend, record exec Charlie Walk — John Amato, president of Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group—the parent company of The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Spin …
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@maxwelltani, Fast Company and Vulture
John Micklethwait / Bloomberg:
Consumers are coming around to paying for content again, and relying on readers for income presents fewer ethical dilemmas for editors than chasing ads — Automated, personalized, mobile, paid for, and (eventually) less fake. Quality journalism is coming back.
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@mathewi, @g_piechota, @filloux, @bryanrieger and @filloux
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Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
On YouTube, channels that stream music nonstop resemble pirate radio stations; they benefit from the site's algorithms but are susceptible to copyright policing — A trick of YouTube's algorithms has led to the blossoming of hundreds of unlicensed, independent radio stations on the site …
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@thatericalper
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Apple shutting down Texture's magazine app on Windows after acquisition, will continue support for other platforms; Windows app was neglected before acquisition — Texture, the magazine subscription service that Apple purchased back in March, plans to shut down its Windows app at the end of June.
Discussion:
Engadget, Cult of Mac, MacRumors and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Sources: Facebook has been conducting market research to determine whether an ad-free subscription-based version would spur more people to join the network — - Internal debate whether users will pay to avoid advertisments — Data-privacy crisis forces company to seek to regain trust
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