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Associated Press:
EPA bars the AP, CNN, and another outlet from national summit on harmful water contaminants; security guards at the event shoved female reporter out of building — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on a hearing with EPA chief Scott Pruitt on a widespread contaminant in drinking water (all times local):
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
A new report from Data & Society says young reporters writing about the Internet fueled coverage of the alt-right, emboldening the movement — “These were the kinds of behaviors, and the kinds of people, they had been participating with, reporting on, and in many cases actively taunting, for years.
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Data & Society, @niemanlab and @datasociety
Sara Fischer / Axios:
A look at how distracted consumers with constantly changing media diets are disrupting traditional TV and the advertising industry — Americans are increasingly picky, impatient, distracted and demanding — and their media diets are changing so fast that most traditional industries can no longer keep up.
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@sarafischer, @davidnather, @charliebeckett and @jimvandehei
Institute for Nonprofit News:
Profile of VTDigger, a non-profit newsroom in Vermont, which has ~300,000 monthly users, 19 full-time employees, and an annual budget of over $1.5M — A study in leadership — To editors and executive directors of nonprofit news organizations, Anne Galloway's story will sound familiar …
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@xanderlanden, @inn, @vtdigger, @heytimgriggs, @radiofinn, @melaniesill, @inn and Nieman Lab
A.J. Katz / Adweek:
Nielsen expands its partnership with YouTube TV to include its viewership in local TV audience measurements, likely a boon for local media ad buys — Which is good news for media buyers and sellers — Nielsen announced today that YouTube TV viewership at designated market levels (DMAs) …
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Broadcasting & Cable and MediaPost
Rana Ayyub / New York Times:
Indian journalist Rana Ayyub recounts how she was harassed online, subjected to rape threats and worse, allegedly by followers of the country's prime minister — MUMBAI, India — I work as an investigative and political journalist. Two years back, I published a book …
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@rupasubramanya and @robinhanson
The New York Times Company:
Paramount Television, in partnership with other production companies, is developing a series based on The New York Times' Overlooked obituaries project — The New York Times, Anonymous Content, Paramount Television, and 3dot Productions are developing an original series titled Overlooked …
Dani Deahl / The Verge:
Twitter announces it is killing off its apps for Xbox, Roku, and Android TV on May 24 — Probably for the best — Today Twitter announced it is killing off several of its apps, including Twitter for Android TV, Twitter for Roku, and Twitter for Xbox. — Twitter for Xbox allowed …
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Multichannel News, Adweek and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Source: BuzzFeed Studios has signed a deal with agency WME as it looks to ramp up its film and television output — The digital publisher has sold docuseries ‘Unspeakable Crime: The Killing of Jessica Chambers’ to Oxygen and shortform series ‘Follow This’ to Netflix.
Tony Rehagen / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of Tommy Tomlinson, who lost most of his voice to cancer but has gone on to be a Pulitzer finalist and will launch an interview podcast this month — Tommy Tomlinson. Photo courtesy of the subject. — IN THE SPRING OF 1993, Tommy Tomlinson was lying in a bed at Carolinas Medical Center …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
American Customer Satisfaction Index: customer satisfaction of streaming video services is 75% on average, far better than cable, satellite, telco TV rivals — U.S. cable and satellite TV sector falls to 11-year low on ACSI's index — This won't come as a huge shock …
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Adweek, theacsi.org, Variety and The Playlist, more at Techmeme »
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Reese Witherspoon's company Hello Sunshine partners with Amazon's Audible on book club initiative and original audio productions — Reese Witherspoon's media empire, Hello Sunshine, has teamed up with Audible to work on an audiobook project. The collaboration will initially see the launch …
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