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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A look at the Charles Koch Foundation's move into journalism-related projects over the past two years, including donations of $80K to ASNE and $500K to Newseum — When The Washington Post hosted a public discussion about the future of the First Amendment last month, one of the sponsors …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Bill Shine, who was co-president of Fox News after the ouster of Roger Ailes, officially joins Trump administration as deputy chief of staff for communications — Trump says former Fox News exec Bill Shine joins White House staff
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Renee DiResta / Wired:
A look at how “keyword voids”, social recommendations, and paid promotions can lead to tragic misinformation in top search results for health-related queries — IN THE FIRST few hours of a newborn's life, doctors administer a vitamin K shot. This is because infants …
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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
European Parliament votes against controversial Article 11 and Article 13 copyright reform proposals, meaning they will now be open for debate and amendments — A 318-278 majority of MEPs in the European Parliament has just voted to reopen debate around a controversial digital copyright reform proposal …
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Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
MoviePass rolls out peak pricing, similar to surge pricing, charging customers more to see popular movies during high demand times — MoviePass subscribers were just greeted with a special Fourth of July surprise from the company, but it's not good news. Surprise!
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Interview with Quartz executive editor Zach Seward on why it's successful, its happy relationship with Atlantic Media, and existence under Uzabase — Quartz had reason to break out the party hats Monday as the six-year-old venture was sold upstream by Atlantic Media to a similar Japanese business site …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Following CTO's departure in June, TiVo loses its CEO Enrique Rodriguez to Liberty Global after just eight months amid broader uncertainty about its future — After less than a year in the role, the CEO of Tivo is leaving the troubled company and jumping to Liberty Global, where he will become its CTO.
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CNBC:
Elon Musk continues feud with media, hurling accusations on Twitter at Reuters, CNBC, and Linette Lopez of Business Insider; BI stands by its reporting — - The Tesla CEO accused reporters at Reuters and Business Insider of publishing false or misleading stories. — Elon Musk had some choice words for reporters Thursday.
Washington Post:
One of Venezuela's last independent newspapers, El Nacional, with 15M unique monthly visitors, faces a court battle that could close it — CARACAS, Venezuela — By running stories of official brutality and corruption, this nation's largest independent newspaper — El Nacional — threatened Venezuela's mighty and defended its meek.
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Thom Shanker / New York Times:
A Times' reporter's coverage of the Battle of Gettysburg, at which his son died, sheds light on journalistic ethics in combat and how they've evolved — Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times.
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Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
For journalists covering prisons and detention centers, access is largely in the hands of administrators due to a series of Supreme Court decisions from the 70s — Image via Pixabay. — “Each prison is a fiefdom, and the warden is at the top of the feudal system.”
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Daniel Funke / Poynter:
A look at the challenges of fact-checking on China's WeChat, which has ~1B MAUs, and the handful of “guerrilla” projects trying to debunk fake news — Grace Xu doesn't make any money fact-checking. She's not a journalist and she has a day job as a computer scientist in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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