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At a meeting with Facebook, HuffPost EIC Lydia Polgreen and BuzzFeed News EIC Ben Smith criticized the social network's one-sided deference to conservatives — Critique comes just before social-media executives are to appear before House committee — At a private meeting late last week …
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
In a hearing, Facebook, Alphabet, and Twitter tell House Judiciary Committee that they are not discriminating against content for political reasons — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O), Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) told a U.S. House panel on Tuesday …
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Nick Statt / The Verge:
A reporter posing as a Dublin Facebook moderator found that pages from far-right groups face looser content standards; Facebook vows to improve its training — A new documentary details how third-party Facebook moderators ignore the company's rules — An investigative journalist …
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The Guardian, Washington Post and All 4, more at Techmeme »
Victoria Kim / Los Angeles Times:
Judge lifts order he had imposed forcing LA Times to delete information it had published from a sealed plea deal that was made public by mistake — A federal judge Tuesday lifted a controversial order requiring the Los Angeles Times to remove information in an article about a former Glendale …
Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Sources: Walmart is considering launching a subscription streaming video service that would undercut Netflix and Amazon Prime Video on price — Walmart is considering launching a subscription streaming video service to compete with Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, people familiar with the situation told The Information.
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Variety, The A.V. Club, @jessicalessin, @mdudas, @nickwingfield, @amir, The Next Web, Engadget, @pkafka, Business Insider, The Wrap, GeekWire and Fast Company, more at Techmeme »
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
FCC opposition to Sinclair-Tribune deal is another regulatory win for Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox, also boosted by DOJ antipathy to AT&T-Time Warner deal — - FCC questions legality of Tribune purchase, calls for hearing — Fox chairman has benefited from Trump administration moves
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CNNMoney, BloombergQuint, CNET, Radio & Television … and Hollywood Reporter
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Sean Burch / The Wrap:
In internal email, Tribune Media CEO Peter Kern expresses disappointment at decision by FCC's Pai, says it creates “more uncertainty” about merger
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Radio & Television …, Free Press, Reuters and Media Matters for America
Margaret Harding McGill / Politico:
Sources: Sinclair largely lost the good will of FCC Commissioner Pai by refusing to listen to the agency's concerns about station spin-offs
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@felixgillette, TVSpy, The Rural Blog and Daily Kos
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
The BBC says ruling in Cliff Richard case creates new case law and represents shift against press freedom, reporters' ability to cover police investigations — “This judgment creates new case law and represents a dramatic shift against press freedom and the long-standing ability of journalists …
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
BuzzFeed launches a separate site for its news division, buzzfeednews.com, in an attempt to separate factual content from quizzes and humor — It's not news at this point that BuzzFeed has a serious news organization — one whose reporting on Russia made it a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize this year.
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@tessatkinson and @buzzfeedben
Anna Marie de la Fuente / Variety:
Univision's Chief Content Officer Isaac Lee is leaving the company to set up his own TV production business — In another shakeup at Univision, Isaac Lee, chief content officer of the Spanish-language giant and its longtime programming supplier and shareholder, Televisa, is leaving the company as of today.
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@amandionair, @lcvelez, @nelufar, @rosental, Broadcasting & Cable, @roigfranzia, Fast Company, The Wrap, @hadas_gold, @enrique_acevedo and @sree
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Snap partners with NewsWhip, Storyful, SAM Desk, and TagBoard to help journalists better mine the billions of public videos and photos shared on its app — Snapchat is launching a news partnership initiative with the goal of helping journalists and news organizations better mine the billions …
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Fortune, GeekWire, @joshconstine and @sarafischer
Lauren Collins / New Yorker:
Interview with ex-BBC China editor Carrie Gracie and BBC Women on their fight for equal pay and the value of sharing stories regardless of scrutiny and backlash — When Carrie Gracie discovered that her salary was lower than that of her male peers, she blamed herself.
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@bbccarrie, @bbclbicker, @janegarvey1, @katebevan, @sciborg01 and Press Gazette
Rohin Dharmakumar / The Ken:
The Ken, a one-story per weekday subscription news site in India, raises $1.5M Series A led by Omidyar Network — The Ken just raised a Series A investment of $1.5 million, led by Omidyar Network. We're thrilled to bits at having on board a mindful and long-term set of investors …
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MediaNama
Kristen Chick / Columbia Journalism Review:
Photojournalists say a male-dominated industry, reliance on freelancers, as well as feelings of shame allow sexual harassment to proliferate — When Vox revealed in late January that Patrick Witty left National Geographic, where he was deputy director of photography, after an investigation …
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@emmalbowkett, @freedomofpress, @joshklustig, @jachristian, @alishajucevic, @ginnette_r and @dzalcman
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