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Wall Street Journal:
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
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
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