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Steven Musil / CNET:
Twitter puts account of Alex Jones in read-only mode for seven days after a tweet violated policy; he can browse but can't tweet, retweet, or like other posts — Twitter has cut off Alex Jones from key functions of his account after the founder and star of conspiracy site Infowars violated another Twitter policy.
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David Greene / Washington Post:
It's wrong to just consider Alex Jones when debating content moderation on tech platforms because platforms have silenced voices that span political spectrum — David Greene is the civil liberties director and senior staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
PRX and PRI, two of the largest distributors of public radio programs in the US, are merging in a bid to capitalize on the growing popularity of podcasts — PRI and PRX are joining forces in hopes of becoming a podcasting juggernaut — Public-radio companies PRX and PRI are merging …
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Jake Shapiro / RadioPublic:
Automattic, parent company of WordPress.com, invests in podcast company RadioPublic, joining earlier investors including the NYT, Bose, McClatchy, and PRX — We are thrilled to announce that Automattic—parent company of WordPress.com—is making an investment to deepen its partnership with RadioPublic …
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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
The New York Times joins The Boston Globe's effort to print editorials on August 16 protesting Trump's attack on the press; 200+ newspapers have signed up — The call to arms came in the form of a memo. — Marjorie Pritchard, the deputy managing editor of The Boston Globe …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Boston Globe-coordinated response to Trump's media bashing is sure to backfire, won't reach Trump's base, and won't deter Trump's defamation and threats
The Boston Globe-coordinated response to Trump's media bashing is sure to backfire, won't reach Trump's base, and won't deter Trump's defamation and threats
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Trump campaign files for arbitration against Omarosa Manigault-Newman, claims she broke 2016 NDA by disparaging Trump in book and sharing recorded private talks
Trump campaign files for arbitration against Omarosa Manigault-Newman, claims she broke 2016 NDA by disparaging Trump in book and sharing recorded private talks
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CBS News:
Recording: Trump campaign officials discussed how to “spin” Apprentice outtake tapes showing Trump using the N-word if they were released
Recording: Trump campaign officials discussed how to “spin” Apprentice outtake tapes showing Trump using the N-word if they were released
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
White House counsel Don McGahn granted new communications chief Bill Shine an ethics waiver to meet with former colleagues at Fox News
White House counsel Don McGahn granted new communications chief Bill Shine an ethics waiver to meet with former colleagues at Fox News
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Axios hires Felix Salmon and CNBC's Courtenay Brown and plans to expand coverage of markets and finance, adding a newsletter, Axios Edge — Axios is hiring Felix Salmon and Courtenay Brown to spearhead its foray into coverage of the public markets.
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: New York Media, parent company of New York Magazine and several sites, is exploring strategic options including a possible sale — The publisher of New York magazine, Vulture and The Cut is reviewing strategic options including a possible sale, the latest media outlet to consider consolidation in a tough marketplace.
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Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Instagram Stories are as good, if not better, than Snapchat's, but that may present a short-term problem for Facebook as users spend less time on News Feeds — This is hardly the first Stratechery article about Facebook to start with Snapchat. The “camera company” née social network …
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Karolle Rabarison / Online News Association:
2018 Online Journalism Awards finalists announced, and James Foley Award for Conflict Reporting goes to photojournalist Nicole Tung — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Finalists for the 2018 Online Journalism Awards, representing a wide range of local and international media, nonprofit, public …
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Cory Bergman / Factal Blog:
Team behind the Breaking News site and app launch a new startup, Factal, an enterprise service providing critical info during crises like natural disasters — When BreakingNews.com and the Breaking News app were shut down at the end of 2016, we were inundated with email urging us to bring it back as a new company.
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Zeynep Tufekci / MIT Technology Review:
How digital technologies and social media went from being hailed as tools of freedom during the Arab Spring to being blamed for upheavals in Western democracies — To understand how digital technologies went from instruments for spreading democracy to weapons for attacking it, you have to look beyond the technologies themselves.
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Profile of Meredith Kopit Levien, COO at The New York Times and the architect of ad deals like the newspaper's controversial partnership with Samsung — Meredith Kopit Levien uses nontraditional ad deals amid challenging times in publishing — At the annual advertising festival …
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