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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
BuzzFeed News is working with Google to test a membership model that will ask readers to contribute, similar to that used by The Guardian — BuzzFeed News is working with Google to pilot a membership model that will ask readers to contribute to the news outlet.
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Wall Street Journal, @kelseymsutton, Fast Company, @joshsternberg, Yahoo! Finance, @jeremymbarr, @atd711, @kenli729 and @rafat
NBC News:
A secret message board created by a Big League Politics staffer fuels conspiracy theories and drives harassment campaigns of small businesses — The theorists are inspired in part by a far-right news website that has been used by prominent Republicans for fundraising efforts.
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@jbenton and @jason_a_w
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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi co-hosted Fox's The Five for three days last week; state's ethics commission says it did not render an opinion — Bondi sought ethics commission approval before spending three days co-hosting “The Five,” a news talk show.
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TVNewser, @scontorno, @thesixler, @natemcdermott, Raw Story, Splinter, @demomcrat, @scott_maxwell, @hshaban, Mediaite and TV Tattle
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Sources: a Bloomberg News reporter was reassigned after Well Fargo CEO complained about the reporter following a story on the bank's relationship with the NRA — A Bloomberg News reporter who covered Wells Fargo was reassigned earlier this year after the bank's CEO called the news organization's editor …
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Mediaite, @harrymccracken, Splinter and @oneunderscore__
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube adds “Time watched” stats to its “digital wellbeing” tools in its mobile apps — Google today is expanding YouTube's set of “digital wellbeing” tools, with an added feature that will calculate how much you're watching videos.
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YouTube Blog, 9to5Google, The Verge, Engadget and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Facebook says it was “too slow” to prevent the spread of “hate and misinformation” in Myanmar via its site — How controversy changed Facebook's mission — Facebook has banned 20 organizations and individuals in Myanmar, including a senior military commander …
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@davidakaye, The Guardian, @alkapdc, @emilybell and @hadas_gold, more at Techmeme »
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
CBS hit with a shareholder class action lawsuit that claims the company misled investors by failing to disclose sexual harassment allegations against Moonves — CBS was hit on Monday with a shareholder class action suit, arguing the company misled investors by failing to disclose sexual …
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Hollywood Reporter, Multichannel News, Los Angeles Times, TVWeek.com, The Wrap, The A.V. Club and TV Tattle
Joe Concha / The Hill:
As the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reduces its print production schedule from seven to five days, Pittsburgh becomes largest US city without a daily newspaper — Pittsburgh will hold the distinction of being the largest city in the U.S. without a daily print newspaper after the city's Post …
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@will_bunch, @bymoriah, @politicsreid and The Incline
David Beard / Poynter:
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark donates $1M to Mother Jones magazine to finance reporting around misinformation and fake news, more — The Poynter Institute's Morning Mediawire breaks down and delivers the most important stories you need to start your day. Delivered to your inbox every morning before work.
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@poynter, @blowryontv, @sulliview, @betheis, @monikabauerlein, @mathewi, @flynnwaslike and @michellemanafy
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Inside True Pundit, a pro-Trump misinformation site run by Michael D. Moore, who has a journalism background and a history of illegal business practices — Days after former FBI lawyer Lisa Page testified in a closed-door meeting with the House Oversight and Government Reform and House Judiciary committees …
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Sputnik International, @craigsilverman, @craigsilverman, @craigsilverman, @craigsilverman, @margarita and True Pundit
Lauren Raab / Los Angeles Times:
One of the LA Weekly's owners, David Welch, files suit against the others, claiming mismanagement and seeks to dissolve the company — Nine months after a mysterious new company bought LA Weekly, one of the company's owners is suing the rest, alleging they have mismanaged the alternative weekly …
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@elinashatkin, @busblog, @passionweiss, @katherinespiers and @velocciraptor
Tony Silber / Forbes:
An interview with Marvin Shanken, publisher of niche magazines like Wine Spectator, on lucky purchases, circulation, events as revenue source, and more — Marvin Shanken. — The first thing Marvin Shanken—the magazine-publishing maverick and impresario who for the last 40-plus years …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Sources: Facebook is testing a tool with five publishers, including BuzzFeed, to help them improve reach on the platform by comparing variations of their posts — Continuing its charm offensive with news publishers, Facebook has been testing a tool with five publishers including BuzzFeed …
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@jarroddicker and @mattnavarra
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