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Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review:
With its investigation of Trump's wealth, the NYT acknowledged its past role in glorifying Trump's negotiating skills and found the proof for what some assumed — We live at a time when journalism can land with great force. The epic investigation published Tuesday by The New York Times …
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Poynter, Washington Post, Media Matters for America, bookforum.com and Editor & Publisher
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CNBC:
Barnes & Noble to look at strategic alternatives including a possible sale, after receiving interest from multiple parties including Chairman Leonard Riggio — - The announcement follows expressions of interest from multiple parties, including its chairman Leonard Riggio, it said in a statement.
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Turkish court upholds life sentences without parole for four journalists; Turkey has 73 journalists in jail, more than any other country — An Istanbul court of appeals yesterday upheld the sentences of life in prison without parole handed to four prominent Turkish journalists in February, media reported.
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Reuters, Globe Post Turkey, Ahval, Kurdistan24 and Jerusalem Post
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Study finds that of the 700K+ Twitter accounts that linked to 600+ sites spreading misinformation in 2016, more than 80% are still active and many are bots — Twitter is still rife with “fake news” a month out from the 2018 midterms, with more than 80 percent of the accounts …
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Nieman Lab, Poynter, Trust, Media and Democracy and NPR
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Facebook blocks advertisements mentioning LGBT themes and words like “gender-neutral” for being political, says majority of rejections were in error — The advertisements all seemed innocuous at a glance. — A ribald sendup of fairy tales hosted by a comedian in Los Angeles.
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Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Chloe Melas / CNN:
Vincent Favale, a CBS SVP, has been placed on leave after claims he used sexual and homophobic language; two sources say he retaliated after they complained — (CNN)A CBS executive has been placed on leave after multiple individuals spoke to CNN accusing the senior vice president of talent …
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@mediaite, Vanity Fair, Decider, @rtraister, @cnnross, Mediaite, @moryan, New York Post, The Wrap, Variety, MarketWatch and TV Tattle
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen estimates 20M+ viewers watched Kavanaugh hearings on TV, 11M+ via cable; Fox News averaged 5.7M viewers to beat CNN and MSNBC's total combined — Coverage peaked during Kavanaugh testimony with 7.2 million viewers on Fox News alone. — Thursday's testimonies from Supreme Court …
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The Atlantic, The Atlantic, The Federalist, Financial Post, Vulture, Reuters, Washington Times, The Hill, Forbes, The Wrap, CNNMoney, Multichannel News, Greensburg Tribune-Review and Fox News
Joe Eskenazi / Mission Local:
Layoffs loom at San Francisco magazine, part of the Modern Luxury chain, as owners seek higher profits through a leaner magazine budget — FORMER EDITOR: “I KNEW THE WRITING WAS ON THE WALL.” — Over the past several years, San Francisco Magazine has, consistently, told some of the best-researched …
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@cbloggy, @mat, @byrosenberg, @jeremylybarger, @jackiekpix, @jonsteinberg31, @jamblinman, @alex_e_orlando, @darwinbondgraha, @gwendolynawu, @elcush, @josh_koehn and @katiasav
Washington Post:
Review shows ads from mainstream brands like the Girl Scouts still appear on fringe sites because of automated buying, effectively funding extremist content — Jihadi rapists. Muslim invaders. Faked mass shootings. Pizzagate. — Somebody browsing highly partisan websites in recent weeks …
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Nonprofit news survey: total revenues of $325M+ and 2,200 journalists, half of the organizations generated more than $500K in 2017, and one third topped $1M — As local newspapers and their reporting and editing staffs continue to shrink, a perennial question has become even more relevant …
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Center for Cooperative Media and @niemanlab
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
South Korea orders police and prosecutors to investigate and punish those who “generate fake news with malicious intent and systemically spread it” — SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea announced a sweeping crackdown on “fake news” on Tuesday, calling it “a destroyer of democracy.”
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@koreanforeigner and The Verge
Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
Pandora and SoundCloud announce that Pandora will take over advertising placement and sales for SoundCloud in the US starting in 2019 — (Reuters) - Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc and music-sharing service SoundCloud said on Wednesday that Pandora will take over handling the U.S. advertising for SoundCloud.
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Radio & Television … and Variety