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Facebook removed 364 pages and accounts for misrepresenting themselves when they were in fact linked to employees of Sputnik, a Russian-backed news agency — Today we removed multiple Pages, groups and accounts that engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram.
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
New York Times Politics Editor Patrick Healy is using Twitter to give readers an insight into the paper's decision-making process, in an effort to build trust — You can guess the kinds of complaints The New York Times gets about its political coverage. It's too biased, too liberal.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon's Alexa will now deliver news briefings to US users in a “newscaster” voice, using tech that adapts Alexa's speaking style to the context of a request — Amazon already gave Alexa the ability to whisper, and now it's rolling out another way to change the assistant's speaking style …
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The Amazon Blog, VentureBeat, Mashable and Engadget
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Jewish publication The Forward is suspending its print edition and laying off 40% of its staff, including Editor-in-Chief Jane Eisner — The Forward is stopping — its print editions. — The storied Jewish-American publication is suspending its print operations and plans to lay off …
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The Times of Israel, @pgourevitch, @elilake and @rabbijilljacobs
Brian Stelter / CNN:
New York Media announces that David Haskell will succeed Adam Moss as editor-in-chief, starting April 1; Haskell has been editor for business and strategy — New York (CNN)David Haskell, currently the editor for business and strategy at New York magazine, will succeed Adam Moss as editor in chief of the illustrious publication.
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Matt Lopez / The Wrap:
Study: 30% of Gen Z'ers and 56% of Millennials say they use Facebook to watch the news, while only 27% and 22% respectively use YouTube to watch it — Facebook is used the most for news coverage, while YouTube is used for career development and entertainment purposes, according to new study
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Mobile Marketer and wibbitz
Agri Ismal / @a9ri:
A case study of a BBC story about a men's razor ad, and how some media outlets fuel conflict by plucking social media posts from obscure accounts [thread] — Oh hi. Let's look at this bullshit article on the BBC website, shall we? First of all it's on the BBC so you're like oh wow it must be a big deal. http://twitter.com/...
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@pkafka, @jessamyn, @annodeasr, @walldo, @labville, @chrisroper, @kthopkins, @jeremylittau, @andychannelle, @maggiejordanacn, @carnage4life, @tormut_rose, @gwillowwilson and @randfish
Paresh Dave / Reuters:
Facebook says it will extend its stricter political ad rules to India, Nigeria, Ukraine, and the EU ahead of upcoming elections in the next few months — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc told Reuters on Tuesday that it would extend some of its political advertising rules and tools …
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Shira Springer / Nieman Reports:
Research shows women's sports in the US receive only 4% of all sports media coverage, perpetuating the biased belief that fans don't care about women's sports — Women's sports in the U.S. receive only 4 percent of sports media coverage. Why it's time for that to change — ARTICLE BY
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@capitolwatch, @rana_cash, @kellystrib, @caaws and @macsmith413
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Streaming platforms in India, including Netflix, adopt a plan to self-regulate content to forestall censorship by the state; Amazon Prime Video will not sign on — Netflix and other leading streaming video platforms have signed an agreement to self-regulate content in the booming Indian market.
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Reuters
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Sinclair launches Stirr, its ad-supported streaming service combining local news from its TV stations with entertainment channels, at Stirr.com or via apps — Sinclair Broadcast Group is diving into the increasingly crowded streaming platform arena with the launch today of Stirr …
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MediaPost, @alexweprin, Ad Age, Multichannel News, The Wrap and Broadcasting & Cable
Laura Wagner / Splinter:
A look at the staff hired at the new Gawker, and those who are rumored to have been approached for jobs — Gawker, a good website which was bankrupted in 2016 and then sold last year to Bryan Goldberg, a man committed to face-tuned photos of himself, creating shitty media companies powered …