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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook confirms it is testing LOL, a feed of funny videos and GIF-like clips pulled from News Feed posts by top meme Pages — How do you do, fellow kids? After Facebook Watch, Lasso, and IGTV failed to become hits with teens, the company has been quietly developing another youthful video product.
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Adweek, SlashGear, Engadget, Business Insider, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, @caseynewton, @ajchavar, @sapere_vivere, @taylorlorenz, The Verge and @mathewi, more at Techmeme »
Jonathan Randles / Wall Street Journal:
Gizmodo Media Group settles defamation suits from clients of Charles Harder; no money changes hands and two articles stay online, with explanatory notes — Blog publisher claimed the litigation was meant to harass journalists, which Mr. Harder denied. — Gizmodo Media Group …
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@annamerlan and @benmullin
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Pixar's Lee Unkrich, who directed Toy Story 3 and Coco, is leaving the company after 25 years; sources say the departure is amicable — The move marks an end of an era. — Lee Unkrich, the Oscar-winning director behind Toy Story 3 and Coco, is leaving Pixar Animation Studios.
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@leeunkrich, Deadline, /Film, The Wrap, TVWeek.com and CinemaBlend
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
BuzzFeed UK Editor-in-Chief Janine Gibson is leaving at the end of January after more than three years as its head — Buzzfeed UK editor-in-chief Janine Gibson has announced she is leaving the news website after more than three years in the top job. — Gibson will leave at the end of January …
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The Guardian, @markdistef, Financial Times, @davidtpegg, @ninabernstein1, @bradctucker, @jeffjarvis and The Drum
Bill Birnbauer / The Conversation:
US nonprofit media funding: biggest three members of the Institute for Nonprofit News received 40% of donations; the least-funded 20 outlets got less than 2% — I analyzed the IRS returns of 60 Institute for Nonprofit News members, about half of the institute's membership at the time.
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@billbirnbauer and Editor & Publisher
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Disney rearranges business segments for earnings reports to reflect income from streaming operations, will present its streaming investment plans on April 11 — Disney has rejiggered its business segments for earnings reporting to make room for the new unit housing its global streaming operations.
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MediaPost and Multichannel News
Financial Times:
Sources: Spotify plans to launch a ~$100 voice-controlled in-car music player with preset buttons that correspond to Spotify playlists, later this year — Spotify has a new target as it makes a break for independence from devices made by Apple, Google and Amazon: the car dashboard.
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The Verge, Mashable, Android Police, Music Business Worldwide, SlashGear, Voicebot and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
AT&T to resume advertising on YouTube after pulling the ads in 2017 because the brand was appearing alongside the offensive videos — AT&T, one of the nation's biggest marketers, yanked its advertising dollars from YouTube in 2017 because the brand was appearing alongside offensive videos.
Julia Reda:
EU's copyright reform with “link tax” and “upload filters” suffers a setback as 11 member states vote against the proposal, making adoption in May less likely — Today, Council firmly rejected the negotiating mandate that was supposed to set out Member States' position ahead …
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Boing Boing, @ambermac, @senficon, @eff, Techdirt and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
A disorienting interview with Jack Dorsey on his Myanmar tweets, right-wing extremism, and what he'd do if Trump called on his followers to murder journalists — A Q&A with Twitter's CEO on right-wing extremism, Candace Owens, and what he'd do if the president called on his followers to murder journalists.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Irish publisher Independent News and Media, owner of the Irish Independent and the Belfast Telegraph, expects to cut 30 jobs as circulation and ad revenue fall — Thirty jobs are at risk after a major Irish news publisher outlined a three-year strategic plan aimed at growing digital revenues …
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Independent.ie
Kali Hays / WWD:
Cuts at Conde Nast continue: Glamour cuts “a handful” of staffers, GQ and Wired together cut ~10 people, and Allure is said to be losing a couple of positions — Condé Nast is still doling out changes to staff, real estate and operations as a whole.
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