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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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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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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.
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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Voicebot, Engadget, The Verge and Music Business Worldwide, more at Techmeme »
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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@ambermac, The Verge, Techdirt and Electronic Frontier Foundation, more at Techmeme »
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.
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.
Media Matters for America:
Media Matters study: in 2018, less than 6% of episodes on the five major Sunday morning news shows had segments about climate change, a 13% fall YoY — Less than 6 percent of episodes of the five major Sunday morning news shows in 2018 featured any substantial mentions or discussions of climate change …
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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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
News UK has asked the culture secretary to remove some legal guarantees to allow the Times and Sunday Times to share content and staff in a cost savings bid — Murdoch publisher wants to remove guarantees to allow it to share content and staff — Rupert Murdoch's News UK has asked …
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Press Gazette
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune Publishing CEO Justin Dearborn steps down and is replaced by company President Tim Knight; the CEO and president of Tribune Interactive have also left — The Chicago Tribune newsroom at One Prudential Plaza on June 12, 2018. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) — Privacy Policy
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David McLaughlin / Bloomberg:
Source: congressional panel plans to probe whether the White House improperly influenced merger oversight, including AT&T's deal for Time Warner, which owns CNN — - House antitrust panel to examine White House role in mergers — Chairman also plans to examine cost of prescription drugs
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