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Engaged Journalism Accelerator:
A look at the eight latest media outlets to receive funding from the Engaged Journalism Accelerator program run by the European Journalism Centre — Engaged Journalism Accelerator director Kathryn Geels introduces our eight newest grantees, taking the total number of funded news organisations …
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Nieman Lab, Journalism.co.uk and @vivian
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
In email to staff, CEO Jonah Peretti says BuzzFeed will make a 15% overall reduction in headcount next week, will share more about its future structure soon — “Unfortunately, revenue growth by itself isn't enough to be successful in the long run," CEO Jonah Peretti wrote in an email to staff.
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Tom Kludt / CNN:
HuffPost layoffs: WGAE spokesperson says at least 15 union members laid off; non-union managers also affected; head of opinion section says unit is “no more” — New York (CNN)Some employees at HuffPost learned Thursday morning that their days in the newsroom are numbered, as layoffs hit the popular news website.
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@jeremylittau, @jasoncherkis, @bmaygers, The Guardian, @jeremymbarr, @zachdcarter, HuffPost, Asian American Journalists …, threadreaderapp.com, @zachdcarter, @jayrosen_nyu, @laurenweberhp, @oliverdarcy, Chicago Tribune, @brandyljensen, @alexmleo, @farhip, @managewski, @drvox, @_cingraham, @anildash, @jmitchem, @yayitsrob, @donttrythis, @mccanner, @conz, @hotlinejosh, @rafat, @reporter_savino, @margarita, @benjysarlin, @chrislhayes, @citizencohn, @aterkel, @elanazak, @ashleyfeinberg, @elisefoley, @paigelav, @bmaygers, @iamandymcdonald, @bmaygers, @marinafang, @chloeangyal, @lebassett, Washington Post, The Wrap and Vanity Fair
BuzzFeed News:
YouTube's “Up Next” still suggests conspiracy videos, hate group videos, and pirated videos after news searches; YouTube says it's still working to improve — How many clicks through YouTube's “Up Next” recommendations does it take to go from an anodyne PBS clip …
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@cwarzel, @drewmcweeny, @cwarzel, @ceodonovan, @cwarzel, @gilgul and @arictoler, more at Techmeme »
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google partners with Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sony's visual effects and animation studio, to launch an open source render manager called OpenCue — Google today announced that it has partnered with Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sony's visual effects and animation studio, to launch OpenCue, an open-source render manager.
Discussion:
Variety, @jank0, 9to5Google and VentureBeat
Stephanie Nebehay / Reuters:
UN human rights office says a team of international experts will conduct an inquiry into the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, starting in Turkey on January 28 — GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights office said on Friday that a team of international experts would conduct an inquiry …
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New York Times, Al Jazeera and The Guardian
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Sources: WarnerMedia Investments, which had invested in Mic, Maker Studios, and Mashable under Time Warner, is no longer its own corporate entity — Prior to becoming WarnerMedia, Time Warner was one of the most prominent investors in digital media and technology companies.
Discussion:
@rafat
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
The Verge starts publishing science fiction, accompanied by video or audio, that imagines how technology and science can improve the world — And turning away a bit from Facebook video: “Our video lives on YouTube. We're going to program for the YouTube audience."
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Talking Biz News
Jacob L. Nelson / Columbia Journalism Review:
Academics struggle with whether to classify Fox News as propaganda, but also excessively focus on its politics and worry that studies will grant it legitimacy — In 2014, I began working on an academic study that sought to determine whether conservatives and liberals exclusively got their news …
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@jayrosen_nyu, @greta and @sjjphd
FiveThirtyEight:
A discussion of media coverage of the Mueller investigation where the rush for scoops and reliance on anonymous sources hurts credibility and confuses readers — Welcome to FiveThirtyEight's weekly politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited.
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CNN, @centercoopmedia, @natesilver538, Vanity Fair, Politico and Slate
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Sports Illustrated partners with Liverpool Football Club and will air Liverpool content including matches across all leagues and original content weekly — Sports Illustrated plans to show full Liverpool soccer matches on its subscription streaming channel. But in a unique arrangement, these games won't be available live.
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Awful Announcing
Josh Kosman / New York Post:
Sources: ratings company Nielsen is looking to sell itself at a potential valuation of $10B; private equity firm Blackstone is a prospective buyer — Nielsen just got a pop in the ratings — among deep-pocketed buyout firms, that is. — Nielsen Holdings — the 95-year-old consumer research firm best known …
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