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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, @vivian and Journalism.co.uk


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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Nieman Lab, @cwarzel, @arictoler, @gilgul, @drewmcweeny, @ceodonovan, @cwarzel and @cwarzel, more at Techmeme »
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YouTube says it will no longer suggest videos with “borderline content” or those that “misinform users in a harmful way” even if they don't violate guidelines — SAN FRANCISCO — Whether it is a video claiming the earth is flat or the moon landing was faked …
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@daiwaka, @cwarzel, 9to5Google, The Verge and Engadget, more at Techmeme »


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.
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@rafat


Source: T-Mobile to launch a free, ad-supported mobile video streaming service through the Layer3 division it acquired last year and using licensed Xumo tech — T-Mobile will join the streaming wars in the next few weeks with a free, ad-supported mobile video service, according to a source familiar with the matter.


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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Stephen Elliott seeks to subpoena Google for the names of everyone who worked on and accessed the Shitty Media Men list and all emails connected to its creation — Stephen Elliott hunts for those who contributed, read and publicized a list of men allegedly behaving inappropriately toward women.
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The Daily Beast


Mail Online's Q1 revenue is up 14% YoY, while ad revenue rose 11% YoY; ad revenue across Mail titles rose 4% with digital ad growth offsetting print ad decline — Mail titles owner, the Daily Mail and General Trust, has reported revenue growth of 2 per cent year-on-year for the first quarter of 2019.


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


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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The Wrap, @chrislhayes, Nieman Lab, New York Post, Slate, @evanasmith, @laura_nelson, @freedomofpress, @maxjrosenthal, @stphn_lacey, @yourpappalardo, CNN, @davidcorndc, Press Gazette, @emilybell, @benmullin, @_alastair, The Week, @perlberg, @pareene, @scmitchp, @cwarzel, @clarajeffery, @mckaycoppins, @ericuman, @chrisgeidner, @mattgertz, @mattgertz, @jonmladd, @jamesrbuk, @selenalarson, MediaPost, @theferocity, @samanthastorey, @dawnc331, @pkafka, @jpodhoretz, @jeremymbarr, @awallenstein, @oliverdarcy, @jeremymbarr, @claudiakoerner, @hshaban, Tubefilter, The Hill, New York Times, CNN, Hollywood Reporter, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, TheBlaze and The Daily Caller


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


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.
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Variety, @jank0, 9to5Google and VentureBeat