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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, Journalism.co.uk and @vivian
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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Nieman Lab, @cwarzel, The Verge, @arictoler, @drewmcweeny, @ceodonovan, @gilgul, @cwarzel and @cwarzel, more at Techmeme »
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Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
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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YouTube Blog, 9to5Google and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
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, threadreaderapp.com, @jeremymbarr, @zachdcarter, HuffPost, Asian American Journalists …, @zachdcarter, @jayrosen_nyu, Blog Network, Splinter, @laurenweberhp, @oliverdarcy, Chicago Tribune, @brandyljensen, @farhip, @drvox, @_cingraham, @anildash, @jmitchem, @donttrythis, @mccanner, @conz, @hotlinejosh, @rafat, @reporter_savino, @managewski, @yayitsrob, @alexmleo, @margarita, @benjysarlin, @chrislhayes, @citizencohn, @aterkel, @elanazak, @ashleyfeinberg, @elisefoley, @paigelav, @bmaygers, @iamandymcdonald, @bmaygers, @marinafang, @chloeangyal, @lebassett, Washington Post and The Wrap, more at Techmeme »
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
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
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
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.
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.
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@rafat
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
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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The Wrap, @chrislhayes, Nieman Lab, New York Post, @evanasmith, @laura_nelson, @maxjrosenthal, Press Gazette, @freedomofpress, CNN, @stphn_lacey, @yourpappalardo, @emilybell, @davidcorndc, Slate, CNN, @benmullin, Vanity Fair, @_alastair, The Week, New York Times, @perlberg, @pareene, MediaPost, @scmitchp, @cwarzel, @clarajeffery, @mckaycoppins, @ericuman, @chrisgeidner, @mattgertz, @mattgertz, @jonmladd, @jamesrbuk, @selenalarson, @theferocity, @samanthastorey, @dawnc331, @pkafka, @jpodhoretz, @jeremymbarr, @awallenstein, @oliverdarcy, @jeremymbarr, @claudiakoerner, @hshaban, Tubefilter, The Hill, Hollywood Reporter, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller, New York Post, Mediaite, Business Insider, The Wrap and Wall Street Journal
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.
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Variety, @jank0, 9to5Google and VentureBeat
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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