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NYT says that a reporter and a photographer were disinvited from covering Vanity Fair's Oscar party; on Thursday, NYT ran a story on the party's inner workings — After a story published on Thursday, the paper's staffers say a reporter for the Times was disinvited to the magazine's Oscar party on Sunday.
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@choire, Page Six, Los Angeles Times, @katierosman, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, WWD and @nytstyles


YouTube says it will remove ads on anti-vaccine videos, launches info panel below anti-vaccine videos that links to the Wikipedia page for “vaccine hesitancy” — YouTube on Friday said it would prevent channels that promote anti-vax content from running advertising …
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Variety, Business Insider, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Verge, The Wrap, NPR, Daring Fireball, @buzzfeeduk, @amywebb and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
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After reports of pedophiles using YouTube comments to sexualize videos of children, YouTube warns creators it may demonetize videos with inappropriate comments — A new controversy this week over the sexualized exploitation of children on YouTube has set off a wave of advertiser boycotts …
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CNBC, The Verge and The Daily Beast, more at Techmeme »

AT&T says it is pulling all advertising from YouTube after reports of pedophiles openly using the platform; Nestle and Epic Games have also pulled ads
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Nieman Lab, Fast Company, WIRED UK, Gizmodo, @aexm, @rachblevins, Adweek, B&TB&T, @cnbc, Beyond Search, @winnersusedrugs, @danielmadison78, @mattbinder and @bmorrissey


Limited information channels meant the same Rohingya victims of sexual violence were interviewed many times for different outlets, incurring an additional toll — In late 2017, on the shores of southern Bangladesh, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people completed a grueling march to escape …

European journalists say Article 11 would enrich publishers at their expense as it enables use of existing contracts and ownership laws to avoid sharing revenue — Promoters of the EU destructive copyright directive keep pushing the bogus line that it is necessary to give money to “artists and journalists.”


Newsrooms need to educate journalists on diversity and inclusivity, as simply hiring journalists of color is not enough to mitigate severe underrepresentation — I grew up on the west side of Atlanta in one of the roughest neighborhoods in the city. — I attended predominantly black …
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@poynter, @dankennedy_nu, @doristruong and @raju


Profile of Roman Dobrokhotov, who runs The Insider, a Russian news site that has published scoops on GRU and other issues in collaboration with Bellingcat — TEN YEARS AGO, Roman Dobrokhotov sat down in the front row of a Kremlin auditorium, surrounded by a polite audience of journalists …
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@caitlin__kelly and @a_greenberg


The Democrat-Reporter, the Alabama newspaper that ran a KKK editorial, has named Elecia R. Dexter, an African-American woman, as its new publisher and editor — A new publisher and editor have been named at the Democrat-Reporter, the newspaper that gained national attention this week …


Sources: in editorial call, CNN head Zucker defends hiring former Trump admin official Sara Isgur, emphasizes she won't make decisions about political coverage — On an editorial call, Jeff Zucker endorses former Justice Department official Sarah Isgur, clarifying her role and title
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Mediaite and @coreypein
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CNN hiring Sarah Isgur is puzzling given her reported loyalty pledge to Trump's anti-press agenda and numerous critical tweets of CNN, reporters, and Democrats
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Forbes, MediaFile, @atrupar, @neontaster, @jayrosen_nyu, @jdawsey1, @espiers, @ericschultz, @parkermolloy, @becketadams, @juddlegum, @parkermolloy, @nytimes, @ewerickson, @simonmaloy, @matthewwolfff, @irin, @maxwelltani, @matthewwolfff, @erikwemple, @ericschultz, @samstein, @blackamazon, @atrupar and @simonmaloy


As increased use of algorithms in journalism raises questions of responsibility for libel, some stress the importance of transparency in code — “I will work tirelessly to keep you informed as texts will be typed into my system uninterrupted.” — This is how Xinhua News' artificial …
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@niemanreports


Twitter co-founder and former CEO Ev Williams is stepping down from the company's board — Twitter Co-founder and former CEO Ev Williams is stepping down from the company's board, according to a Friday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. — “It's been an incredible 13 years …
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@ev, Engadget, Business Insider, Recode, The Wrap, Business Insider, The Verge and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »


In France, ten media companies, which together reach ~80% of the population, are partnering and spending €5M to create a unified login system across their sites — Media companies eager to deepen relationships with their audiences are teaming up and turning to unified login systems …