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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Interviews with current and former Facebook content moderators in US show they make $28K/year, some develop PTSD, and a few are radicalized by fringe content — The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America — She spent the past three and a half weeks in training …
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
At the Oscars, Netflix's Roma wins Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Foreign Film, but not Best Picture — “Roma” took home three Academy Awards tonight — though not Best Picture, which went to “Green Book.” — Alfonso Cuarón did win an Oscar for directing the film.
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Interview with The New York Times' CEO Mark Thompson on the importance of NYT's brand in growing the subscriber numbers, how he'd run a local paper, more — “I believe that if you're producing journalism of value, there is no reason to expect that consumers wouldn't be prepared, in some way …
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
How NYT plans to avoid the Trump slump and sign up 10M paying subscribers by 2025 through global expansion, attracting a younger audience via podcasts, and more — Mark Thompson's nautical and military metaphors have generated some ribbing from others at The New York Times.
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Newsonomics and Page Six
Washington Post:
The Washington Post announces the Jamal Khashoggi Fellowship, a new global opinions program established to honor the late Post columnist, Jamal Khashoggi — Award-winning Saudi scholar and activist Hala Al-Dosari named inaugural fellow — The Washington Post today announced the launch …
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Mark Chandler / The Bookseller:
A new book on Khashoggi's murder, written by an anonymous ex-FT reporter, claims the journalist had intelligence on Trump which was a threat to Saudi Arabia — Gibson Square is publishing the first book on Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder at the Saudi Embassy in Istanbul.
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Lara Logan says she was approached by right-wing media companies but doesn't want to be a “darling of the conservative media” and has not talked to Fox News — In a lengthy interview, Logan told THR she's been approached recently by right-leaning media companies but hasn't had discussions with Fox News.
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Sultan Mohamed Abuljadayel has been named as the mysterious off-shore purchaser of a stake in London's Evening Standard newspaper — Mohamed Abuljadayel's £25m stake is yet another Middle Eastern interest in UK media — The mysterious off-shore purchaser of a stake …
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Alex Wong / New York Times:
How TV sports anchors like SportsCenter's Scott Van Pelt are finding new ways to connect with viewers in an age of instant sports highlights on social media — Scott Van Pelt closed an episode of “SportsCenter” last month with a two-minute monologue about the 31st anniversary of his father's death.
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Claire Atkinson / NBC News:
Q&A with WSJ EIC Matt Murray on Murdoch's hands-off approach to the paper's Trump coverage, how tech has impacted the news business, and the ongoing China story — “Rupert Murdoch has never given me one instruction about how to cover Trump.” — Matt Murray was named editor-in-chief …
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Akshat Rathi / Quartz:
Craig Newmark on where his motivation to support journalism comes from, how he chooses the beneficiaries, and what he wants to achieve with his philanthropy — Craig Newmark became a billionaire on the back of creating Craigslist, a website for classified ads.
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@tracysheridan, @amywebb and @jeremylittau
Max Willens / Digiday:
Sources: Publishers struggle to sell their Apple News inventory directly, citing limited user targeting and the inability to use programmatic advertising — Last year, Apple News brimmed with promise for publishers, offering an engaged, high-quality audience that seemed to do nothing but grow.
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Fast Company, @seangriffey, @digiday, MacRumors and 9to5Mac