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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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Justin Osofsky / Facebook:
Facebook says it's committed to enforcing its expectations of working conditions for contractor moderators, and the firms it partners with excel in their domain — We know there are a lot of questions, misunderstandings and accusations around Facebook's content review practices …
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John Williams / New York Times:
Five months after Editor Ian Buruma departed, the New York Review of Books has named Emily Greenhouse and Gabriel Winslow-Yost as co-editors — The New York Review of Books has installed two editors to lead the magazine after being without a top editor since the sudden departure of Ian Buruma in September.
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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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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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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Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
Ratings for the 2019 Oscars, which had no host and ran 41 minutes shorter than last year's, increased ~12% YoY to 29.6M viewers, after 2018's all-time low — ABC's broadcast up by more than 10 percent from 2018's all-time low. — The 2019 Oscars delivered year-to-year gains in Sunday's ratings …
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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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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Evening Standard's parent company says the newspaper's editorial integrity was formally protected in an agreement with Saudi shareholder — A formal agreement has been undertaken to protect the Evening Standard's editorial independence after a Saudi investor took on a large stake in its parent company.
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Washington Post:
The Washington Post announces the Jamal Khashoggi Fellowship, a new global opinions program established to honor the late Post columnist — Award-winning Saudi scholar and activist Hala Al-Dosari named inaugural fellow — The Washington Post today announced the launch of the Jamal Khashoggi Fellowship …
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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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CBS San Francisco:
Multiple suspects arrested after a reporter and cameraman for a CBS affiliate in Oakland were robbed and their security guard was shot in the leg — OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A KPIX 5 news crew covering the Oakland teachers strike was robbed of a camera and tripod by two suspects …
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