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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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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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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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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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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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@akademie_abp, @niemanlab, @michaelluo and Bloomberg
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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, @loupas and @jackshafer
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
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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@jayrosen_nyu, @oliverdarcy and @jeremymbarr
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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The Big Lead, @akshaysawaiet, @darrenheitner and @theginamiller
Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
More than two dozen podcast firms now reside in Southern California, as the industry booms with 73M Americans listening to podcasts each month last year — Some are calling it the second golden age of audio. — Podcasting, once viewed as a niche industry that catered to public radio fans …
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@latimesent and @richardberryuk
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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 last September.
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