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12:00 PM ET, March 6, 2019

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Scott Nover / The Atlantic:
Profile of satirical media company Thud, founded by former Onion editors, as it launches its first project DNA Friend, a parody of at-home DNA analysis services  —  I was instructed to “get my saliva ready.”  —  Images of a bacon cheeseburger, an ice-cream sundae, a steak, a cow …
Discussion: Recode
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
The Wall Street Journal is creating new newsroom departments to focus on news innovation, new technologies, more, and is hiring for 36+ jobs  —  Wall Street Journal editor Matt Murray and editor of newsroom strategy Louise Story sent out the following announcement on Tuesday:
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
PBS NewsHour is adding a full-time West Coast bureau, plans to open a dedicated newsroom and studio at the Arizona State University in Phoenix  —  “PBS NewsHour,” public television's nightly national newscast, is adding a full-time West Coast bureau aimed at providing more timely coverage for viewers in the region.
Discussion: @sarajust
Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
On Anderson Cooper's show on Monday evening, CNN gave airtime to Jerome Corsi, a known conspiracy theorist who promoted the Seth Rich story  —  The news network let discredited right-wing operative Jerome Corsi peddle misinformation Monday night  —  WASHINGTON — CNN, the network whose motto is …
Discussion: @cjane87 and @wexler
Scott Nover / The Atlantic:
Nicholas Sandmann's lawyer says the teen intends to sue multiple other news outlets besides WaPo, is currently reviewing coverage from AP, CNN, and MSNBC/NBC  —  Nicholas Sandmann was an ordinary 16-year-old student at Covington Catholic High School, a school for boys in northern Kentucky …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Judge tosses defamation suit by Rachel Bernstein against Bill O'Reilly and Fox News, says her claims about suffering reputational damage were insufficient  —  The judge says Rachel Bernstein hasn't sufficiently spelled out the damage to her reputation.  —  A New York federal judge has tossed …
Nick Statt / The Verge:
Comedian Miel Bredouw's fight with Barstool Sports after they posted her video without credit shows how Twitter's copyright system can hurt creators  —  “It's insane to me that the platform is allowing them to do this.”  —  Earlier today, Los Angeles-based writer and comedian Miel Bredouw claims …
Benjy Egel / Sacramento Bee:
Police detained a Sacramento Bee reporter and shoved a staff photographer down, damaging his camera, during a protest over the lack of prosecution of two cops  —  Sacramento Bee reporter Dale Kasler was detained Monday night while covering a Stephon Clark protest in East Sacramento.
 
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Tom Cardoso / Globe and Mail:
Google to ban political ads in Canada ahead of federal election, says complying with new ad transparency rules required by Bill C-76 would be too challenging
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
A look at how Spotify plans to crack the podcast market: making it easier to find podcasts, investing in creation tools, exclusive original content, and more
Financial Times:
The Financial Times has acquired a majority stake in Amsterdam-based tech blog and events company The Next Web
Ben Collins / NBC News:
On Amazon, a book pushing QAnon conspiracy theories climbs the charts, aided by Amazon's algorithmically generated recommendations
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia announces Blackwell, a new generation of AI chips available later in 2024, starting with the GB200 superchip, which pairs two B200 GPUs with a Grace CPU

Samuel Tolbert / Windows Central:
Valve debuts Steam Families in beta, allowing a group of up to six Steam users to share their games, manage parental controls, and more

Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat:
Stability AI debuts Stable Video 3D, a generative AI tool built on its Stable Video Diffusion model, letting users create 3D video from a text or image prompt

 
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