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Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Facebook's shift to more private sharing will make misinformation harder to track and raises questions about the company's liability for its diffusion — On Wednesday, in what seemed like a major shift, Mark Zuckerberg wrote that he wants to reorient Facebook around private, encrypted …
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NBC 7 San Diego:
Leaked documents show the US government is closely monitoring journalists and immigration advocates tied to the 2018 migrant caravan — The documents detail an intelligence-gathering effort by the United States and Mexican authorities, targeting more than 50 people including journalists, an attorney, and immigration advocates
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Hollywood Reporter:
Leaked texts and sources reveal a three-year entanglement between Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara and an actress seeking roles; WarnerMedia will investigate — Hundreds of leaked text messages between Kevin Tsujihara, actress Charlotte Kirk and partners Brett Ratner and James Packer show …
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Chris Krewson / Spirited Media:
Spirited Media has sold Denverite to Colorado Public Radio and is in talks with buyers to sell Philadelphia's Billy Penn and Pittsburgh's The Incline — Spirited Media has reached an agreement to sell Denverite to Colorado Public Radio, and the news organization will operate under new management as of March 11th.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comedy Central has launched its first YouTube channel for original content, Comedy Central Originals, starting with five new shows — Comedy Central is stepping on the gas in its digital-entertainment drive with the launch of its first YouTube channel for originals.
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Recode:
Interview with Laurene Powell Jobs on investing in nonprofit and for-profit media, including a VR production about a border crossing into the US from Mexico — Powell Jobs founded the Emerson Collective, which owns Pop-Up Magazine and has a majority stake in the Atlantic.
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9to5Mac
Tony Silber / Forbes:
AMI is shuttering Transworld Snowboarding and the print edition of Transworld Skateboarding; the latter's subscribers will receive Men's Journal instead — Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. — Share to facebook — Share to twitter — Share to linkedin
John Keefe / Nieman Lab:
Civil's new process for buying CVL tokens, which launched Wednesday, is simpler than its previous system, but it still requires many steps — Five months after its failed token sale, Civil is back with a revised, streamlined process. If you're not an experienced cryptocurrency trader, though, it'll still take you a while.
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What's New in Publishing, @vivian, @jbenton and Civil
Washington Post:
Venezuela releases journalists Cody Weddle and Carlos Camacho after more than 12 hours in custody; Weddle has been deported to the US — CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's government expelled the German ambassador and detained a U.S. freelance journalist in Caracas on Wednesday …
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European Commission accepts commitments by NBCU, Sony, Warner, and Sky that will allow non-UK EU consumers to subscribe to and access Sky UK content — The European Commission has accepted commitments offered by top Hollywood film studios and Sky UK on their pay TV services …
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Financial Times and EU Press Room
CNN:
A Blockbuster store in Bend, OR, will be the last store globally after an Australian Blockbuster announces it will stop rentals on March 7 and close on March 31 — (CNN)It's lonely at the top. — That's what the Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon, discovered when the only other store in the world …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The DNC says it has decided to exclude Fox News from any of its televised candidate debates in 2019-2020, citing revelations in the recent New Yorker article — The Democratic National Committee has decided to exclude Fox News Channel from televising any of its candidate debates during …
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