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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Seven organizations are receiving $750K in funding for projects combining AI and news, including The Seattle Times — How will artificial intelligence change society? How should journalists cover it? And how can AI actually be helpful to newsrooms and reporters?
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AI Initiative, Poynter, @mantzarlis, TechCrunch, @degarciaknight, @timhwang, @pilhofer, @jeffjarvis and Muckrock News
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Facebook has launched a new funding program for Facebook Watch shows pairing publishers and creators, starting with 12 publishers including BuzzFeed, Condé Nast — Facebook is recruiting publishers, including BuzzFeed, Condé Nast and Complex Networks, to produce …
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Adweek and @sarahmarshall
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Speaking on his show on Monday night, Tucker Carlson said he would “not bow to the mob”, but his program had just four ad breaks and few national advertisers — Tucker Carlson took to Fox News Channel's 8 p.m. slot knowing he had the full support of the cable-news network's regular viewers.
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CNN, @brianstelter, Women in the World, @brianstelter, VICE News, The Wrap, Washington Post and The Wrap
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Despite calls for boycotts, Tucker Carlson is averaging 2.9M viewers per episode so far in 2019, far surpassing his direct competition on MSNBC and CNN
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TVNewser, @jackshafer, @ericboehlert, @joehagansays, @ritapanahi, @jamilsmith and @colinhanks
Madeline Peltz / Media Matters for America:
Clips surface of Tucker Carlson's calls into Bubba the Love Sponge's radio show from 2006 to 2011, where he often spoke in vulgar terms about women and teen sex
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Media Matters for America, The Wrap, Mediaite, Media Nation, New York Times, National Review, Poynter, @brithume, The Intercept, Washington Post, Mediaite, @peltzmadeline, Politico, The Guardian, The Week, @joshtpm, Slate, RealClearPolitics, Media Matters for America, wgbh.org, The Daily Beast, @andrewkirell, Mother Jones, @karaswisher, @fred_guttenberg, @hatewatch, @ananavarro, @tomgara, @bittrscrptreadr, @sfdukie, CNN, @karaswisher, Splinter, @brianstelter, @brandondarby, @jaycaruso, @susan_hennessey, @jamesdelingpole, @alyssa_milano, @erikwemple, @calvinsloan, @cristinamartar, @missryley, @mykecole, The Daily Caller, @jwgop, @jesselehrich, @parkermolloy, @slpng_giants, @tvietor08, @goldengateblond, @jonfavs, @laurenduca, WGN-TV, @heerjeet, @bro_pair, @cathyyoung63, @letsgomathias, @juddlegum, @juddlegum, @charliearchy, Vanity Fair, The Stranger, Fortune, Newser, Boing Boing and Business Insider
Washington Post:
A day after releasing audio of Tucker Carlson's misogynist remarks, Media Matters releases second wave of clips in which he uses racist and homophobic language
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American Press Institute, Newser, Breitbart, The Guardian, @mickpuck, @markfollman, Media Matters for America, @juddlegum and Splinter
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Twitter has launched its first ever podcast, “Character Count”, a series about its advertising business with interviews with companies like Dropbox — Twitter today is joining the podcasting arena. This morning, the social network is launching its first-ever podcast series …
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Adweek
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify Premium now offers a subscription to Hulu's ad-supported plan for free, in a deal available to new and existing users in the US until June 10 — Hulu and Spotify today announced an expansion of their partnership on discounted streaming bundles, which lowers the price of Hulu's ad-supported service to, well... nothing.
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Variety, /Film, The Verge, CNET, @klingebeil, @dcseifert, @billboard, The Wrap, @backlon, MediaPost, Thurrott, The A.V. Club, MacRumors, Business Insider, Adweek, @danrayburn, Mashable, @chriswelch and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
CBS buys out Lionsgate's 50% ownership of the Pop TV cable channel, formerly the TV Guide Network, gaining full control — CBS has taken full ownership of the Pop TV cable channel after buying out the 50% stake held by Lionsgate. — CBS said it aims to better integrate Pop with the rest …
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Wall Street Journal, Adweek, Broadcasting & Cable, MediaPost, Deadline, The Wrap and Hollywood Reporter
Alfred Ng / CNET:
Alphabet's Jigsaw releases Tune, a Chrome extension that filters out “toxic” comments on Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Disqus using its Perspective AI — The comments sections of websites bring out the best and worst of the internet — engaging insights are often found right next to enraging insults.
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Engadget
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Facebook pulled ads from Sen. Warren's campaign calling for the breakup of Facebook and other tech giants, citing policy violations, but is now restoring them — Facebook removed several ads placed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign that called for the breakup of Facebook and other tech giants.
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@ewarren, Fast Company, Washington Post, Mediaite, MediaPost, Sludge, Breitbart, TechCrunch, The Wrap, BuzzFeed News, @ewarren, Bloomberg, Forbes, @yashar, The Verge, Techdirt, Vanity Fair, Splinter, @ne0liberal, @evansiegfried, @aravosis, USA Today, Business Insider, @aoc, The Hill, @slpng_giants, Engadget, Fortune, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, Gizmodo, National Review, The Hill, Boing Boing, The Verge, Mashable, The Week and GeekWire, more at Techmeme »
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Three Democratic lawmakers reintroduce the Journalist Protection Act, which would make it a federal crime to physically assault journalists — Three Democratic lawmakers reintroduced a Journalist Protection Act that intends to designate “certain attacks on those reporting the news” as a federal crime.
Discussion:
SPJ News and East County Today
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Lori Conkling, EVP of strategy and business development at NBCUniversal, is joining Google as global head of partnerships for YouTube TV and Google Fiber — - DirecTV Now Prices Going Up by $10 per Month for All Customers, AT&T Rolling Out Two New Reformatted Packages
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Multichannel News and The Wrap
The Information:
Sources: Vice Media is seeking to raise up to $200M, possibly through a mix of debt and equity, and aims for profitability in the next 12 months — Vice Media is looking to raise a new round of financing of up to $200 million, which the company hopes will give it enough cash to reach its goal …
Ellery Roberts Biddle / Global Voices:
Venezuelan journalist Luis Carlos Diaz, a critic of Nicolas Maduro, has been detained by government security forces — On the evening of March 11, political commentator Naky Soto and wife of Venezuelan journalist and media activist Luis Carlos Diaz tweeted that he had been missing for five hours.
Discussion:
Committee to Protect …, Reporters Without Borders, Al Jazeera, @dylanbaddour, @jilliancyork and The Guardian
The Guardian:
News Corp's Australian unit tells the Australian competition watchdog that Google should be broken up so that media companies can compete in ad market — Media giant tells Australian inquiry Google's search engine and advertising platform should be separated
Discussion:
@jeffjarvis and @orskov
Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
Senators Ron Wyden and Chuck Grassley have called on CBP's chief to provide a briefing on border operations on Thursday, including the targeting of journalists — There were nearly a dozen categories of individuals catalogued in the government's secret list of border troublemakers.
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NewsLab and Committee to Protect …
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