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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, TechCrunch, @mantzarlis, @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, 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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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, Media Matters for America, The Guardian, @mickpuck, @markfollman, @juddlegum and Splinter
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, The A.V. Club, The Wrap, MediaPost, @klingebeil, @dcseifert, @billboard, @backlon, Thurrott, MacRumors, Business Insider, Adweek, @danrayburn, Mashable, @chriswelch and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
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, Mediaite, Washington Post, MediaPost, TechCrunch, The Wrap, Breitbart, BuzzFeed News, Bloomberg, @ewarren, Techdirt, Forbes, @yashar, The Verge, Vanity Fair, Splinter, @ne0liberal, @aravosis, @evansiegfried, Business Insider, USA Today, Fast Company, @aoc, @slpng_giants, The Hill, 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.
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SPJ News and East County Today
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
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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MediaPost, Deadline, The Wrap, Wall Street Journal and Hollywood Reporter
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 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
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@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 …
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
How Schibsted's news app Peil, which was launched in 2017 and targets 18-25-year-olds, has attracted more young readers and grown retention from 25% to 35% — News publishers are scrambling to get younger audiences acquainted with their brands. Nordic publishing giant Schibsted …
The Daily Beast:
The Breakfast Club, a hip-hop morning show on New York's Power 105.1 radio station, has become known for its interviews with Democratic 2020 candidates — The morning show has hosted a number of Democratic candidates, asking personal questions that draw new eyeballs.
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@mutazelnour, @jordynjournals, @suzykhimm, @maxwelltani, @iansams, @nolandmccaskill, @gideonresnick, @gideonresnick, Mediaite and Vulture
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