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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Facebook settles with ACLU over allegedly discriminatory ads for employment, housing, and credit, paying ~$5M and making changes to prevent discrimination — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), has reached a historic settlement with Facebook over advertising practices that allegedly discriminated against minorities.
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Medium:
Medium is once again seeking writers and editors to launch new publications on its platform, offering temporary contracts which may or may not be renewed — We are looking to fund more great editors, writers, and publishers — Every day, millions of people read unique, thought-provoking stories on Medium.
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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Former New York Times food writer Mark Bittman is launching Salty, a publication covering “practical” stories about food, on Medium — Mark Bittman wants you to know he's not dead. — Since his departure from The New York Times in 2015 to join a food start up …
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Variety:
21st Century Fox and “New” Fox are now standalone entities, with Fox adding four new board members including Chase Carey and former House Speaker Paul Ryan — UPDATED: 21st Century Fox said Tuesday it has completed the distribution of shares to birth the Fox Corporation.
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Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
Instead of focusing only on moderation, the debate around New Zealand massacre should look at how platforms incentivize and provide infrastructure for extremism — It's time for a real conversation about the infrastructure and incentives that Big Tech provides far-right extremists.
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The Incline:
Spirited Media has sold Pittsburgh news site The Incline to local news startup Whereby.us, which operates sites in Miami, Seattle, Orlando, and Portland — The Incline's getting a signal boost and new partners in journalism. — Dear Incline readers, — Some personal news: we've got a new owner!
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Media Matters for America:
Despite Alex Jones' YouTube ban, an account posting only InfoWars content, called Resistance News, had millions of views, before YouTube took it down today — Update (3/19/19): Following the publication of this post, the Resistance News channel was removed from YouTube …
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Digiday, @jewishworker, @cwarzel, @mmfa, @joshuatopolsky, @owillis, @mmfa, @kerrymflynn, The Verge and Engadget
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
Rep. Devin Nunes is suing Twitter and some of its users for defamation, alleging Twitter is shadow banning conservatives, seeks $250M+ in damages — House Intelligence Committee ranking member and former chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) is suing Twitter and a number of its users for more than $250 million.
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Netflix to debut interactive series “You vs. Wild”, in which viewers will choose the story of survival expert Bear Grylls' expeditions around the world, Apr. 10 — - The Next ‘Bandersnatch’: Netflix to Debut Interactive Series ‘You vs. Wild’ Starring Bear Grylls
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Reed Hastings confirms that Netflix won't be offering its content through Apple's upcoming video service
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CNN:
The State Dept. press corps was barred from a Pompeo briefing, and the department won't release a list of attendees but said it was for “faith-based media only” — (CNN)The State Department on Monday said it would not be distributing a transcript or list of attendees …
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NBC News:
Politico's Publisher Robert Allbritton is preparing to launch a technology news site, helmed by Politico's former Managing Editor Tim Grieve — Market Scoop: Robert Allbritton, the executive chairman of private equity firm Perpetual Capital and publisher of Politico, is preparing to launch …
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@dylanbyers and @timgrieve
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
The Telegraph launches a new editorial vertical on women's sports, including a dedicated women's sports channel on its news website and app, with four new staff — The Telegraph is starting a new editorial vertical, Telegraph Women's Sport, which will be staffed with a team of four …
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Telegraph
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Days before Ethiopian airplane crash, Seattle Times aerospace reporter Dominic Gates had informed Boeing and the FAA that the 737 MAX model had safety flaws — On October 29 last year, a Boeing 737 MAX airplane operated by Lion Air crashed shortly after takeoff in Indonesia, killing 189 passengers and crew.
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Editor & Publisher and GeekWire
Rashna Farrukh / ABC:
Young Muslim journalist Rashna Farrukh says she left Sky News Australia after the NZ shooting because the network has slammed minorities and spread paranoia — In the aftermath of the Christchurch terror attack, my social media feeds have filled with people expressing their shock and disbelief …
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@fisunguner, @juanita_phillip, @rantingf, @jennineak, @stopfundinghate and The Guardian
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Snap is planning to launch another slate of original shows which will appear in the app's Discover section — Snapchat is planning to launch a new slate of Originals — short, made-for-mobile shows — that appear in the Discover section of the Snapchat app, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.
Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
NYT CEO Mark Thompson says the company has cut the number of articles it provides to Apple's news app, as Apple prepares to launch a subscription news service — The New York Times has recently cut the number of stories it's giving to Apple Inc.'s news app, the newspaper publisher's chief executive officer …
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Gizmodo
Simon Owens / The Business of Content:
Q&A with Nancy Gauss, executive director of video at The New York Times, on the newspaper's video strategy, upcoming projects, and more — Peruse through the vast video archive at The New York Times, and you'll come across plenty of your standard short documentary films, the kinds with voiceover …
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