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The European Commission has fined Google €1.49B for “abusive practices in online advertising” and breaching EU antitrust rules — The European Commission has fined Google €1.49 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has abused its market dominance by imposing …
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New York Times:
Facebook announces that it would stop allowing ad targeting to race, gender, and age groups in the housing, jobs, or credit categories by the end of the year — After years of criticism, Facebook announced on Tuesday that it would stop allowing advertisers in key categories to show …
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@nytimestech, @revodavid, @karolcummins, @ddayen, Gizmodo and Mother Jones, more at Techmeme »
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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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Emma Sandler / Digiday:
Instagram adds in-app shopping to let users buy from 20 beauty and fashion brands including Kylie Cosmetics, Nike, and Huda Beauty — Shopping on Instagram is about to change forever. — On March 19, the social platform announced in a blog post it was launching a beta shopping program …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
David Sirota, hired March 11 by Bernie Sanders, informally advised Sanders for months while attacking opponents on Twitter and in The Guardian through December — Shortly before he gave speeches launching his 2020 campaign earlier this month, Bernie Sanders emailed his supporters …
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Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Apple says it will support three media literacy programs in the US and Europe that aim to combat fake news and train young people to seek reliable news sources — Just days before Apple's big March 25th event where it will unveil a new subscription news service, the company has revealed plans …
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Jimmy Leach, formerly head of digital communications for 10 Downing Street, has been named editor-in-chief of HuffPost UK; Jess Brammar named executive editor — Former Number Ten digital communications boss Jimmy Leach has been named as the next Huffpost UK editor-in-chief …
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@jessbrammar and @jimwaterson
Allison Braden / Columbia Journalism Review:
In Baltimore, Charlotte, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh, ex-writers of alt-weeklies are starting publications, focusing on advocacy reporting and overlooked topics — Just 35 days after the publisher of Creative Loafing Charlotte laid off the alt-weekly's seven full-time employees …
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@lafrancois_j, @pitkin_ryan, @allisonbraden and @baltbeat
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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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Jacca / RouteNote Blog:
Anghami, a music streaming service in the MENA region with ~70M registered users, 2M+ artists, and 1B streams/month, announces it will begin offering podcasts — Music streaming is becoming bigger in the MENA region and native streamers Anghami are betting on podcasts being the next big thing.
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ZAWYA, ArabianBusiness.com, Startup MGZN, Music Business Worldwide and RAIN News
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Deloitte Digital Media Trends: 47% US consumers are frustrated by subscriptions, 75% prefer pay TV with fewer ads, 82% say companies don't protect user data — - ‘Subscription Fatigue’: Nearly Half of U.S. Consumers Frustrated by Streaming Explosion, Study Finds
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USA Today, Los Angeles Times, @macemoneta, Dark Horizons, BGR, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and RAIN News
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Disney and Fox announce the per-share value of 21st Century Fox at the merger is $51.572626 as the deal becomes official — UPDATE: At 12:02AM ET, one of the most consequential mergers in Hollywood history became official. The Walt Disney Co. has acquired about two-thirds of 21st Century Fox …
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The Walt Disney Company and TVWeek.com
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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
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
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Broadcasting & Cable, 21st Century Fox, Vanity Fair, @neontaster, @mkraju, @comfortablysmug, @demwrite, @charles_gaba, @skantrow, @angrierwhstaff, @imillhiser, @juddlegum, @mollyjongfast, @sahilkapur, @brianstelter, Dark Horizons, IGN, Multichannel News, Politico, NBC News, Mediaite and MediaPost
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Meet The Press host Chuck Todd said Trump teamed up with Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro to attack the free press during their joint press conference — Chuck Todd said on Tuesday's MTP Daily that the joint press conference with President Donald Trump and Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro “left me a bit speechless.”
Norberto Santana Jr / Voice of OC:
Around 33 newsrooms in California, including The LA Times and the Orange County Register, join forces to report on recently released police misconduct files — Voice of OC today joins nearly three dozen newsrooms across California - including outlets like the Los Angeles Times …
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Los Angeles Times
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
The Economist deleted and apologized for a tweet that appeared to suggest that transgender people should be “sterilized” — The Economist deleted and apologized for a tweet in which the magazine appeared to suggest that transgender people should be “sterilized.”
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The BBC's Tony Hall is proposing to launch a charity, the Local Democracy Foundation, to fund local news reporting in conjunction with tech companies — Local Democracy Foundation will bring ‘sea change in local public interest journalism’ — The BBC is proposing to launch a new charity …
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American Press Institute, @willperrin, @charliebeckett, @rasmus_kleis, @pollycurtis, @aidanpwhite, @853london and @jimwaterson
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Diamond & Silk, who host a weekly show on Fox News streaming platform Fox Nation, appeared in a recent Trump re-election campaign video — The duo are not shy about their support for the president, but it's unusual for a cable news company's hosts to appear in a campaign video.
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