Mediagazer: An oral history of Ms. magazine, a feminist publication co-founded by women's rights activist Gloria Steinem (Abigail Pogrebin/The Cut)

Doris Truong / Poynter:

AP's updated stylebook explicitly permits the use of “racism” and “racist” to describe hatred of a race or superiority claims, discourages “racially charged” — American journalists look to the Associated Press as the arbiter of language.

Discussion: @jimmy_wales, @ericlagatta, @mjlyle, @alicesperi, @poynter, @ashleynmcb and @mariaspov

Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:

Rappler's Maria Ressa is arrested and posts bail in the Philippines for allegedly violating a law that prohibits majority foreign ownership of a media outlet — Maria Ressa, the co-founder of an online news start-up critical of President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines …

Discussion: RAPPLER, RAPPLER, Reuters, BBC, Reuters and Editor & Publisher

Jessica Toonkel / The Information:

Sources: Amazon is planning to launch a free ad-supported video news app for Fire TV devices, featuring digital news programming from TV networks — Amazon.com is planning to launch a free ad-supported video news app for its Fire TV streaming video devices, featuring digital news programming …

Discussion: Fast Company, GeekWire, @jessicalessin, The Verge and Engadget, more at Techmeme »

Discussion: Multichannel News, Pocket-lint, Engadget, MediaPost and Broadcasting & Cable

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Apple to close Texture on May 28 following the launch of Apple News+, effectively ending the service for subscribers without Apple devices — A year ago, Apple acquired the digital newsstand app Texture to form the basis of its new subscription-based service, Apple News+, which launched on Monday.

Discussion: VentureBeat, Business Insider, MacRumors, @pkafka, @kenli729, Engadget, @pkafka, CNET and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

Sources: Financial Times' parent company Nikkei will buy one-third of Singapore-based Deal Street Asia in a ~$5M deal that is expected to close in April — Fresh from picking up a majority stake in Europe-based The Next Web, the Financial Times is buying another tech blog.

Discussion: @rafat and Editor & Publisher

Kevin Roose / New York Times:

Interview with YouTube Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan about its recommendation algorithms, radicalization, violent extremism, and the rabbit-hole effect — Neal Mohan discusses the streaming site's recommendation engine, which has become a growing liability amid accusations that it steers users to increasingly extreme content.

Discussion: New York Magazine, VICE News, Gizmodo, @zeynep, @profcarroll, @brandyzadrozny, @cwarzel, @nealmohan, @kevinroose, @bro_pair, @fraying, @oneunderscore__, @timcast, @lib_crusher, @cwarzel and @cwarzel, more at Techmeme »

Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:

YouTube TV completes its US rollout and is now available in all 210 US TV markets — All 210 US TV markets now have access to YouTube TV — YouTube TV has officially completed its US rollout, with the company announcing that the over-the-top internet streaming service is now available in the Glendive …

Discussion: @themurdochtimes, BGR, Tubefilter, FierceVideo, MacRumors, Engadget, Android Police and 9to5Google

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:

Nickelodeon acquires learning app Sparkler and plans to fold it into Noggin, its video service for preschoolers, which has ~2.5M subscribers — Nickelodeon wants to turn kids' living rooms into classrooms. — The Viacom Inc.-owned kids' network has acquired the learning app Sparkler …

Discussion: Fast Company, Tubefilter and Business Wire

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook launches new Ad Library that now makes all active ads and inactive political ads searchable, opens Ad Library API to all Facebook-verified developers — Now you can search Facebook for how much Trump has spent on ads in the past year, which Pages' ads reference immigration, or what a Page's previous names were.

Discussion: New York Times, Facebook, Adweek, CNBC, LJ infoDOCKET, @pnhoward, MediaPost, @joshconstine, @facebook, Engadget and Fast Company, more at Techmeme »

Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:

Staff at Conde Nast's Ars Technica and Pitchfork have unionized under the NewsGuild of New York — Employees told managers Friday they intend to join the NewsGuild, joining a wave of journalists organizing across the industry. — Staff at two more Condé Nast publications announced Friday …

Discussion: @media_evan, @ars_union and @p4kunion

Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:

Source: while at the White House, Bill Shine called Fox News control room during an Ivanka Trump interview asking producers to change the chyron; they refused — Bill Shine was accustomed to calling into control rooms at Fox News when he served as co-president of the network.

Discussion: TVNewser

Abigail Pogrebin / The Cut:

An oral history of Ms. magazine, a feminist publication co-founded by women's rights activist Gloria Steinem — This story was originally published in the October 30, 2011 issue of New York Magazine. We're republishing it for Gloria Steinem's 85th birthday on Monday, March 25.

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

Vice UK journalists bid for formal union recognition under the National Union of Journalists after their first request was rejected by management in 2016 — Journalists at Vice UK have launched a bid for formal union recognition, three years after a previous attempt was rejected by management.

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter and Splinter