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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.
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Brian Feldman / New York Magazine:
In his interview, Neal Mohan disingenuously fails to mention that YouTube gives users a heavily weighted single recommendation after each video via autoplay — There is perhaps no better pipeline to online radicalization, save for 4chan, than by watching videos on YouTube.
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: Ze Frank, BuzzFeed's chief research and development officer and a key architect of its video business, is leaving the company, will serve as an adviser — Frank, who has been serving as the head of research and development at BuzzFeed since 2018, will remain an adviser to the company.
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@natjarv and @heyyyella
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.
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@aaaj_aajc, @scalzi, @tiannamanon, @joelcifer, @angryasianman, @alisonkrug, @mariaspov, @ericlagatta, @petersgoodman, @ashleynmcb, @mjlyle, @alicesperi, @poynter and @jimmy_wales
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Interview with Norm Pearlstine, LA Times executive editor with a new multiyear contract, on expanding staff, cross-functional teams, food coverage, and more — “With a traditional media company, you can have well-defined lines as long as you're doing the same thing every day.
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@bertrandp, @jacquib, @palewire, @jbenton and @benmullin
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Patrick Soon-Shiong details his long term plans for The LA Times including fixing editorial and updating the business model, at a short term cost of ~$50M
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Nieman Lab, @niemanlab, @jayrosen_nyu, @sbengali, @anthonyjpesce, @byrosenberg, @mattdpearce, @ckrewson, @johnbranchnyt, @mattdpearce, @nbj914 and Poynter
Yashar Ali / @yashar:
[Thread] Freelancer Yashar Ali accuses MSNBC/NBC News Managing Editor of Politics Dafna Linzer of trying to bully him into delaying story on Democratic debates — 1. Yesterday, I received a call from @DafnaLinzer who serves as managing editor of NBC/MSNBC politics. Dafna's conduct during the call was highly inappropriate and unethical. So what was the purpose of her call? She called me to bully me on behalf of the DNC.
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Mediaite, The Wrap, @tankie_viciedo, @ggreenwald, @saracarterdc, @brithume, @erikwemple and The Daily Caller
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 …
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RAPPLER, RAPPLER, Techdirt, @rapplerdotcom, Reuters, @amlwhere, @doughaddix, Reuters, @_stephe13, BBC and Editor & Publisher
Diptendu Lahiri / Reuters:
WSJ report: Endeavor, which owns Hollywood's biggest talent agency and Ultimate Fighting Championship league, plans an IPO in the second half of 2019 — (Reuters) - Endeavor LLC, the international entertainment and marketing colossus that owns Hollywood's biggest talent agency …
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Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Wrap, Fast Company, @highzurrer, @luvhrakhe, @jackallisonlol and @kentremendous
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.
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VentureBeat, Business Insider, MacRumors, @pkafka, @kenli729, Engadget, @pkafka, 9to5Mac and CNET, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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Fast Company, The Verge, GeekWire, @jessicalessin and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
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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 …
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@themurdochtimes, BGR, Tubefilter, FierceVideo, MacRumors, Engadget and Android Police
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.
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@domesticworkers and @shecompass
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