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Sources: American Media Inc. is seeking to sell National Enquirer; two sources said pressure to sell came from Anthony Melchiorre of Chatham Asset Management — American Media Inc. is actively seeking to sell off the National Enquirer, according to three people familiar with the process …
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Charleston, SC's Post and Courier has avoided relentless layoffs and plans to add newsroom staff due to local owners and diverse revenue sources — This piece originally appeared in Local Edition, our newsletter following the digital transformation of local news. Want to be part of the conversation?
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube TV is raising its price to $50 per month for all customers, a 25% to 43% increase depending on their existing package — Thought you were getting a price break with an over-the-top TV package? Maybe think again. YouTube TV is the latest OTT television service to hike its fees …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
During a hearing, Republicans led by Sen. Ted Cruz continue to say big tech companies are stifling conservative speech even as experts say no evidence exists — Republicans led by Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday pilloried Facebook, Google and Twitter over allegations they censor conservative users …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation:
No evidence exists of bias in platforms' content moderation, and the First Amendment and Section 230 apply whether or not moderation is “politically neutral”
Ted Johnson / Variety:
YouTube has disabled comments on a livestream of the House Judiciary Committee's hearing on hate crimes because it was generating too much hate speech
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Wired:
Facebook rolls out multiple changes to combat the spread of disinformation: demoting untrustworthy sources in News Feed, changes to how Groups work, and more — FACEBOOK IS TRYING to redefine authoritativeness on the internet as part of its efforts to fight the spread of misinformation and abuse on its platforms.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
T-Mobile announces TVision Home, a rebrand of Layer3 TV, offering home TV streaming with 150+ channels for $90+/month — T-Mobile today officially unveiled its forthcoming home TV service, which will now be known as TVision Home. The service is the rebranding of Layer3 TV …
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Andrew Ferguson / The Atlantic:
The Atlantic's Andrew Ferguson decided to conduct an experiment, subscribing to a daily newspaper, and discovered there's no substitute for print — Sometime this winter, I performed an experiment: I decided to subscribe to home delivery of a daily newspaper.
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Michael Luo / New Yorker:
NewYorker.com Editor Michael Luo examines the need for “slow journalism”, as the current system for delivering news online leads to information overload
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Pew Research Center:
Study: the share of US adults who say they use social media is statistically unchanged from where it stood in early 2018 despite a long stretch of controversies — The share of U.S. adults who say they use certain online platforms or apps is statistically unchanged from where it stood …
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Justin Ray / Columbia Journalism Review:
Captain America star Chris Evans is launching a site to present Democratic and Republican takes on key issues but journalists say it's a ham-fisted effort — POLITICAL POLARIZATION IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. Chris Evans, the actor who plays Captain America, hopes to unify the nation with a new outlet …
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Profile of G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller, a digital media executive with two decades of experience, who sources think may struggle with G/O sites' culture — Jim Spanfeller has spent nearly two decades demanding that advertisers treat digital media with more respect.
Erich Schwartzel / Wall Street Journal:
Disney+, which will reportedly launch in November, will require Disney to transform itself into a tech firm capable of moving nimbly in a hypercompetitive space — The entertainment giant rose to the top of Hollywood on the strength of its ability to pack movie theaters and theme parks.
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Joanna Piacenza / Morning Consult:
Morning Consult/THR poll: amid attacks from Trump, the media's credibility among Republicans has dropped by 12%, while trust in Fox News has remained steady — Fox News was the only outlet whose credibility among GOP remained steady — People walk past the New York Times building on July 27, 2017.
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Austrian Die Presse, which has lost money on video for years, says video now accounts for 10% of digital ad revenues, attributes rise to muted autoplay videos — After years running a loss from its video efforts, video now accounts for 10% of digital ad revenues of Styria One Digital …
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