Mediagazer: Algerian authorities have expelled AFP's bureau chief Aymeric Vincenot from the country after refusing to renew his press accreditation for 2019 (Agence France-Presse)

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 — WASHINGTON — YouTube has disabled the commenting function on a livestream of a House Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes …

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Joseph Kieta / @josephkieta:

[Thread] Fresno Bee and McClatchy say lawsuit by Nunes is an attack on local journalism and a “misuse of the judicial system”, claim CA is proper venue for suit — Statement from @FresnoBee and @mcclatchy:We understand that @devinnunes filed a lawsuit yesterday in Charlottesville, Virginia, claiming defamation against McClatchy, based on a story published by his hometown news source, The Fresno Bee. A thread ...

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Claire Atkinson / NBC News:

Former 60 Minutes correspondent Lara Logan will start a three-month assignment on May 1 as a special correspondent for Sinclair covering the US-Mexico border — Logan's hiring adds to recent moves by Sinclair that hint at the company's national news ambitions outside of the journalism produced by its local TV stations.

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Lauren Easton / Associated Press:

AP announces it will expand its fact checking of false and misleading information that appears on Facebook, now also vetting video and Spanish-language content — The Associated Press announced today it will expand its robust efforts to debunk false and misleading information …

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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:

Amazon is rolling out an Alexa feature in the US that provides radio-like long-form news from Bloomberg, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, Newsy, and NPR — Hey, owners of an Amazon Echo! (Or hell, owners of that voice-controlled Amazon microwave!) Ever ask Alexa for some news?

Discussion: The Verge, @jbenton, @jbenton, TechCrunch, Engadget and Mashable

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:

YouTube says it will begin developing choose-your-own-adventure-style shows under a new unit, following the success of Netflix's “Bandersnatch” and others — - Video site is steering program dollars into new technology — Company to announce new slate of shows next month in New York

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Mike Fleming / Deadline:

Sources: Netflix is in talks to buy the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, which would be its first brick and mortar theater acquisition — EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is in preliminary talks with American Cinematheque to buy the venerable Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.

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Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:

Luminary, a paid audio content app, plans to roll out on April 23, will cost $8/month with its exclusive shows being ad-free — Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 203, published April 9, 2019. — Luminary to launch at the end of the month.

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Itay Hod / The Wrap:

Kate Ward, Bustle Digital Group's founding editor in chief, announces she's leaving the company after six years — Bustle founder and editor-in-chief Kate Ward is leaving the company after six years. — “In 2013, I joined a start-up in the hopes of creating a new digital publication …

Discussion: @katewardbustle

Agence France-Presse:

Algerian authorities have expelled AFP's bureau chief Aymeric Vincenot from the country after refusing to renew his press accreditation for 2019 — Agence France-Presse bureau chief Aymeric Vincenot was expelled from Algeria on Tuesday after the authorities refused to renew his press accreditation for 2019.

Discussion: Reuters, @ninaism, @jerometaylor and @afpfr

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:

A study of 11 California newspapers and 46 municipalities shows that cities with sharp declines in newsroom staffing had reduced competition in mayoral races — “In a well-functioning system, citizens need to be actively engaged in their government and aware of decisions made by their elected representatives.

Discussion: SAGE Journals, @newsbyschmidt, @jbenton and @marcusgilmer

Rob Price / Business Insider:

Pirates are using Facebook's Watch Party group video-streaming feature to host movie marathons and TV watch parties, sometimes for thousands of viewers — - Facebook's new group-video-watching feature, Watch Party, is proving wildly popular with pirates. It's designed to let Facebook users watch …

Discussion: @profcarroll, @robaeprice, @whatthebit and @robaeprice, more at Techmeme »

Zheping Huang / South China Morning Post:

Tencent leads game streaming in China after Panda TV shuts down; China's streaming market, the world's biggest, is expected to reach $16.5B in revenues by 2022 — China is home to the world's biggest live streaming user base, with industry revenue expected to grow to US$16.5 billion by 2022 …

Fast Company:

Q&A with J.J Abrams on his deal with Apple and his production company Bad Robot, which is exploring storytelling through films, TV, movie-related games, more — J.J. Abrams, one of Hollywood's most successful and prolific TV creators and filmmakers (Lost, Alias, Cloverfield, Star Trek) …

Discussion: io9, IndieWire, /Film and The Playlist