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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
The (Charleston, SC) 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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Better News, Poynter, @kristenhare, @ampress and @kristenhare
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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Lisa DePaulo / Hollywood Reporter:
A look back at John F. Kennedy Jr. and George Magazine by insiders and colleagues including Robert De Niro, Newt Gingrich, Dan Quayle, and Ann Coulter — Nearly two decades after his tragic death, stars, insiders and colleagues — including Cindy Crawford, Robert De Niro …
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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 — - Ex-NFL Star Trevor Pryce, Creator of ‘Kulipari,’ Pacts With Cinedigm to Launch OTT Network (EXCLUSIVE) — Thought you were getting a price break with an over-the-top TV package?
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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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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” — In April 2018, House Republicans held a hearing on the “Filtering Practices of Social Media Platforms” …
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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
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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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Tim Pool, Esquire, @cjr, @themediaisdying, @cscottmoody, @media_evan, @parkermolloy and Mashable
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.
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@lmoses, @rafat, Axios, @asharma, @gmgunion, @benmullin, @mlcalderone, @ryanfmandelbaum, @jimwaterson, @rafat and @jeremymbarr
Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac:
Sources: the next major version of macOS will include standalone Music, Podcasts, and TV apps alongside a redesigned Books app — During the “It's show time” event in late March, Apple announced that the TV app would be coming to the Mac soon. This naturally sparked discussions …
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Engadget, The Verge, @stroughtonsmith, MacRumors, VentureBeat and CNET, more at Techmeme »
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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MediaPost, Cell Phones, Engadget, @modestproposal1, GeekWire, Fast Company and @pkafka, more at Techmeme »
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.
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 — The current system for delivering news online is broken. Readers and journalists will need to work together to find a new one.
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@ylichterman, @markberman, @mlcalderone, @sbg1, @juliaccarpenter, @newslitproject, @lainnafader, @ylichterman, @abenedikt, @michaelluo, @lindseychrist, @nprkelly, @lrozen, @davidgrann, @asbolon, @kenburns and @newyorker
Brian Welk / The Wrap:
Netflix Launches SiriusXM Radio Station to Repurpose Massive Library of Stand-Up Comedy — Netflix houses an enormous amount of stand-up comedy that's near impossible to keep up with, but not for much longer. — Netflix is launching a radio station on SiriusXM that will repurpose …
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 muting autoplay videos — After years running a loss from its video efforts, video now accounts for 10% of digital ad revenues of Styria One Digital …
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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