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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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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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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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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.
New Republic:
The New Republic names Chris Lehmann, formerly editor in chief at The Baffler, as its editor following his role as a consulting editorial director — The New Republic announced Chris Lehmann as its full-time editor effective immediately, following his role as a consulting editorial director at the publication.
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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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Erich Schwartzel / Wall Street Journal:
Disney is expected to reveal details of its Disney+ streaming service, reportedly launching in November, in a presentation to investors on Thursday — 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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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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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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Nicholas Whitaker / The Keyword:
Google's News Initiative is sponsoring more data journalism training, working with IRE, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Knight Center, and others — Every day, reporters produce insightful stories about how the world is changing, and data journalism is an important tool for telling these stories.
Tim Peterson / Digiday:
AccuWeather, which uses video to entice visitors to return, says its video view count increased by 300% YoY in 2018, ending the year with 650M video views — People primarily visit AccuWeather's site or use its apps to check the weather. But the company is increasingly succeeding in getting …
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Interview with NYT's ad VP Allison Murphy on Project Feels, a year-old premium ad product based on the emotions that articles evoke and how it was developed — A year ago, without ceremony, The New York Times piloted ad placements based on the emotions certain articles evoke.
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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 …
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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