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Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
The Markup's co-founder Julia Angwin is out as editor in chief of the new nonprofit tech watchdog site; Angwin says she was pushed out by co-founder Sue Gardner — For the past year, the investigative journalist Julia Angwin has been busy building The Markup, a nonprofit news site dedicated …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Firing of The Markup's editor in chief Julia Angwin triggers revolt, as all editorial staff sign a letter of “unequivocal support” and the majority resign — The Markup — the highly anticipated nonprofit news site that planned to explore the societal impacts of big tech and algorithms …
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Motherboard:
Jack Dorsey had a closed-door meeting with Trump on Tuesday, which sources say was anticipated to be about “the health of the public conversation on Twitter” — The meeting lasted 30 minutes, and touched on “the health of the public conversation on Twitter,” according to an internal Twitter email obtained by Motherboard.
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Blocking social networks after terrorist attacks can do more harm than good, especially in places like Sri Lanka where official sources are often unreliable — We should be suspicious when governments crack down on speech in the name of safety — Imagine for a moment that you run …
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Connla Young / The Irish News:
Paramilitary group the New IRA admits responsibility for the murder of Lyra McKee, says she was killed during the course of “attacking the enemy” — THE paramilitary group blamed for shooting dead Lyra McKee in Derry last night apologised for the murder of the 29-year-old journalist.
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Whitney Davis / Variety:
Former CBS executive describes the company's “white problem”, says the Moonves misconduct investigation failed to address the totality of discrimination issues — Last year, CBS hired two white-shoe law firms to conduct an independent investigation into alleged misconduct …
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Reuters:
Myanmar's top court rejects final appeal by jailed Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who are sentenced to seven years in jail — Shoon Naing, Simon Lewis — NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar's top court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years …
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Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:
Snap reports Q1 revenue of $320M, vs. $307M est., up 39% YoY, DAUs of 190M, up 2% QoQ; Snapchat reaches 90% of 13-24 year-olds in US; stock up 8%+ — - Snap, the maker of Snapchat, posted a loss fo 10 cents per share, vs. expected loss of 12 cents per share.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS announces it is suspending its search for a new CEO and that acting CEO Joseph Ianniello will remain in the role through the end of the year — CBS Corp. said it would extend the tenure of its acting CEO, Joseph Ianniello, through the end of the year and that it would suspend its search for a new leader for the company.
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Columbia Journalism Review:
Civilization is accelerating toward disaster, but US media remains complacent in its coverage on climate change, letting politicians and companies avoid action — This article is being jointly published with The Nation, CJR's partner in a April 30 conference aimed at reframing the way journalists cover climate change.
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Aditi Sangal / Digiday:
Manoush Zomorodi, whose podcast “Note To Self” is relaunching as a Luminary exclusive, says podcasting needs to experiment with new revenue models — Podcasts have resisted the pivot to paid, but there are signs that things are changing. — On April 23, Luminary …
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Luminary, the subscription-based podcast app backed by $100M in venture capital, debuts Tuesday without The New York Times' The Daily or shows from Gimlet Media
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
The Seattle Times, working with the Seattle Foundation, is looking to crowdfund $500K from small donors to beef up its investigative team — Nonprofit news donorship has taken off, with more than 50,000 new donors giving in a 2018 end-of-year fundraising campaign alone.
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Theodore Schleifer / Recode:
CEO Brit Morin confirms Brit + Co is laying off a large portion of staff; the company had raised $50M+ from Lerer Hippeau, Verizon Ventures, and others — CEO Brit Morin told Recode that her company was not shutting down, but confirmed that it was laying off a large number of its staff.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
theSkimm acquires the tech behind Purple, a text messaging platform that allows creators to charge subscribers directly for news and content updates via text — theSkimm, which started seven years ago as a morning newsletter catered towards female millennials, has acquired the technology behind …
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