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Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
How tensions among founders built up inside The Markup, based on interviews and internal documents shared by Executive Director Sue Gardner — The Markup was one of the most highly anticipated media startups in recent memory. Julia Angwin, a former Wall Street Journal investigative reporter …
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CNN:
Julia Angwin says she's committed to building a news outlet with The Markup's mission; Craig Newmark says he and other Markup funders will reassess support
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Comcast is in talks with Disney to sell its 30% stake in Hulu — - Comcast is weighing a number of factors with regard to a sale, including valuation, using sale proceeds to pay down debt and support the dividend, and future controls over Hulu. — Comcast has had a frustrating run …
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James Cridland / Podnews podcasting news:
Barstool Sports joins other high-profile publishers in asking Luminary to remove all of its RSS feeds, which translates to a loss of 26 podcasts — Visit https://podnews.net/update/acast- pippa for all the links, and to subscribe. — Acast have announced the acquisition of Pippa, a podcast host.
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Nieman Lab, RAIN News, @charlierybak, @heyfeifer, @thepodreport and Hot Pod News
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
After Luminary admits using links that hide some podcast listener data, popular creators like Ben Thompson, Owen Williams, Federico Viticci pull their podcasts — It hid listener data from creators, which they need to make their shows — Major creators are continuing to remove their shows from Luminary …
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Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing:
Report: Authentic Brands, owner of Juicy Couture and Aéropostale, is in talks with Meredith to buy Sports Illustrated for about $110M — The long-running sale of Sports Illustrated has taken yet another twist. There are still a bunch of bidders in the mix, but a new one emerged Thursday …
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The Wrap, Vanity Fair, Wall Street Journal and Media Matters for America
Gabe Rivera:
Commemorating Lyra McKee, our friend and colleague of 7½ years — On September 25, 2011 I initiated a Skype call with Lyra McKee, a 21-year-old college dropout from Belfast with a spotty resume but an intense passion for journalism. It was a job interview, and I knew midway …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump's attitude towards the WHCD has pushed it to become a celebration of First Amendment as originally intended, as opposed to a government-press schmoozefest — For years, the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner was an embarrassment. — Although, for many, an eagerly awaited and richly relished one.
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@hunterw, @jillgeisler, @hunterw, @brfreed, @jdawsey1, @mattgertz, @hunterw and Politico
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Interview with Twitter's head of content Kay Madati on the 60% increase in payouts to publishers with content deals in 2018, strategy for NewFronts, and more — Driven by a growing number of content deals, Twitter says it paid 60% more revenue back to publishers in 2018 than the year prior …
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@digiday, @larakate, @kaymadati and Editor & Publisher
Alison Weissbrot / AdExchanger:
Podcast hosting and analytics platform Acast acquires Pippa, another podcast hosting and analytics platform that works with independent creators — The podcast industry is in flux, with more content moving behind paywalls and under big streaming platforms.
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acast, @acast, @richardberryuk, @susiewarhurst, @cheriehu42, Tech.eu and RAIN News
Alex Hern / The Guardian:
UK parliamentary committee criticizes Facebook, Google, and Twitter for refusing to report users to police when they remove criminal posts from their platforms — Facebook, Google and Twitter condemned for not telling police about crimes on their platforms
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Time magazine's digital staffers seek to join the company's print union; a Time spokesperson said the company would discuss the proposal with the News Guild — Publication's digital staff say it's unfair for the company to only allow print staffers to join its editorial union.
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Facebook:
Facebook's EU fact-checking program grows to 21 members covering 14 languages, with five new partners in Greece, N. Ireland, Croatia, Portugal, and Lithuania — Ahead of the European Parliament Elections in May, we have made fighting misinformation a top priority.
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