Mediagazer: Alphabet tells US House panel it spends hundreds of millions annually on content review, has manually reviewed 1M+ suspected terrorist videos on YouTube in Q1 (David Shepardson/Reuters)

Profile of Katie McHugh, a writer with white nationalist ties who was fired in 2017 from Breitbart News and who now warns against the alt-right — If you remember Katie McHugh, it's probably because of the tweets. — A short selection: “British settlers built the USA.

CNN:

NYT publisher says editor responsible for publication of anti-Semitic cartoon will be disciplined, promises changes to processes to “ensure adequate oversight” — New York (CNN Business)Reporters in The New York Times (NYT) newsroom could hear the protesters outside on Monday.

Discussion: New York Times, Poynter and New York Times

Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:

Sources suggest Craig Newmark and other funders need a couple more weeks to decide The Markup's future, possibly pulling funding or diverting it to another site — The tech-nerd founder of Craigslist infamously helped to decimate journalism—inadvertently. But he's finding that remaking it is not that simple.

Discussion: @joepompeo and @vanityfair

Casey Newton / The Verge:

Facebook bans Alex Jones, Milo, Laura Loomer, Louis Farrakhan, others from Facebook and Instagram, citing “dangerous individuals and organizations” policy — Milo Yiannopoulos and Louis Farrakhan have been banned as well — Facebook today removed Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones …

Discussion: CNN and Media Matters for America, more at Techmeme »

@nytimespr:

James Bennet, NYT editorial page editor, will recuse himself from any work related to the 2020 election for the duration of his brother's presidential run — .@nytimes editorial page editor James Bennet has recused himself from 2020 election coverage following the announcement that his brother Senator Michael Bennet intends to run for president. Full statement follows. pic.twitter.com/w7UiX85gDQ

Discussion: CNN, The Wrap, @mattyglesias and Bloomberg

Jason Lynch / Adweek:

Hulu is rolling out ads aimed at binge watching; advertisers can offer later episodes ad-free or nod to viewing time by pitching a service like food delivery — Streaming service orders Nicole Kidman series based on book from Big Little Lies author — As Hulu's subscriber base expands yet again …

Discussion: @bfsesq and Variety

Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Hulu says it has 26.8M paying subscribers in the US, up from 23M at the end of 2018, not including the 1.3M users signed up through promotions like free trials

Discussion: CNBC, MediaPost, Deadline, TechCrunch, Variety, @natjarv, @xpangler, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Exstreamist, Observer, Engadget, Forbes and Reuters

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Discovery meets expectations with net income of $384M in Q1, up from a net loss of $8M in Q1 2018, with $2.7B in revenue, up 17% YoY — The cable networks company, which is led by CEO David Zaslav and last year closed its $14.6 billion acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive, swung to a profit.

Discussion: Variety, Deadline, The Wrap and Deadline

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Spotify launches voice-enabled ads, which encourage the listener to say a command to take action on the ad's content, in a limited test in the US — Spotify is increasing its investment in voice technology, as hinted at earlier this week on the company's earnings call with investors.

more at Techmeme »

David Shepardson / Reuters:

Alphabet tells US House panel it spends hundreds of millions annually on content review, has manually reviewed 1M+ suspected terrorist videos on YouTube in Q1 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google unit told a U.S. House panel it spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually …

Discussion: Boing Boing, more at Techmeme »

Katie Pellico / CNN:

One Free Press Coalition, which publishes a monthly “Ten Most Urgent” list of journalists in peril, adds 16 new members including WaPo, Wired, and BuzzFeed — New York (CNN Business)In India, Aasif Sultan is behind bars on anti-state charges for his coverage of the conflict in Kashmir.

Discussion: Washington Post

Nathan Bomey / USA Today:

Gannett posts Q1 net loss of $11.9M on revenue of $663M, down 8% YoY; digital subscriptions rose 39% YoY to 538K with digital comprising ~37% of company revenue — Gannett reported declining revenue but an increase in paid digital subscriptions in the first quarter as the owner of USA TODAY …

Discussion: Yahoo Finance

Katrina vanden Heuvel / Washington Post:

The winners of Hillman Prizes in recognition of outstanding public-interest journalism, to be awarded May 7, attest to the ability of journalism to spur reform — “In a time when this country's highest powers have taken it as their business to demean the work of journalists," …

Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:

A look back at Luminary's bungled rollout, which eroded trust from podcasters; Stitcher and PRX also pulled original shows from the app — Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 206, published April 30, 2019. — Luminary, seven days in.

Discussion: VentureBeat