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Makena Kelly / The Verge:
White House launches tool to solicit information from people who had social media accounts suspended or banned and who suspect political bias behind the actions — 'If you suspect political bias caused such an action to be taken against you, share your story with President Trump'
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Sources: Sen. Kamala Harris will not appear on Fox News for a town hall, joining Sen. Elizabeth Warren in declining to appear on the network — Scoop: Sen. Kamala Harris Will Not Appear On Fox News For A Town Hall — Presidential candidate and California Sen. Kamala Harris will not appear …
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@ewarren, @yashar, twitchy.com, Boing Boing and Poynter
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren rejects an invitation to a Fox News town hall, calls the outlet a “hate-for-profit racket that gives a megaphone to racists and conspiracists”
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Ryan Joe / AdExchanger:
AT&T's Xandr unveils Community, a video ad marketplace for WarnerMedia and other publishers to sell ads across all channels: mobile, desktop, OTT, and linear — AT&T's ad unit Xandr on Tuesday unveiled a publisher network called Community, which lets advertisers use Xandr data …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Analysis shows that language in newspapers has remained fairly steady since 2000 while TV news has gotten more emotional, conversational, and argumentative — A deep linguistic analysis finds that newspapers today are a lot like newspapers 30 years ago. But TV news — especially cable news …
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American Press Institute, RAND, @niemanlab, @jonathansblake, @adriana_lacy and @hunterschwarz
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Sweden's MittMedia says it has found success converting readers to subscribers using a timed paywall, where all content published is open for the first hour — Like many publishers, Swedish media group MittMedia, which owns dozens of regional and national news brands, has been honing …
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Strange Attractor, @sarahmarshall, @jesszafarris and Editor & Publisher
Bob Fernandez / Philly.com:
As it seeks a buyer, bankrupt Reading Eagle newspaper in Reading, PA, warns it may have to lay off all 221 employees in June — With a bid deadline looming on Wednesday, the Reading Eagle has alerted more than 200 employees of the threat of massive layoffs.
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@jenwsheehan, @rw_briggs, @mktwgoldstein, @ckrewson, Press Association and @anna_orso
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
One year into the BBC's 50:50 challenge for on-air gender diversity, 74% of the original participating programs have reached a 50:50 gender split — Three-quarters of BBC news, current affairs and topical programming teams that have been monitoring their gender diversity for the past year have reached a 50:50 on-air gender split.
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BBC, @jake_hanrahan, TVNewser, @mufeedahb, @bbcnews and The Drum
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Condé Nast sells Brides magazine to IAC's Dotdash for an undisclosed amount; Dotdash plans to scrap the print version and redesign Brides.com — The courting of Brides magazine had none of the meet-cutes and grand gestures often described in its glossy pages.
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Variety, WWD, @lindysegal, AdExchanger and Digital TV Europe
Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Twitter launches tool for searches about vaccines directing users to vaccines.org, says it will extend tool to other health-related search terms in the future — The platform will roll the tool out to cover other health terms in the future — If you search for tweets related to vaccines as of Friday …
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@brianstelter, TechCrunch, VICE, @noupside, Mashable, The Week and Engadget
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
In SEC filing, Salon says it has reached a deal to be sold for $5M following CEO's departure last week; if the sale is not completed, it may file for bankruptcy — Salon Media Group, a one-time digital darling, has fallen on hard times. It lost its CEO of the past three years last week …
Tiffini Theisen / Orlando Sentinel:
After Trump promises hurricane relief, 3 Florida radio stations owned by Gulf Coast Media vow to air snippets of Trump speeches every hour until 2020 election — Two days after President Trump rallied his base in Florida's Panhandle, vowing hundreds of millions of dollars in aid …
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@thejoshpatten, Newser, Mediaite and New York Post
CNBC:
Comcast agrees to sell its stake in Hulu to Disney in five years at a $27.5B valuation or appraisal amount; Comcast to relinquish voting rights immediately — Comcast has agreed to sell its stake in Hulu in five years to Disney and give up its voting rights immediately.
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Digiday, Hollywood Reporter, New York Post, Variety, The Walt Disney Company, The Wrap, @arttavana, Business Insider, Techdirt, @stevekovach, The Week, Talking Biz News, Variety, USA Today, @sherman4949, @stevekopack, New York Times, @jdarowski, @lucas_shaw, @xpangler, @sherman4949, @gerberkawasaki, Broadcasting & Cable, TechCrunch, The Hustle, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Business Insider and Financial Times
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Peter Kafka / Vox:
Explaining the Hulu/Disney/Comcast breakup: as media companies get bigger to compete with tech, many shows will scatter from Netflix and Hulu to rival services
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Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Layoffs begin at the combined Disney and Fox studios, a spokesperson confirms; source says cuts were specifically affecting film staff — Layoffs are going down across both Disney and Fox, a spokesperson confirmed to Variety. — It's unclear what departments might be impacted …
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