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12:10 PM ET, May 20, 2019

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Max Willens / Digiday:
Salon's new owner, Chris Richmond, says profitability will be achieved through improved tech, operations, and better ad rates, not job cuts  —  Salon's new owners say they see an easy path to profits for the troubled news publisher.  —  On May 8, Salon Media Group disclosed in a filing …
Eliza Mackintosh / CNN:
A look at the multi-pronged, cross-sector approach Finland is taking to successfully fight misinformation campaigns and fake news  —  Helsinki, Finland (CNN) - On a recent afternoon in Helsinki, a group of students gathered to hear a lecture on a subject that is far from a staple in most community college curriculums.
Michael Finch II / Sacramento Bee:
McClatchy, publisher of 30 daily newspapers, posts $42M loss in Q1; advertising revenue declined 15% YoY to $85M, digital-only subscribers increased 60% to 179K  —  McClatchy's losses widened in the first quarter, the company reported Thursday, while seeing growth in its digital subscription efforts.
Michael Barba / The San Francisco Examiner:
Laura Benshoff / WHYY:
A look at the “ghost papers” of suburban Philly, which rely on press releases and write-ups of community events to fill space formerly filled with local news  —  There's been a lot of upheaval lately in the world of local news.  Has it affected you?  Where do you go for information about your community?
Cal Newport / New Yorker:
The IndieWeb, a loose collective of developers and techno-utopians, aims to create alternatives to mass social media via projects like Micro.blog and Mastodon  —  In the summer of 2016, I gave a talk at a small tedx conference in northern Virginia.  I began by admitting that I've never …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Al Jazeera says it has suspended two journalists after they published a video on its AJ+ social media service questioning the Holocaust and more  —  Images of persecution of Jews shown as narration asked ‘why is there a focus only on them?’  —  Al-Jazeera has suspended two journalists …
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
A popular free to play game on the Apple and Google app stores included a mission, removed following publication, that asked players to gun down a journalist  —  Developers TFG Co. removed the level after HuffPost's story.  —  A game that was featured on Apple devices and gaming platform Steam included …
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Anime streaming service Crunchyroll says it is looking to expand beyond the US, breaking into Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Russia  —  Anime streaming service Crunchyroll is looking to make a bigger investment — particularly around live events and new content distribution deals …
Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Profile of Paul Huntsman, the Salt Lake Tribune owner who refuses to embrace Trump and is planning to turn the paper into a nonprofit  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Life was tranquil for Paul Huntsman, a scion of a rich and powerful Utah family, before he got into the news business.
 
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
China-based NetEase announces a partnership with Marvel to develop new original content, for China and elsewhere, including TV shows and games
Shaya Tayefe Mohajer / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile: The Liberator, a black newspaper published from 1900-1914 that sold the California dream to freed slaves while pushing for equality and voting rights
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Vice has more than 60 TV series in development worldwide, including unscripted series and some based on Vice articles
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Selina Wang / Bloomberg:
A look at Twitter in Japan, its second-largest market, raking in $136M in Q1 revenue, where the service has mass appeal and many users have multiple accounts
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
The battle for readers' attention translates to pandering to biases and flattening information, so trivial and significant stories get equal standing
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Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
The Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of its employees and tells staff in an email that it is eliminating its advocacy and global programs divisions

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: EU regulators are planning to fine Apple under the DMA, after it failed to let developers steer users to cheaper deals and offers outside the App Store

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Interpol says a global operation has taken down over 22,000 malicious IP addresses or servers linked to cyber threats and led to the arrest of 41 individuals

 
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