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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Ev Williams says Fox News is more powerful and destructive than Twitter and the posting of false claims is part of the tradeoff of an open platform like Medium — Toronto (CNN Business)President Donald Trump is a “master” of Twitter, according to the company's co-founder Ev Williams.
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@ev, @ev, @cnn, @karenmcgrane, @ev, @donie, @kyleorl, @pkafka, @ev, @ev, @haroldpollack, @ev, Mediaite and Boing Boing
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Alex Heath / Cheddar:
Source says Medium has 200K-400K paying subscribers, which at $50 per user amounts to a minimum of $10M per year from subscriptions alone — For Medium CEO Ev Williams, building a profitable business isn't an immediate concern. — “We're focused on building revenue and building a subscription business …
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@rafat, @alex, @annehelen, @trengriffin, @flyosity, @jragazzo and @alexeheath, more at Techmeme », Thanks:@jonsteinberg
Evan Sernoffsky / San Francisco Chronicle:
Under fire for raid on Bryan Carmody's home, SF's Police Chief claims Carmody took part in a criminal conspiracy to steal an internal police report — Under fire for a raid on the home and office of a freelance journalist who refused to identify a confidential source, San Francisco Police …
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@demianbulwa, Los Angeles Times, CNN, @trevortimm, @jake_hanrahan, Hmm Daily, @freedomofpress, @jamesqueallylat, @keegan_hamilton, @flargh, @cassandrarules, @maggienyt, @hknightsf, @bykowicz, @reporter_savino, @demianbulwa, @mathewi, Talking Points Memo, Editor & Publisher and San Francisco Police …
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Thomas Peele / Mercury News:
Judge orders return of San Francisco journalist Bryan Carmody's equipment, delays consideration of legal questions about the search until June
Judge orders return of San Francisco journalist Bryan Carmody's equipment, delays consideration of legal questions about the search until June
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@bryanccarmody, @davidgreene, New York Times, New York Times, @alextarquinio, @apwestregion, @yashar, @yashar, @dannoyes, @dannoyes, @yashar, @boutrousted, @yashar, Dan Noyes and SPJ News
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Avaaz study finds extensive far-right disinformation networks on Facebook ahead of EU elections; Facebook says it removed 77 Pages and 230 accounts in response — A multi-month hunt for political disinformation spreading on Facebook in Europe suggests there are concerted efforts to use …
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Wired, The Guardian, @_emmagh, @udobullmann, @acfou, @mikenelson, @cagoldberglaw, @issielapowsky and TechCrunch
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Companies that have taken a strict approach to GDPR feel punished by falling ad revenues while rivals flourished, and are now loosening their terms — Complacency is a dangerous mistress. But it's a trap many companies are in danger of falling into when it comes to the General Data Protection Regulation …
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Max Willens / Digiday:
The Guardian launches an investigative series, Toxic America, and seeks $150K in donations to increase its coverage of toxic chemicals in 2019 — The Guardian has discovered that American readers are willing donors, and the news publisher hopes that a bigger focus on investigations …
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The Guardian, @digiday, @niemanlab and The Guardian
Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Roku launches tool that uses data from its 29M users to show advertisers how many more people they could reach by shifting budgets from linear to OTT TV — The over-the-top streamer is releasing a new measurement tool meant to entice ad budgets away from traditional TV
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TechCrunch, AdExchanger, Multichannel News, MediaPost and Broadcasting & Cable
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Restrictions on political coverage during voting places UK broadcasters in a precarious legal situation as they cover cabinet resignations during EU elections — Strict broadcasting laws place restrictions on coverage of politics during voting periods — Attempts by Conservative MPs …
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James Walker / Press Gazette:
Brexit Party says ban on Channel 4 reporters has been lifted; Channel 4 News denies claims reporters “repeatedly lied” to gain access to a secure area at rally — The Brexit Party has lifted its ban on Channel 4 News after a meeting between the broadcaster and the party's chairman this morning.
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@marinahyde, @bendepear, Poynter, @daaronovitch, @bendepear, @andywigmore, Channel 4 News, @brexitparty_uk, @davidlammy and indy100
Claire Selvin / ARTnews:
PBS NewsHour announces it will expand its broadcast and digital arts reporting initiative, CANVAS, with a $1.7M investment from the Knight Foundation — The television program has created a website for its arts reporting initiative, Canvas. Read More — The post Knight Foundation Gives $1.7 M …
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Knight Foundation, @judywoodruff and @tylergreenbooks
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube announces that it will round down real-time subscriber counts starting August, and exact subscriber counts will no longer be displayed — Sites like Social Blade may be impacted — YouTube is introducing a major change to the way real-time subscriber counts are displayed …
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YouTube Help, @lowspec_gamer, @loudmouthjulia, @taylorlorenz, @chrisdancy, @loudmouthjulia, @blakeir, Variety and Search Engine Journal
Sara Fischer / Axios:
IAC's Dotdash, which owns sites including Investopedia and Verywell, is launching a line of paint, tied to its home decor site The Spruce, to be sold on Amazon — Dotdash, the digital publishing company that grew from About.com, is launching a new millennial paint line with Amazon in an effort to bolster its growing commerce business.
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