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Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is looking to bring back Julia Angwin as editor in chief of The Markup, weeks after she was forced out — Journalist was forced out of the Markup last month after clashing with executive editor — Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is looking …
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Talking Biz News and @digidave
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Craig Newmark / @craignewmark:
Executive Director Sue Gardner and Jeff Larson are no longer with The Markup, says investor Craig Newmark, who expects more info about the site's future soon — https://twitter.com/...
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New York Times, @kateconger and @ashleyfeinberg
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The Assange indictment criminalizes some basic functions of newsgathering, sending a message to others that national security journalism is possibly criminal — For decades, journalists have received and published government secrets in the public interest with the protection of the First Amendment.
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Washington Post:
US prosecutors charge Julian Assange with violating the Espionage Act in an indictment that says he “repeatedly encouraged” sources to steal government secrets
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Bryan Menegus / Gizmodo:
Facebook decides to let the misleading Nancy Pelosi video remain on its platform indefinitely, but with a fact check, says it will limit the video's reach — Nancy Pelosi, the 79-year-old speaker of the House of Representatives, has been a frequent target for President Donald Trump and his political allies.
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
A distorted video of Speaker Pelosi, in which her speech is made to appear slurred, has 2M+ views on Facebook; YouTube says it has removed uploads of the video
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Evan Sernoffsky / San Francisco Chronicle:
San Francisco police chief reverses course, apologizes for raid of freelancer Bryan Carmody's home and office, says police won't use any items taken as evidence — After two weeks of growing outrage, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott apologized Friday for raiding a journalist's home …
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KTLA, @davidfolkenflik, @sfpelosi, @yashar and @audreycoopersf
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Interview with GateHouse SVP of News Bill Church as the company makes another round of layoffs while also promising to hire for investigative reporting — Today's editorial managers find themselves in the lemonade business. Their assembly line of lemons keeps gaining speed …
Pew Research Center:
Study: analysis of 17 national news outlets shows images accompanying stories on Facebook show men twice as often as women, most photos exclusively show men — Photos that exclusively show men make up the majority of photos that show people; representational differences persist across topics
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@arreglalo and Nieman Lab
Yogita Khatri / CoinDesk:
Proxima Media, founded by Hollywood producer Ryan Kavanaugh, says it has raised $100M for Proxicoin, a token that enables fractional ownership of film projects — Proxima Media, a firm founded by film producer Ryan Kavanaugh, has raised $100 million for a token that allows investment in media content.
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The Wrap and PR Newswire, more at Techmeme »
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
WSJ closes commenting to non-subscribers to improve its comment section; raises commenting time from 48 hours to four days after story publication — The Wall Street Journal has introduced a new comments strategy in order to drive a higher quality of debate on its site and improve the experience for subscribers.
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@whatthebit and @digiday
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Hulu to get more original programming, skewing “older, broader, edgier” compared to Disney+, and begin holding on to global rights — Insiders predict bigger content budgets, synergies with sister networks and a juggling act as one company now runs a half-dozen networks and three digital services.
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Apple unveils Privacy Preserving Ad Click Attribution, aimed at preserving user privacy without reducing effectiveness of ads, coming soon to Safari — For years, the web has been largely free thanks to online ads. The problem is that nobody likes them. When they're not obnoxiously taking …
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AdExchanger and @diglisbon
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Sources at Fox News say Sean Hannity doesn't follow Fox's supposed news standards because no one is willing to control him despite execs speaking with him — Despite reportedly being told to stop referring to dubious pundits as ‘investigative reporters,’ the primetime star has continued to do so.
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@dangillmor and @thedailybeast
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