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Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Critics slammed Facebook and Twitter for hosting a doctored video of Pelosi, but many overlooked Fox News, which smeared Pelosi via a separate video montage — Novel forms of digital misinformation still pale in comparison with Fox News' full-time hall of mirrors.
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VICE:
Twitter executive Vijaya Gadde says the company is looking into how white nationalists and supremacists use the platform to determine if they should be banned — “Is it the right approach to deplatform these individuals? Is the right approach to try and engage with these individuals?
Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
Disney's Bob Iger said it would be difficult to film in Georgia if a new abortion law takes effect: “Many people who work for us will not want to work there” — ANAHEIM, Calif. (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger told Reuters on Wednesday it would be “very difficult” …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Google's Digital News Initiative is expanding its funding to North America, opening application for an “innovation challenge” offering projects up to $300K — Projects, which should be related to local news or revenue generation, can receive up to $300,000 in funding.
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The Keyword, @googlenewsinit and @peggyktc, more at Techmeme »
Shoshana Wodinsky / Adweek:
The Washington Post is releasing its proprietary ad-tech stack, Zeus, to all web publishers; it had been available to those who used Arc, WaPo's in-house CMS — Assistance from The Post's programmatic sales and engineering team is also available — The Washington Post is gearing up to bring its programmatic platform web-wide.
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Washington Post, @jarroddicker, @chronotope, @joshsternberg, @whatthebit, @swodinsky, @chronotope and @jarroddicker
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
One year in, GDPR fines haven't hit any publishers, or very many other companies; France's €50M fine for Google makes up nearly 90% of all GDPR fines — More than a dozen EU countries haven't issued a single GDPR fine yet, and the those that have have generally been small. (Unless your name is Google.)
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@jbenton, @niemanlab, Ius Laboris The Word and @jason_kint
Aaron Kirchfeld / Bloomberg:
KKR is in talks with the founding family of Axel Springer SE, publisher of Bild, about a potential bid to take the publisher private — - Offer from family, buyout firm could be made in coming weeks — KKR & Co. is in talks with Axel Springer SE's founding family about a potential bid …
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Evan Sernoffsky / San Francisco Chronicle:
San Francisco police obtained search warrants targeting journalist Bryan Carmody's phone records before their raid on his home and office — San Francisco police executed seven search warrants as they tried to find out who leaked a police report to a freelance journalist …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Vox Media Union workers walked out for an hour to push for a contract with management; hiring has moved toward part-time and contract jobs since staff unionized — Many editorial and video employees at Vox Media are, at this hour, finishing up a walkout to protest their employer's stance …
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Thinknum Media, @vox_union, @sarahannelloyd, @jbenton, @andyjayhawk, @sokane1 and @dlind
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hulu says 70% of its 82M viewers are on the $5.99-per-month ad-supported plan, which generated $1.5B in ad revenue in 2018 — Hulu sells an ad-free version of its streaming service, just like Netflix. But the majority of Hulu subscribers are on the $5.99-per-month ad-supported plan …
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Justin Ray / Columbia Journalism Review:
Former TV reporter Valeria Sistrunk on why she created RateMyStation, a forum that lets journalists write and read anonymous reviews of their newsrooms — In a corner of a big, empty Krispy Kreme in Atlanta, Valeria Sistrunk is nibbling on a donut. She is 27, with wide eyes and an ever-present smile.
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American Press Institute, @riogringa, @awkimbrough, @keaux_, @rositaboland, @kmc827, @cjr and @valeriasistrunk
Brad Hill / RAIN News:
Vivendi's Radionomy will shut down US internet radio streaming on its platform this week, offers to migrate stations to Shoutcast for Business — A Radionomy internet radio producer sent us a communication from the hosting company, indicating that Radionomy will shut down U.S. streaming on its platform at the end of May (this week).
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