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Sources: DOJ is preparing an antitrust investigation into Google's practices related to search and other businesses — Probe would closely examine Google's practices related to search, other businesses — WASHINGTON—The Justice Department is gearing up for an antitrust investigation …
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Danya Henninger / Billy Penn:
As part of a major rebranding, Philadelphia Media Network drops Philly.com domain and now redirects its readers to Inquirer.com — On the eve of its 190th birthday, the region's largest newspaper is making a huge online change. — After more than two decades, the Philly.com era ends this weekend.
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Should Gannett and GateHouse merge, the resulting company would own one in six US newspapers and have increasingly regionalized reporting and business functions — A combined company would own 1 of every 6 daily newspapers in America — and a little more breathing room.
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube is investigating flagged Steven Crowder videos after Vox's Carlos Maza shared Crowder's homophobic and racist comments about Maza in a Twitter thread — Carlos Maza says this has been happening for years — A tweet thread from Vox host Carlos Maza outlining several instances …
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Carlos Maza / @gaywonk:
[Thread] Despite policies against harassment, YouTube lets Steve Crowder videos stay up, with repeated attacks on Carlos Maza's sexual orientation and ethnicity
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Megan Graham / CNBC:
Amazon to buy Sizmek's Ad Server and Dynamic Creative Optimization units after the adtech company filed for Chapter 11 in March — KEY POINTS — Sizmek Ad Server and Sizmek DCO will operate separately from Amazon Advertising for the time being, Amazon said.
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Rachel Cohen / Columbia Journalism Review:
Credder, a Rotten Tomatoes-like site that uses cheese to rate the credibility of news articles, news outlets, and journalists, launches in public beta — As Facebook and Twitter grapple with misinformation and conspiracies on their platforms, a new crop of startups have emerged to try …
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Otter Media gets folded into WarnerMedia Entertainment, with Otter CEO Tony Goncalves reporting to Bob Greenblatt and leading work on a streaming service for Q4 — CEO Tony Goncalves will lead the product and development team of the direct-to-consumer service, reporting to Bob Greenblatt.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ESPN to test an NBA game stream aimed just at teens, the latest in a number of alternate viewing experiences the network has been testing for several months — Senior TV Editor @https://twitter.com/bristei FOLLOW — When Katie Nolan hosts an ESPN telecast of Game 2 of the NBA Finals this Sunday …
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@bristei, @bristei, @katienolangifs, @bristei, @jeffmacke, Awful Announcing, @ben_espn and @trentonhassles
Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
Russian distributors cut about 5 minutes from the Elton John biopic Rocketman, citing law against “homosexual propaganda”; John and filmmakers condemn the cuts — Elton John biopic's gay sex and kissing footage edited out in effort to play down singer's sexuality
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Sources: NYT “prefers” its reporters not appear on cable news shows that it perceives as too partisan, including Rachel Maddow's and Don Lemon's — The Times recently yanked one of its journalists from Rachel Maddow amid concerns about cable-news “bias.” Dean Baquet “thinks it's a real issue.”
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Ren LaForme / Poynter:
Alphabet's Jigsaw releases Perspective, its toxic comment filtering tool, in Spanish and French — This week in digital tools for journalism … There are a handful of places that every reporter dreads. — Town hall meetings with indeterminate lengths. The front step of a home after some tragic occurrence.
Bob Norman / Columbia Journalism Review:
“Florida Man” stories become one of journalism's darkest and most lucrative cottage industries, overlooking that real humans with serious problems are involved — The story, headlined “Drunk, shirtless Florida man arrested after shoveling spaghetti in his mouth at Olive Garden …
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