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Researchers find YouTube's recommendation algorithm is curating home movies of unwitting families into a catalog sexualizing children — Christiane C. didn't think anything of it when her 10-year-old daughter and a friend uploaded a video of themselves playing in a backyard pool.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
After complaining about CNN, Trump suggests customers boycott the network's corporate parent, AT&T; source says AT&T executives expected such attacks eventually — California (CNN Business)President Trump's years-long effort to punish CNN for its news coverage took a new …
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@realdonaldtrump, @realdonaldtrump, New York Times, CNBC, Washington Post, Washington Post, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, TVWeek.com, Axios, @jjsahadi, @davidcorndc, @brianstelter, The Guardian, @davidaxelrod, @sifill_ldf, @mattwaxman1, TVNewser, @brianstelter, The Verge, Vanity Fair, Fox News, @dandrezner and @crewcrew
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Twitter acquires Fabula AI, which uses machine learning to help detect the spread of misinformation online, to join Twitter's team of AI researchers — Twitter has acquired Fabula AI, a London-based startup that uses machine learning (ML) to help detect the spread of misinformation online.
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Twitter, TechCrunch, Adweek, @adriantweetski and The Independent, more at Techmeme »
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
At WWDC, Apple splits iTunes into Podcasts, Music, and TV, announces full-text podcast search, and tools to allow publishers to easily port iOS apps to Mac — Apple just finished the annual keynote event at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the two hours each year when Apple tells us …
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TechCrunch, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, The Week, Engadget, AppleInsider, CNET, TheStreet, Engadget, @jbenton, The Verge and Tom's Guide, more at Techmeme »
Edmund Lee / New York Times:
Pricing WarnerMedia's streaming service is complicated by HBO's $15/month price: it's double Disney's, but lowering it threatens revenue from cable partners — With its acquisition of Time Warner last year, AT&T was on its way toward creating a streaming service that will one day be the exclusive online home …
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Bloomberg, @edmundlee, @ethan_kraft, @nytimes and FierceVideo, Thanks:@beet_tv
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Many of the top shows and movies on Netflix, produced by upcoming streaming competitors like AT&T and Disney, have licensing rights locked in for years to come
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@lucas_shaw, /Film, Observer, Engadget, @basche42, @stevekovach, @entstrategyguy, @conroyforreal, @lucas_shaw, IndieWire and BGR
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Sources: studio partners will be able to license Vudu originals in international markets and put content on Vudu, non-exclusively, for free — Walmart might have scuttled its plans to build a subscription video streaming service catering to the “heartland,” but the company still has streaming video ambitions.
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@digiday
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Report: US advertisers spent $479.1M on podcast ads in 2018, up 53% from 2017, and are predicted to spend $678.7M this year — U.S. advertisers' spending on podcasts rose 53% in 2018 — Podcasters continue to find growing interest from marketers, but their growth remains constrained …
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IAB, RAIN News, @hernanlopez, The Verge, @ewscrippsco, IAB and @profcarroll
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Newsletter provider Substack now lets newsletter publishers create public or subscriber-only discussion threads — Substack is launching a new feature called “community” — namely, the ability for newsletter publishers to create discussion threads, which can either be open to anyone or limited to subscribers.
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Substack Blog
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Profile of HitRecord, a GitHub-like collaborative media platform cofounded by Joseph Gordon-Levitt that has paid out $3M+ to content contributors since 2010 — HitRecord is a production company transitioning into a tech platform. We caught up with cofounders Jared Geller and Joseph Gordon-Levitt …
Nicolas Kristen / Global Editors Network:
Interview with Jeff Kofman, CEO of automated transcription service company Trint and an Emmy award-winning journalist, on how AI can empower newsrooms and more — The voice economy has found its way into newsrooms, changing the workflow of journalists and liberating time to focus on their reporting.
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Strange Attractor
Kelsey Sutton / Adweek:
Nielsen expands its Digital Ad Ratings measurement capabilities on YouTube's mobile app to 26 new markets including Hong Kong, India, Israel, and Puerto Rico — Its Digital Ad Ratings will expand to 26 more markets — Nielsen's arsenal of measuring tools for YouTube is going global—and mobile.
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Ad Age, Nielsen, MediaPost and Broadcasting & Cable
William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:
As Hollywood talent agency Endeavor reportedly plans its IPO, its strategy garners scrutiny after piling up debt to buy 20+ disparate assets like its UFC stake — Emanuel built a great talent agency—and then bought a jumble of assets mostly with other people's money.
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@wgaperspective, @kentremendous, @slack2thefuture and @arashamel
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