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Federal police raid the Sydney headquarters of Australia's ABC News in relation to claims of publishing classified material in a 2017 series, The Afghan Files — Australian Federal Police officers are raiding the ABC's Sydney headquarters over a series of 2017 stories known as The Afghan Files.
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Nick Statt / The Verge:
YouTube investigation finds that the flagged Steven Crowder videos, which include derogatory remarks about Vox's Carlos Maza, don't violate its policies — The company sides with edgy commentator Steven Crowder — YouTube has at last formally responded to an explosive …
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@teamyoutube, @shaun_jen, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, @dylanmatt, Boing Boing, @felixsalmon, @reckless, Mashable, @benmullin, @cwarzel, @sidshuman, @adrimakesart, @backlon, @juddlegum, @breznican, @loudmouthjulia, CNN, @mathewi, @gaywonk, @bcmerchant, @contrapoints, @gaywonk, @mslopatto, 9to5Google, @joshconstine, @gaywonk, @mattyglesias, @henrik_palmgren, @gaywonk, The Hill, @jamisonfoser and @chrisgeidner, more at Techmeme »
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Daily Beast article exposing the man allegedly behind fake Pelosi video sparks debate over whether media should ID private individuals spreading misinformation — A modified video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that started circulating recently—with the vocal track slowed down to make her appear drunk …
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@mathewi, @mattbruenig, @jbarro, @standbyme2018, @elizabcking, @chasemadar, @mantzarlis, @bostonjoan, @glennf, @mathewi, National Review and Techdirt
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Max Read / New York Magazine:
The Daily Beast confirmed the identity of the uploader of the distorted Pelosi video via a source at Facebook, who apparently accessed private user activity
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The Daily Caller, @jbarro, @max_read, @antoniogm, @max_read, @neerajka and @cwarzel, more at Techmeme »
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Internal email: Vice Media EIC Jonathan Smith and managing editor Rachel Schallom have been let go after Vice's consolidation of several brands under Vice.com — There was a shake-up in the digital division of Vice Media on Tuesday. — Jonathan Smith, a Vice veteran who had been the editor …
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Megan Graham / CNBC:
Instagram says it will now let advertisers promote creators' organic branded content posts as feed ads, extending the reach of influencers — KEY POINTS — Instagram is rolling out a change that will let advertisers promote posts from “influencers,” or users who brands work with to promote their services or products.
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Instagram for Business, @rileycnbc, New York Times, Gizmodo, Adweek and Mashable, more at Techmeme »
Steve McClellan / MediaPost:
GroupM ad spending forecast: 5.8% growth in 2019 and 4.8% in 2020, excluding political ads; growth to be 8.2% for 2020 with ~$10B in political spending included — GroupM issued a revised ad-spending forecast today for the U.S. predicting underlying growth (which excludes political advertising) of 5.8% for 2019.
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Wall Street Journal, Broadcasting & Cable, @alexbruell, @gabrielsnyder, @bykowicz and GroupM
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube bans kids from live-streaming video unless accompanied by an adult following NYT report about YouTube's recommendation algorithm for posted videos — NY Digital Editor @https://twitter.com/xpangler FOLLOW — YouTube is taking additional steps to restrict the possibility that children …
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YouTube Blog, New York Times, MediaNama, CBS San Francisco, Adweek, @beneltham, Boing Boing, @loudmouthjulia and @zeynep, more at Techmeme »
Nicholas Quah / Hot Pod News:
Spotify begins a small scale test of curated podcast playlists to enhance podcast discoverability — This came in overnight. Fresh off its run of podcast company acquisitions, Spotify is now taking a crack at the problem that's perhaps most groaned about in the community: discoverability.
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Nieman Lab, The Verge, @caseynewton and Engadget
Eric Freedman / Nieman Lab:
Environmental coverage in post-Soviet Georgia is shallow, sparse, misleading and inaccurate, as powerful interests remain unaccountable to the public — What happens when an illegally logged tree falls or poachers kill endangered brown bears in the forest, but there's no journalist to report it?
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Undark
John H. Tucker / Observer:
How alleged conman Daniel Spence grifted people in the US via dating apps, and offered to inject millions into Northside Media to become CEO before being jailed — Daniel Spence used dating apps to scam his way across the U.S. Could he be caught before taking over one of Brooklyn's hottest media companies?
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
A eulogy for iTunes, launched 18 years ago as a digital jukebox, as Apple sunsets it to make way for Music, TV, and Podcasts apps on the Mac — We are gathered here today to say goodbye to our friend iTunes, who went to the great trash can in the sky on Monday. — It was a gentle, dignified passing.
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1A, @davezatz, Los Angeles Times, NBC News and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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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
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Music Industry Blog, TechCrunch, The Verge, @niemanlab, Forbes, hypebot, FierceVideo, Fortune, Fast Company, @jbenton, Refinery29, Vox, Ars Technica, The Week, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Verge, TheStreet, Tom's Guide and CNET, more at Techmeme »
Max Willens / Digiday:
How events and culture news publisher Time Out is using food halls to diversify its revenue, with plans to have nine locations operating in 6 countries by 2022 — Five years ago, Time Out Group launched a Time Out-branded food hall in Lisbon, Portugal to further diversify away from advertising revenue.
Max Willens / Digiday:
Facebook says its tools allowing paywall deployment through Instant Articles are now widely available, tests News Funding for converting paying subs inside FB — Facebook is doing more to help publishers big and small pursue subscriptions, both on and off its platform.
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Nieman Lab, Adweek and Facebook Journalism Project
Todd Spangler / Variety:
CSS Entertainment names EVP Philippe Guelton as president of Crackle Plus, its streaming-video joint venture with Sony Pictures, appoints 3 ex-Sony VPs to team — NY Digital Editor @https://twitter.com/xpangler FOLLOW — Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the majority owner …
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
Two reporters laid off from BuzzFeed and HuffPost form an advocacy group, the Save Journalism Project, to raise awareness about big tech's damage to journalism — Two prominent reporters who were recently laid off from digital media outlets are forming a new advocacy group to raise awareness …
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@mmasnick, @jeremymbarr, @dcbigjohn, @rosiegray, @rosiegray, @rosiegray and @lebassett
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