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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
How 12,000+ videos watched by a young man on YouTube since 2015 first pulled him into a far-right rabbit hole and more recently into a left-wing universe — Over years of reporting on internet culture, I've heard countless versions of Mr. Cain's story: an aimless young man — usually white …
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Murtaza Hussain / The Intercept:
Heshmat Alavi, who published anti-Iran articles in Forbes, The Hill, and others, may be a persona created by an Iranian opposition group to shape US discourse — In 2018, President Donald Trump was seeking to jettison the landmark nuclear deal that his predecessor had signed with Iran in 2015 …
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Joe Otterson / Variety:
Quibi to launch on April 6 2020 with a $7.99/mo ad free tier and a $4.99/mo tier with pre-roll ads, will pay costs plus 20% for up to $6M/hour to show creators — Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman offered an in-depth look at their new short-form video service during …
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Sam Thielman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Raphael Satter, an AP reporter who covers cybersecurity and high-tech espionage, on including interesting characters in potentially dry tech stories — Raphael Satter's beat at the Associated Press covers straightforward crime reporting and high-tech espionage, with a special fondness for people who are bad at their jobs.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Maker Media, the company behind Make: magazine and the festival Maker Faire, is laying off all of its 22 employees and pausing all operations — Financial troubles have forced Maker Media, the company behind crafting publication MAKE: magazine as well as the science and art festival Maker Faire …
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Given a fragmented audience, presidential candidates are appearing on less mainstream outlets, like podcasts, web shows, radio morning shows for deeper talks — In a packed field, candidates are seizing every opportunity to reach a fragmented voting public that doesn't always watch the evening news.
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Bloomberg:
Vox Media staffers reached a tentative labor agreement with the online publisher Friday after 29 hours of negotiation and a one-day walkout — - Deal follows 14 months of negotiations with management — Hundreds of employees took part in walkout on Thursday
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
ProPublica's Political Ad Collector browser extension, now owned by the Globe and Mail, is working once again after being blocked by Facebook earlier this year — The Globe and Mail is the new home to the Facebook Political Ad Collector, a browser extension that ProPublica built and released in 2017.
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Chris Cooke / Complete Music Update:
UK music trade bodies and music charities partner to support artists impacted by the collapse of PledgeMusic, a now-bankrupt pre-order and fan-funding platform — An assortment of UK music industry trade bodies and charities have come together in a bid to support artists impacted by the collapse …
Steven Zeitchik / Washington Post:
A look at the debate about streaming Broadway shows, as one service, BroadwayHD, ramps up, offering 300+ shows on Roku, Google Play, and more for $8.99/month — NEW YORK — This would seem like a strange moment to worry about Broadway's future. — The oldest entertainment business in the United States is thriving.
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Noreen Malone / The Cut:
Why comments by The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg about cover stories and white men struck such a nerve: he used the language of well-meaning condescension — A few years ago, someone introduced me at a party to a man — a swaggering, posh-leftist, real type of a man — who worked on “long form” …
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Stephanie Busari / CNN:
Liberia blocks AP's website, social media including WhatsApp and Snapchat, and Gmail amid anti-government protests, says it has restored some services — Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Thousands of Liberians gathered in the capital Monrovia Friday to protest “corruption and creeping dictatorship” in the country.
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