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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The newspaper industry doesn't need a special antitrust exemption to help it compete with Google, Facebook; the papers are largely to blame for their downfall — The newspaper industry has crawled up Capitol Hill once again to beg for an antitrust exemption it thinks it needs in its fight …
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Jeff Jarvis / Whither news?:
Publishers, lobbying for laws around the world that will help them extract payments from platforms like Google for linking to news, are ruining the internet
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin:
[Thread] News Media Alliance study relies on an offhand comment Marissa Mayer made in 2008 to extrapolate how much money Google has made from news publishers
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@newsceo, @emilybell, Columbia Journalism Review, @nancy_groves, @jason_kint, @journalismfest, @mathewi, @dkiesow, @jordan_rubio, @tomgara, @bgrueskin and @rmac18
Rani Molla / Vox:
Mary Meeker releases her Internet Trends 2019 report, showing US ad spending up 22% in 2018, with issues ahead for targeted ads due to GDPR and privacy concerns — Here are all the slides, plus analysis. — It's the holiday season for data nerds: That is, Mary Meeker is delivering …
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Nieman Lab, @emilybell, The Wrap, @niemanlab, @jbenton, Quartz, @bogdana and @jimpethokoukis, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
Sources: Zuckerberg contacted Pelosi to discuss viral misinformation, but she has not engaged, frustrated by how Facebook handled a manipulated video of her — Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg contacted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in recent weeks to discuss …
Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review:
In the US, NPR is the only major media outlet with a full-time public editor; CJR announces appointment of four public editors for NYT, WaPo, MSNBC, and CNN — Last week at Columbia, CJR hosted more than three dozen public editors from around the world, gathered together for their annual meeting.
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Mandy Jenkins, GM of the Compass Experiment, McClatchy's project to build three sustainable local news sites, funded by Google News Initiative — “A lot of this is taking advantage of what Google has to offer as a partner. They're tracking all of these interesting trends all the time …
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The Compass Experiment, Poynter, @niemanlab, @shanbow, @ckrewson, @jimbrady, @kensands, @marklittlenews, @mjenkins, @maghielse and MediaPost
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
US Congressman introduces bill seeking to make it easier for written news organizations to claim nonprofit status — A bill filed by U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Calif., would make it easier for “written news organizations” to claim nonprofit status, “allowing them to focus on content instead …
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@dfmworkers and Congressman Mark DeSaulnier
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Profile of Tucker Roberts, son of Comcast's CEO, who oversees the cable giant's expansion into esports, including the Overwatch League's Philadelphia Fusion — When the Philadelphia Fusion plays, the team president, Tucker Roberts, likes to stay in the dugout, alongside the coaches and bench players.
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@comcstspectacor, @chafkin, @silviakillings, @gerryfsmith, @jonsteinberg, @felixgillette and @austincarr, more at Techmeme »
Mollie Leavitt / The Idea:
Interview with Washington Post editors on their new travel vertical, By The Way, which is launching on June 18 for people who want to “feel like a local” — We spoke with Amanda Finnegan and Emilio Garcia-Ruiz from The Washington Post about By The Way, a new travel product the Post is launching on June 18.
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Washington Post and @amateurleader
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Digiday Media adds a third brand, Modern Retail, after the launch of Glossy in 2016; subscription revenue for the company is projected to reach $2M+ in 2019 — Digiday Media, the eleven-year old digital media trade publication, is adding a third brand called “Modern Retail,” …
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Digiday, @bmorrissey, @digitalshields, @hilarymilnes, @lmoses and @rafat
Brian Stelter / CNN:
NYT says it will stop publishing political cartoons in its international edition starting July 1, has been considering its decision for more than a year — A month and a half after The New York Times errantly published an anti-Semitic cartoon in its international edition …
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@patchappatte, New York Times, Press Gazette, The Hill, @davidakaye, @kevinsiers, Chappatte.com, @jenkirkman, @rob_rogers, @afp, @sywert, @orskov, @ianbremmer, @baseballcrank, @jaketapper, @heerjeet, @megynkelly, @pnjaban, @amy_siskind, @nytimespr, @brianstelter, New York Post, @crnetint, Daily Mail, The Daily Caller and Fox News
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Academics introduce Grover, an AI system that writes convincing fake news based on user inputs and can help researchers detect other AI-made disinformation — “To know your enemy, you must become your enemy.” — One of the biggest problems in media today is so-called “fake news,” …
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arXiv.org, @allen_ai, GeekWire and @ingridlunden
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
As China clamps down on free speech and blocks more US media outlets, Trump's routine attacks on those same outlets make a striking companion — The news out of China over the weekend was bleak: Two more major international media companies — the London-based Guardian and The Washington Post …
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@kimberlyeatkins, @joenbc, @kemc and Bloomberg
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