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Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
Sarah Sanders said she hoped her legacy would be that she “put forward the president's message” and she did so through her post-truth press conferences — “I know it's hard for you to understand even short sentences, I guess, but please don't take my words out of context."
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
President Trump announces on Twitter that Press Secretary Sarah Sanders will leave the White House at the end of the month
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Marcela Kunova / Journalism.co.uk:
A Facebook director of news partnerships says Facebook is compiling a list of trustworthy sources, including individual journalists, not just media outlets — The social media platform will help media organisations monetise content, including a dedicated space for news and a Facebook-powered subscription tool
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Some ABC TV affiliates posted and promoted Trump “birthday cards”, linking to a site that gathers contact data for his campaign; the story has been taken down — Some of the network's largest affiliates promoted on their websites a ‘birthday card’ for President Trump that is really just a list-building campaign.
Lindsey Rogers Cook / Times Open:
NYT's digital transition team led internal data journalism boot camps, training 60+ employees over 18 months; resources they developed are now freely available — And how your reporters can learn to love them, too — Five years ago, a lot of people in journalism were asking, wide-eyed, “Should journalists learn to code?”
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Max Willens / Digiday:
BuzzFeed forecasts $260M in sales in 2019 from branded products sold in stores; Tasty has partnered with food companies to launch food products and meal kits — BuzzFeed has found success in licensing its Tasty food brand across different consumer products including food, kitchenware and cookbooks.
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Critics question Alphabet's Jigsaw subsidiary's decision to hire a disinformation vendor to run a campaign during research into state-sponsored disinformation — FOR MORE THAN two years, the notion of social media disinformation campaigns has conjured up images of Russia's Internet Research Agency …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Two former Clevver Media employees and Clevver co-founder Jorge Maldonado launch Shared Media, an independent, self-funded YouTube network for millennial women — Here's the latest chapter in the saga of Clevver, the entertainment/lifestyle YouTube network marooned by the shuttering …
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Haroon Siddique / The Guardian:
Julian Assange's US extradition hearing to take place in February 2020; he faces an 18-count indictment, including charges under the Espionage Act — WikiLeaks founder, indicted on 18 counts in US, will have a five-day hearing in February — Julian Assange will face a five …
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Vox Media Group ratifies its first union contract with WGA East, which guarantees minimum salaries of $56K/year and four months of parental leave — - Web publisher ratifies first collective bargaining agreement — Accord includes revenue sharing for shows on Netflix and Hulu
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Jason Lynch / Adweek:
Interview with The Ringer's Bill Simmons on podcasts' ad revenue potential, documentary projects in the works, and the evolution of relationships with sponsors — As the outlet celebrates its third anniversary, its founder looks back—and ahead — While several upstart digital media companies …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: BuzzFeed News employees are planning to stage a walkout on Monday, as they negotiate with management to get voluntary recognition of their union — - Employees agreed to unionize in February after job cuts — Vox Media staff walkout earlier this month led to labor deal
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Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Sources: Amazon has been running a test with TV networks to sell their Fire TV apps' inventory to advertisers through Amazon's programmatic demand-side platform — Ad buyers primarily see Amazon's demand-side platform as a way to programmatically buy Amazon's owned-and-operated inventory …
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