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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
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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Major news orgs in New Zealand have agreed to rules for covering the Christchurch shooting trial, with the aim of not amplifying white supremacist ideology — As the trial of the man accused of the Christchurch mosque massacres began a few hours ago, New Zealand's major media organizations had a plan.
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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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Jessica Patterson / fipp.com:
A look at Readerscope, the NYT's AI-powered tool for advertisers that creates topic clusters and surfaces relationships between those topics and their readers — For publishers, AI-driven tools have largely been used for editorial purposes, to write articles on themes like sports scores, weather forecasts and real estate sales.
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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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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