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A.G. Sulzberger / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's new rhetorical attack, accusing the NYT of “a virtual act of treason”, crosses a dangerous line in his campaign against a free and independent press — The Founders considered it the gravest of crimes. Tossing the charge around is irresponsible and wrong.
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Washington Post:
Sources: after complaints about privacy practices around children's videos on YouTube, FTC is in late stages of a probe, causing YouTube to rethink its strategy — The U.S. government is in the late stages of an investigation into YouTube for its handling of children's videos …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Instead of moving kids content to YouTube Kids, where existing problems could be replicated, YouTube Kids should invest in curation and product development — Facing mounting pressure over failures to protect children from inappropriate content, Google is reportedly considering a number of changes to its video sharing site YouTube.
Rob Copeland / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: YouTube considering far-reaching changes to protect kids, including moving all children's content to the YouTube Kids app and turning off autoplay
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Quibi says it has booked more than $100M in ad sales with launch partners including Google, P&G, PepsiCo, Walmart, and Anheuser-Busch, ahead of April 2020 debut — Quibi, the ambitious short-form video venture from Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman, has sold $100 million …
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Lyz Lenz / Columbia Journalism Review:
Bustle CEO Bryan Goldberg, normalized in profiles as an entrepreneur supporting prestigious journalism, remains volatile behind the scenes, pushing boundaries — Bryan Goldberg wants to save your internet. Since the creation of his Bustle Digital Group, Goldberg made a name for himself …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Twitter disabling location data for tweets is a win for privacy but a loss for journalists, researchers as it helped find eyewitnesses and track disinformation — When Twitter wants to announce a change in how it does things, how should they announce it? With a tweet, naturally …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Interviews with 12 former Facebook content moderators from Tampa, three on the record, where working conditions are appalling and many experience PTSD — At Facebook's worst-performing content moderation site in North America, one contractor has died, and others say they fear for their lives
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Aaron Gell / GEN:
A former New York Observer EIC describes the experience of working under Jared Kushner as the newspaper's fortunes dwindled, partially due to Kushner's neglect — What I learned about power, real and imagined, from Trump's ‘senior adviser’ and son-in-law — you want to understand Jared Kushner …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Streaming service FuboTV and Discovery strike a multiyear deal to add Discovery networks to FuboTV; networks include Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, and OWN — Discovery, Inc. and FuboTV said they have struck a multi-year deal that brings 13 of the cable-programmer's networks to Fubo's live-TV streaming service in coming weeks.
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Nicholas Quah / Hot Pod News:
How the ongoing formation of the podcast industry could affect the digital audiobook industry, as Audible and Spotify likely look to compete in both forms — There's no news peg to this piece, other than the fact it's based off a keynote I gave earlier this month at the Audiobook Publishers Association Conference in New York.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Five NY1 anchorwomen sue the network for age and gender discrimination, alleging a systematic effort to force them off the air in favor of younger hosts — Five anchorwomen at NY1, one of the country's most prominent local news channels, sued the network on Wednesday over age and gender discrimination …
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The Guardian:
UN report: Mohammed bin Salman should be investigated for the extrajudicial murder of Jamal Khashoggi for which there is “credible evidence” he is liable — Mohammed bin Salman should be investigated over journalist's murder, says report — The crown prince of Saudi Arabia …
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