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Ethan Zuckerman / My heart's in Accra:
Ethan Zuckerman, director of the MIT Center for Civic Media, says he plans to leave the MIT Media Lab in May 2020 due to the lab's ties to Jeffrey Epstein — A week ago last Friday, I spoke to Joi Ito about the release of documents that implicate Media Lab co-founder Marvin Minsky in Jeffrey Epstein's horrific crimes.
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
BuzzFeed introduces MoodFeed, a new way for readers to find content depending on their mood across six options — BuzzFeed is offering readers a new approach to finding content that fits the way they're feeling right now. — It's not the boring old approach of following a link on social media or search …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Eminem's publisher Eight Mile Style sues Spotify claiming copyright infringement, challenges the constitutionality of the Music Modernization Act passed in 2018 — Eight Mile Style alleges “Lose Yourself” and many of the rapper's hits aren't licensed by the streamer. Now comes a suit eyeing Spotify's billions.
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The Verge, Music Business Worldwide, Music Ally, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, @eriqgardner, NME and Rolling Stone, more at Techmeme »
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
The number of advertisers on Tucker Carlson Tonight has fallen from 218 companies in Q2 2018 to 107 in Q2 2019 — In keeping with a monthslong trend, the exodus of advertisers from Tucker Carlson's prime-time Fox News program continued this month. — Over the last year, dozens of advertisers …
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@maggiejordanacn, @jbenton, The Wrap, @newley and Talking Points Memo
Tyler Falk / Current:
Alaska's governor signs bill cutting $2.7M from public broadcaster funding; head of Alaska Public Broadcasting Inc. says some stations may not survive long term — With a line-item veto to an appropriations bill Monday, Alaska's governor eliminated the state's funding for public broadcasters.
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@timjeby
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Google says it will join IAB Europe's framework for GDPR when the Transparency and Consent Framework 2.0 goes live, which is expected by end of Q1 2020 — The industry's attempt to create a standardized framework for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation has been overhauled …
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Multichannel News and AdExchanger
Simon Parkin / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at efforts by news outlets like the New York Times and the LA Times to explain the climate crisis' complexity via newsgames and quizzes — For the tens of thousands who live and work along the California coast, no issue looms as large as sea-level rise.
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@terrycastleman and @shelbygrad
Brent Lang / Variety:
The Ringer promotes Mallory Rubin to editor in chief, replacing Sean Fennessey, who will remain chief content officer — Mallory Rubin and Sean Fennessey have been promoted to top editorial posts at The Ringer, the pop culture and sports website and podcast network.
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@billsimmons, @malloryrubin and Deadline
Jeremy Gordon / Columbia Journalism Review:
Music journalism is becoming more repetitive and less revelatory, as outlets run profiles from the same pool of artists with a diminishing amount of access — A music writer's job is easily romanticized: Imagine getting paid to listen to music, that most universal, immediately resonant, and cool-conferring of art forms.
Daniel Green / Journalism.co.uk:
Washington Post video producer shares how the paper found success on TikTok through a “wholesome dad” approach and using a filming style similar to The Office — With its funny videos and memes, the US news site amassed 78k followers in three months, even inspiring teens to want to become journalists
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@frazaffarano and @mattnavarra
Han Zhang / New Yorker:
A look at College Daily, a nationalistic Chinese news site producing viral content for Chinese students living overseas, with 1M+ readers a day mostly on WeChat — On a Monday morning in February, members of the staff of College Daily, an online Chinese-language publication for Chinese students living …
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@ourobororoboruo, @suilee, @ks1729, @ariahychen, @johnny_observe, @jessicadrun and Talking Biz News
Russell Brandom / The Verge:
AT&T's Xandr, which now owns ad exchange AppNexus, confirms it restored service to Breitbart, nearly three years after it was banned for hate speech violations — 'Breitbart inquired how it could return to our platform, satisfied our requirements, and is reinstated,' a representative said
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