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Caitlin Yilek / Washington Examiner:
In what she assumed was an off-the-record call, Kellyanne Conway mocked and threatened a Washington Examiner reporter for mentioning Conway's husband in a story — Top White House aide Kellyanne Conway, describing herself as “a powerful woman,” aggressively and disparagingly told a female reporter …
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Adam K. Raymond / New York Magazine:
The White House has canceled its print subscriptions to NYT and Washington Post and plans to instruct federal agencies to cancel their subscriptions — Donald Trump's pettiness knows no limit. It was proven yet again Tuesday, when the White House cancelled its subscriptions to the New York Times …
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Facebook:
Facebook begins testing Facebook News with a subset of people in the US across four categories of select publishers: general, topical, diverse, and local news — Testing a dedicated place for news in the US — Journalism plays a critical role in our democracy.
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Peter Kafka / Vox:
Sources say Facebook will pay some news partners up to $3M a year for appearing in its news tab, coming today to a couple hundred thousand US users — Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building …
Chandler Rome / Houston Chronicle:
The Houston Astros fire executive Brandon Taubman and apologize to a Sports Illustrated reporter after probe of comments Taubman yelled toward female reporters — WASHINGTON — The Astros fired assistant general manager Brandon Taubman on Thursday afternoon and issued an apology …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify is testing an ad format that will let artists pay to target fans through its full-screen recommendation feature; the ads will run on Free and Premium — Spotify recently added a feature that will occasionally pop up a full-screen recommendation of a new album the service thinks you'll like …
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The Information:
Sources: Sony has hired bankers to explore a sale of its Playstation Vue service, which would include the company's tech and a subscriber list of around 500K — Sony Corp. is exploring the sale of its Playstation Vue service, which offers a slimmed-down version of cable TV delivered over the internet …
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Tommy Shane / First Draft:
First Draft to offer free training and tech support to help US newsrooms discover, verify, and investigate online content in preparation for the 2020 election — Craig Newmark Philanthropies joins Google News Initiative in supporting organization's mission to reach every journalist in every state
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@firstdraftnews, promarket.org, @craignewmark, @craignewmark, @cward1e and Associated Press
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
CNN's Jeff Zucker says he wants to hire former Fox anchor Shepard Smith and defends the practice of hiring pro-Trump contributors to speak for the president — “When he's available, he is somebody who is very talented and I would be very open to talking to him," the network president said.
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Paris Martineau / Wired:
New report says the proliferation of right-wing content on YouTube is driven by both supply and demand rather than the platform's recommendation algorithm — In a new report, Penn State political scientists say that it's not the recommendation engine, but the communities that form around right-wing content.
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@parismartineau, @nathanjurgenson, @parismartineau, Business Insider and Reason
Shannon Liao / CNN:
Caffeine, which raised $146M from 21st Century Fox and others and aims to compete with Twitch, signs rapper Offset to live stream games and host a variety show — New York (CNN Business)In the world of live-streamed video games, there's Twitch and then there's everything else.
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Ofcom report: BBC should include more links to rivals and its journalists should call out lies more, says small number of politicized viewers erode trust in BBC — Report finds broadcaster must do more to prove value to viewers more familiar with Netflix — The BBC is at risk of losing …
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Press Gazette, @jimwaterson, @danhind, @merryarty and @greg_jenner
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