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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
PEN America report: 1,800 local print outlets have shut down in the US since 2004, leaving Americans uninformed and public officials not held to account — The loss of local news coverage in much of the United States has frayed communities and left many Americans woefully uninformed, according to a new report.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Twitter rolls out its “Hide Replies” feature to all users globally — Twitter's radical “Hide Replies” feature, one of the biggest changes to how Twitter works since the invention of the Retweet, is now available to Twitter's global user base. The company says the feature …
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Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
Former Fox News exec Ken LaCorte hired Macedonians to write inflammatory content for his websites; Facebook shut down his pages and staff accounts after inquiry — An investigation found that several sites owned by Ken LaCorte push inflammatory items — stories, petitions and the occasional conspiracy theory — to the public.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Shepard Smith, the anchor who left Fox News in early October, announced Thursday that he will donate $500K to the Committee to Protect Journalists — The former anchor made his first public appearance since his abrupt departure from Fox News, where he faced taunts from colleagues and President Trump.
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The Hill, TVNewser, USA Today, Mediaite, @johnjcook, Hollywood Reporter and Raw Story
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Susan Wojcicki says YouTube is working to bring ads to edgier content and its new gaming policy will have fewer restrictions for violence in gaming — There's a difference between borderline and edgy content — YouTube is experimenting with placing advertisements for more mature audiences …
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YouTube Creator Blog, CNBC, Gizmodo, Hollywood Reporter, TechCrunch, @swodinsky, Variety, Mashable, @susanwojcicki, @teamyoutube, @daz_black, PC Gamer, @loudmouthjulia and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Michael Calderone / Politico:
Memo: Laurene Powell Jobs will assume greater control at The Atlantic, as it seeks a new president/CEO, and chairman David Bradley steps away from management — Magazine seeks CEO from outside to chart new path in “the exquisitely hard work of media strategy.” — Laurene Powell Jobs.
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@lisaliebmannyc and @vermontgmg
Poynter:
The International Fact-Checking Network will partner with Univision to elevate international fact-checking for Spanish-language audiences in the US — The Poynter Institute announces that its International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) will partner with Univision News to elevate international fact-checks …
Emily Glazer / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Facebook sought feedback from large Republican and Democratic political ad buyers about changing ad targeting audience size from 100 to a few thousand — Company is considering boosting the minimum amount of people who can be targeted by specific ads from 100 to a few thousand
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The Next Web, @dylanbyers, Engadget, @ellenlweintraub, @ellenlweintraub, @jason_kint, @ellenlweintraub and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Inside Spotify's plan to dominate audio by spending hundreds of millions on exclusive podcasts and recruiting Jordan Peele, Mark Wahlberg and the Obamas — Having helped transform the music industry, Ek and content chief Dawn Ostroff set their sights (and your ears) on spending hundreds …
Her Campus Media:
Her Campus Media has acquired Spoon University, which uses content from college creators and partners with food brands for college marketing — November 20, 2019 (Boston, MA) - Her Campus Media, the #1 media company for college women and 360-degree college marketing agency …
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PR Newswire, @austenhufford, @katewardbustle, Boston Business Journal and @kerrymflynn
Thomas Germain / Consumer Reports:
How outdoor ad networks like Five Tier let clients plan and target billboard ads based on mobile phone data about passersby such as gender, age, race, and more — How the most intrusive parts of the web are expanding into the real world, complete with data collection and targeted ads
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Boing Boing, more at Techmeme »
Alexander Marrow / Reuters:
Russia's lower house of parliament passed legislation on Thursday that could allow journalists to be labeled foreign agents if they get funding from abroad — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's lower house of parliament passed legislation on Thursday that will allow individual journalists …
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Associated Press
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
By selling his Tribune stake to Alden Global Capital, the worst newspaper owner in the US, Michael Ferro invited in vultures, signaling more news deserts ahead — Is it the apocalypse, or just an unreasonable facsimile? — In a week of newspaper industry drama — GateHouse's expected takeover …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
This week is a major turning point for daily newspapers in the US, with bankers deciding what will be defined as news, and who will be employed to report it
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American Press Institute, Columbia Journalism Review, KIFI-TV, @cjr, @tomhawthorn, @byjonharris, @jon_allsop, @eliseschmelzer, @jaysunsilver and @ronlin
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