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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Memo: Bloomberg News EIC addresses Bloomberg's 2020 bid, says it won't investigate Democratic presidential candidates and “there will be no unsigned editorials” — New York (CNN Business)Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait on Sunday sent a note to staffers addressing …
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg announces that he will run for president in 2020, launches his bid with a $30M+ TV ad campaign — Mr. Bloomberg brings a huge personal fortune and moderate views to an increasingly fluid race, but issues like criminal justice and his late start loom as vulnerabilities.
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Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
White nationalist outlets including VDare and Red Ice TV still operate on Facebook despite its ban on white nationalism; Facebook says it is investigating — Guardian analysis finds VDare and Red Ice TV among several outlets that are still on the platform despite Facebook's promised ban
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Growing skepticism about big platforms' benefits for journalism can be seen in 42 interviews with people from 27 news outlets, 6 platforms, and 1 foundation — The era when publishers could be just mildly skeptical of platforms while continuing to work with them enthusiastically appears to be over.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Twitter's head of global content partnerships Kay Madati says he is leaving the company after joining in September 2017 — Kay Madati, Twitter's global VP, head of content partnerships, is departing the social network after two years in the job. — Madati announced in a series of tweets Sunday …
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Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at issues journalists face when reporting on and with computation and data, as newsrooms embrace AI as an investigative tool that's far from objective — We live in a data society. Journalists are becoming data analysts and data curators, and computation is an essential tool for reporting.
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Jan Schaffer / CPB:
Ex-CPB board member: federal funds received by public radio stations to spend on national programming should instead be shifted to creating local news content — What role should public media play in supplying communities with more local news? — “I think it should be central,” …
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Ruth Michaelson / The Guardian:
Egyptian security forces raid offices of Mada Masr, one of the few independent news websites in the country, detains, then releases a number of staffers — Mada Masr is one of few remaining independent outlets amid ongoing clampdown on press freedom — Egyptian security officials have raided …
Simon van Zuylen-Wood / Columbia Journalism Review:
National Enquirer's longtime editor Dylan Howard was removed after its Trump issues and its Bezos exposé; he is now writing and promoting true-crime books — What happened to the National Enquirer after it went all in for Trump? — Technically, Dylan Howard didn't invite me to his book party.
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Helene Fouquet / Bloomberg:
Huawei sues for defamation in Paris after a researcher, broadcast journalist, and telco expert say on TV that it spies against the West and is state controlled — - Claim it's controlled by the Chinese state is false, it says — The company is seeking to sell 5G equipment in Europe
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Comcast criticized by the Congressional Black Caucus and The Africa Channel owner for challenging Byron Allen's racial discrimination suit at SCOTUS hearing — The Congressional Black Caucus and an owner of cable's Africa Channel have turned up the pressure on Comcast …
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Tarleton Gillespie / Slate:
Every ad, political or commercial, should reveal its provenance, and all advertisers should stand by their ads and be held accountable for them — On Oct. 30, Twitter announced it would now prohibit political advertising on its platform. On Friday, it tried its best to explain exactly what that would mean.
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Three major Democratic groups criticize Google for policies that may let politicians run false ads and ask platforms to reconsider plans to “bluntly limit” ads
Three major Democratic groups criticize Google for policies that may let politicians run false ads and ask platforms to reconsider plans to “bluntly limit” ads
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Tim Shipman / The Times:
John Sweeney, a BBC investigative reporter, filed a complaint with Ofcom accusing BBC of suppressing reports into the close links between politicians and Russia — BBC bosses have been accused of pulling the plug on politically sensitive reports into the close links between leading politicians and Russia.
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