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Megan Graham / CNBC:
Google to require all advertisers to verify their identities, starting in the US; existing advertisers will have 30 days to complete the verification process — - Google began requiring political advertisers wanting to run election ads on its platform to verify their identity back in 2018.
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Quibi's head of marketing, Megan Imbres, is leaving, following the departures of its head of partnerships and head of daily content last year — Megan Imbres, who oversaw creative development for Quibi's high-profile ads, is leaving the company after a year
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Deadline, Adweek, AgencySpy, The Streamable, Variety, @brooksbarnesnyt, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter and @joshsternberg
Michelle Castillo / Cheddar:
Memo: NYT to temporarily stop printing its sports and travel sections in the Sunday edition, replacing them with At Home, focused on sheltering in place — With no major sporting events and barely any travel happening due to the coronavirus, The New York Times plans to stop printing hard copies …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Fox News President Jay Wallace directs anchors to remind anti-lockdown protesters to practice social distancing, according to a senior Fox executive — Toggle more options — Fox News personalities have been cheerleading protesters across the country gathering in defiance of state lockdown orders.
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@nprinskeep, @npr, TVNewser, Digby's Hullabaloo, Vox, Deadline and Mediaite
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CNN:
After weeks of hyping hydroxychloroquine as a potentially game-changing COVID-19 treatment, Fox News followed Trump in quietly abandoning the drug
After weeks of hyping hydroxychloroquine as a potentially game-changing COVID-19 treatment, Fox News followed Trump in quietly abandoning the drug
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Study of Fox News programming from February to early March finds those watching Sean Hannity over Tucker Carlson were less likely to adhere to social distancing
Study of Fox News programming from February to early March finds those watching Sean Hannity over Tucker Carlson were less likely to adhere to social distancing
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Bloomberg Law:
NLRB judge rules that Federalist publisher Ben Domenech broke labor laws when he tweeted that he'd send employees “back to the salt mine” if they unionized — Listen — The publisher of conservative online magazine The Federalist broke federal labor laws when he tweeted …
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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
NBCU launches Checkout, which allows users to buy featured products on its articles and videos without being redirected to other sites — Comcast's NBCUniversal Thursday unveiled a new digital commerce storefront that streamlines consumers' ability to purchase items advertised on linear TV and online …
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Broadcasting & Cable, Ad Age, TechCrunch and Reuters
Richard Nieva / CNET:
YouTube says views for videos from “authoritative” sources, such as legitimate news outlets or government agencies, rose 75% in the first three months of 2020 — Another sign of the times: Queries for the term “home school” have doubled.
Yew Lun Tian / Reuters:
Li Zehua, one of three journalists who disappeared in Wuhan after posting videos about COVID-19, resurfaces after two months, says he was forcibly quarantined — BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese citizen journalist who posted videos about the coronavirus situation in the city of Wuhan has resurfaced …
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Metro.co.uk, Fox News, The Guardian and New York Post
Sam Kille / Report for America:
Report for America announces its 2020 corps, which comprises 225 journalists vs. 59 in 2019, to be placed in 162 outlets, and $2.5M in funding from Facebook — Report for America today announced the selection of 225 journalists for its 2020 reporting corps.
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J. Clara Chan / The Wrap:
Deadspin EIC Jim Rich is promoted to editorial director of G/O Media, overseeing 11 sites including Deadspin, Jezebel, The Onion, Kotaku, and The Root — Jim Rich, Deadspin's editor in chief, has been appointed as G/O Media's editorial director, the company announced on Wednesday.
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Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
Apple Music app is now available on Samsung's smart TV models from 2018 and later — Another Apple service comes to Samsung's sets, available now — Apple Music is getting an app on Samsung's most recent smart TVs, the two companies announced today. It's the latest expansion …
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@markgurman and MacRumors, more at Techmeme »
Mya Frazier / Columbia Journalism Review:
The high costs of FOIA lawsuits for declining local news outlets highlight journalism's economic divide when transparency is most needed amid corporate bailouts — In the fall of 2019, city officials in Cleveland were confronted with the kind of economic crisis that is, by now …
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American Press Institute, @publicintegrity, @foianate and @jasonleopold