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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook will pay $52M in a settlement covering 11,250 content moderators as compensation for mental health issues developed on the job — Current and former moderators will all be paid a minimum of $1,000 — In a landmark acknowledgment of the toll that content moderation takes on its workforce …
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Nick Statt / The Verge:
Facebook says it took action on 9.6M pieces of hate speech content in Q1, up by 3.6M, and AI now proactively detects 88.8% of it, up from 80.2% last quarter — Facebook sheds light on its new AI-powered moderation — Facebook on Monday released a new report detailing how it uses a combination …
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Tim Warsinskey / Plain Dealer:
Cleveland.com will now produce all content for The Plain Dealer, 4 remaining Plain Dealer reporters have job offers at cleveland.com; union to be dissolved — CLEVELAND, Ohio — The reality and challenge of being a journalist these days is covering change while being part of change.
Reed Richardson / Mediaite:
NBC's Chuck Todd apologizes for airing a truncated clip of a CBS News interview with AG Bill Barr but says it was “not our edit,” after blowback from Trump — Meet the Press host Chuck Todd addressed the blowback his show ignited this past Sunday when he called out Bill Barr's explanation …
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Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Trump calls for NBC to fire Chuck Todd after Meet the Press acknowledges “inadvertently and inaccurately” editing a clip of an interview with AG William Barr
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Disney has raised $11B in debt, according to a Tuesday filing with the SEC — Disney has raised $11 billion dollars in new debt, according to a Tuesday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). — “The company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the notes …
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Alex Bhattacharji / Los Angeles Magazine:
As Valence Media seeks to soften and kill coverage of controversial subjects, THR is fighting to maintain its reputation for independence and propriety — As its parent company seeks to soften and kill coverage of controversial subjects, ‘The Hollywood Reporter’ is fighting to maintain its journalistic integrity
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Hulu faces class action lawsuit, claiming it forces customers to use its app by deliberately throttling its service via browsers, all to collect more data — Hulu has been hit with a class action lawsuit that claims it deliberately throttles its service on web browsers.
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Alan Rosenberg / Providence Journal:
Providence Journal to halt editorials because of hyper-partisanship and because readers think reporters will try to reflect the paper's views in their coverage — Alan Rosenberg Journal Executive Editor alanrosenbergpj — Our opinion pages will instead feature more viewpoints from readers …
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Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: advertisers like GM are looking to exercise an option, available since May 1, to cancel up to 50% of their Q3 TV ad spend, an estimated $1B-$1.5B loss — Companies are seeking to take advantage of options that became available May 1 to cancel up to 50% of third-quarter spending
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Frank Pallotta / CNN:
Interview with SportsCenter anchor Scott Van Pelt about leading ESPN's flagship show at a time when there are no sports — New York (CNN Business)SportsCenter has been ESPN's go-to broadcast for sports highlights, news and analysis since the cable network launched in 1979. But what is SportsCenter without sports?
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Paul Kiel / ProPublica:
ProPublica, WaPo, Bloomberg, NYT, and Dow Jones have sued the Small Business Administration over its refusal to release details about who received PPP loans — The Small Business Administration, which is administering the lending program, has said it will disclose the names of companies that got loans — just not yet.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify Kids now allows parents to view kids' listening history and block individual tracks and expands to Germany and Japan — Spotify is expanding the capabilities of its parental controls on its Spotify Kids app, aimed at children ages 3 and up on a parent's Spotify Premium Family plan.
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