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@niemanlab:
A thread collecting tweets by journalists of color speaking about racism and discrimination they faced while working in newsrooms — Over the last week, journalists of color have been talking about the racism and discrimination they've faced while working in newsrooms. Their experiences show that that racism in news media is institutionalized. We're collecting their tweets here (THREAD).
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P. Kim Bui / Collected Notes:
What it's like to be a newsroom leader and a person of color right now, quietly swallowing racism, fake allies, slights, and soul-deep exhaustion
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Nieman Lab, @kimbui, @bdelossantos1, @erikaaaguilar, @emmacarew, @paigeosburn, @leezeltanglao, @niketa, @mahnoorie, @bydavidsingh, @acarvin, @mthomps, @emmacarew, @elaheizadi, @neeeda, @emmacarew, @saleemkhan, @florangela, @nikkiusher, @nicolelzhu, @raju, @mathewi, @jeffjarvis, @sdkstl, @kimbui, @sisiwei, @walldo, @losowsky and @amzam
Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
As a reckoning comes for Condé Nast magazines, questions arise on the future of Anna Wintour, who has enshrined values of pedigree and privilege at the company — A reckoning has come to Bon Appétit and the other magazines of Condé Nast. Can a culture built on elitism and exclusion possibly change?
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Mediaite, @vincemancini, The Daily Beast, The Business of Fashion, @chrisecrowley, @andrewlavallee, @jessicahelfand, @thessaly, @rar, @clarajeffery, @nkvenugopal, @nickgillespie, The Media Nut, @dodaistewart, @cathyerway, @jessicagolds, @alyssavingan, @sewellchan, @yoshita_singh, @markwby, @juliarubin, @jmrivera02, @morganjerkins, @amyalex63, @ericmgarcia, @taffyakner, The Independent, Associated Press, The Daily Dot, Business Insider, Vox, Variety and Deadline
Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Sources: Refinery29, a brand focused on women's empowerment, fostered a toxic workplace at odds with its public image, including pay gaps for women and POC — New York (CNN Business)Amid the protests over the death of George Floyd and larger racial inequalities in the US last week …
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Vox, @maxwellstrachan, @kerrymflynn, @maxwelltani, @lmatsakis, @amelia_faith, @juliezeilinger, @amelia_faith, @devakshav, @conniewang, @rgay, @amelia_faith, @hiishaydenthere, @amelia_faith, @thestefansmith, @saraqdavid, @iramfali, @anastasiakeeley, @alyssavingan, @margareteby, @badfatblackgirl, @r29union, @jillkrajewski, @michellelegro, @kantrowitz, @winonasrider, @lisahopeking, @a_w_gordon, @mcwm, @saraqdavid, @rebel19, @andreagonram, @itstheannmarie, @andreagonram, @andreagonram, @andreagonram, @sal19, @andreagonram, @saba_h, @andreagonram, @rachelcharlenel, @anhaiphung, @kimberlanded, @kimberlanded, @kimberlanded, @frankpallotta, @joshsternberg, @amandamull, @thegarance, @heatherbarmore, @heyydnae, @rfmb, @nnekaxoxo, @andreagonram, @priyadesai, @mf_greatest, @karenattiah and @rebexxxxa
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
BuzzFeed News EIC Mark Schoofs faces a diversity problem made worse by talent drain, with staff skeptical about a new “inequality desk” led by only white men — A talent drain has left what Mark Schoofs acknowledges as “a glaring diversity problem.” But a hiring spree isn't likely to happen anytime soon.
Discussion:
@mdawriter
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
At launch, Facebook News had very few politics stories, many New York Times links, and overlapped little with the most popular articles on rest of Facebook — On June 10, the most popular stories across Facebook were all NASCAR banning Confederate flags and Blue Lives Matter (with a sprinkling of dead kids).
Discussion:
The Verge, Simon Owens's Tech …, WeRSM and @manjusrii, more at Techmeme »
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
60 in 6, the 60 Minutes show for Quibi, will premiere Sunday with two episodes and subsequently release new episodes every Monday — After teasing the series' arrival for some months, Quibi is finally ready to launch its take on 60 Minutes for the social media generation.
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@convergencetr, TVNewser and Variety
Grzegorz Piechota / INMA:
Researchers: a comparison of human and algorithm curation on Apple News shows that human editors chose more diverse sources, more evenly, and less “soft news” — Two Northwestern University researchers audited two Apple News sections: one curated by editors and one by an algorithm.
Mary Emily O'Hara / Adweek:
BET to launch $25M Content for Change campaign on June 19, partnering with civil rights groups to create short-form programming around racial justice — Through Content for Change, it's partnering with civil rights groups on its platforms — BET, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS …
Discussion:
Variety, Multichannel News and bet.com
Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
Internet Archive to close its National Emergency Library, which offers free, unrestricted access to ebooks, on June 16, after lawsuit from four major publishers — Online library asks publishers to “call off their costly assault.” — The Internet Archive has ended its National Emergency Library programs …
Discussion:
New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Gizmodo, @jenny_trout, @lr_lam, @jgarzik, @michael_deforge, @jamespopstar and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Twitch says it plans to scan clips of livestreams to automatically delete those that include copyrighted music in the next months, without penalizing streamers — Streamers won't be penalized — Twitch plans to start automatically scanning clips of live streams for copyrighted music following …
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Byron Allen and Comcast settle long-running lawsuit; Comcast denies racism allegations but will carry three of Allen's cable channels on its Xfinity packages — Los Angeles media mogul Byron Allen has ended his high-profile legal battle over alleged racism by cable juggernaut Comcast Corp …
Discussion:
Deadline, Billboard and Los Angeles Times
BBC:
Emily Sheffield named editor of the Evening Standard, replacing George Osborne who will become editor-in-chief — Former chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne is to stand down from his role as editor of London's Evening Standard newspaper. — Osborne took on the job in March 2017 …
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@amolrajan, The Guardian, @emilysheffield, Telegraph, @george_osborne, @george_osborne and @mrevgenylebedev
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