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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
A misleading NBC story about Google “banning” The Federalist and ZeroHedge sounds just like what happened to Techdirt last year because of comments on one page — from the another-day-another-story dept — So, earlier today, NBC reported that Google had “banned” …
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Aaron Holmes / Business Insider:
Google cracks down on The Federalist and ZeroHedge for violating policies on race-related content and may permanently suspend their access to Google Ads revenue — - Google is cracking down on two right-wing outlets, ZeroHedge and The Federalist, for violating its policies on race-related content.
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Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:
Facebook and Instagram will allow some US users to turn off political ads starting Wednesday; the feature will roll out to all US users over the next few weeks — - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced the social network will allow its users to turn off seeing political ads.
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Washington Post:
A deep look at the toxic relationship between Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists and its publisher, whose family has owned the paper for nearly a century — Before last year, Keith C. Burris was mostly known to reporters at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as the author of the most controversial opinion piece …
CNN:
Sources: Michael Pack, the new CEO of the US Agency for Global Media, has yet to show up for his job, after being confirmed by the Senate in early June — New York (CNN Business)The new chief executive of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has yet to show up for his job, sources tell CNN …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Memo: Voice of America Director Amanda Bennett and Deputy Director Sandy Sugawara have resigned as Trump appointee Michael Pack takes over VOA's parent agency
Memo: Voice of America Director Amanda Bennett and Deputy Director Sandy Sugawara have resigned as Trump appointee Michael Pack takes over VOA's parent agency
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philadelphia Magazine editor Tom McGrath to step down at the end of the summer, says the pub needs to hire a replacement who isn't “a middle-aged white guy” — Philadelphia Magazine editor Tom McGrath will step down at the end of the summer, telling his staff the publication needs …
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Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:
ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish says the full rebrand for CBS All Access will happen in 2021, not this summer, with more Viacom content including sports and news — ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish gave a small update on the network's upcoming rebrand for CBS All Access on Tuesday.
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Neal Justin / Star Tribune:
American Public Media Group ends production on Live From Here, the successor to A Prairie Home Companion, and lays off 28; CEO blames the pandemic for cuts — Cancellation part of cuts at St. Paul-based American Public Media Group. — TEXT SIZE — American Public Media Group …
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Ad-supported streaming news provider Haystack says it has added more than 2M users this year, rebrands its curated service from Haystack TV to Haystack News — “Just this year alone we have acquired between 2 million and 3 million users," CEO Daniel Barreto tells THR.
David Cohen / Adweek:
Spotify adds video ads to Ad Studio, its self-serve ad platform, in Canada, UK, and the US, and says 50% of its advertisers used it in May, up from 11% in March — They will debut in Canada, the U.K., the U.S. and with select advertisers in other test markets
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Jimmy Nsubuga / Yahoo News:
BBC Director General announces a program for voluntary redundancies, as part of plans to save £125M this year — The BBC has announced a wide-ranging programme for voluntary redundancies in order to save tens of millions of pounds in the wake of changes to the licence fee and the coronavirus fallout.
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David Shortell / CNN:
Court docket: the Trump admin sues to block John Bolton's book, set to publish June 23, alleging breach of contract and that it's “rife” with classified info — Trump team concerned over release of Bolton's book — (CNN)The Trump administration is suing former national security …
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
PAMCo: national UK newspapers added a record 6.6M daily digital readers in Q1; The Sun was the most read at 39.8M and The Guardian was the fastest growing — National newspaper brands added 6.6m readers daily digital readers in the UK in the first quarter of this year reaching a record audience …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Reuters digital news report based on surveys of 80K+ people in 40 countries: more people are paying for news, many prefer sources with “no point of view”, more — The percentage of people paying for news online continues to increase — and people may even pay for more than one subscription.
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