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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
An independent audit commissioned by Facebook harshly criticizes the company, arguing that some of its decisions were “significant setbacks for civil rights” — An independent audit faulted the social network for “vexing and heartbreaking decisions” that affect its users — and potentially the November elections.
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Facebook's Oversight Board says it won't be operational until “late fall”, likely after the US Presidential election — Facebook has announced that the limp “Oversight Board” intended to help make difficult content and policy decisions will not launch until “late fall,” which is to say, almost certainly after the election.
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Free Press:
After meeting between leaders of Facebook, ADL, Free Press, NAACP, and Color Of Change, boycott organizers are unconvinced meaningful change will occur
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New York Times:
How the Harper's letter grew from a core of about 20 people, led by Thomas Chatterton Williams, and how blowback built especially to J.K. Rowling's inclusion — An open letter published by Harper's, signed by luminaries including Margaret Atwood and Wynton Marsalis, argued for openness to “opposing views.”
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Harper's:
Over 150 journalists, academics, and writers sign a letter criticizing what they see as narrowing boundaries of debate and increasing self-censorship
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
CNBC says it has signed former Fox News journalist Shepard Smith to anchor a new one-hour evening news show, a significant shift in programming strategy — ‘The News with Shepard Smith’ will debut this fall on the cable news business channel — CNBC has signed former Fox News journalist Shepard Smith …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon Fire TV adds live content from Sling TV, YouTube TV, and Hulu + Live TV — Amazon is upgrading its Fire TV's live TV experience through new integrations with several live TV streaming services, including Sling TV, YouTube TV, and Hulu + Live TV. Live content from these services …
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Torrey Hart / The Streamable:
Comcast launches an app for Dish's Sling TV on its Xfinity Flex boxes, making it the first live TV streaming service available for its broadband customers — Comcast Xfinity Flex users now have access to the Sling TV app as a way to stream live television without a cable deal.
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Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed News:
Nandini Jammi leaves social media campaign group Sleeping Giants, which targeted Fox News, Breitbart, Facebook, and others, over disagreements with Matt Rivitz — Since 2016, copywriter Matt Rivitz and marketer Nandini Jammi have run Sleeping Giants, a social media campaign group …
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Sheila Dang / Reuters:
TikTok launches a self-service ad platform globally, with a music library and video editing tools to help brands make ads that match the style of TikTok videos — (Reuters) - TikTok's launch on Wednesday of a new platform to court small business advertisers is fraught with challenges …
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Jack Crosbie / Discourse Blog:
Q&A with Ben Smith on shifting power in newsrooms, the compromised position of a media reporter, firewall at NYT between reporting and opinion, and more — Ben Smith, the former editor of BuzzFeed News, is now a media columnist for the New York Times. It sounds like a great job, and I would love to have it.
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
London-based Permutive raises $18.5M Series B to help publishers target audiences more effectively using their own first-party data — Permutive is announcing that it has raised $18.5 million in Series B funding, as the London-based startup works to help online publishers make money in a changing privacy landscape.
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Adweek, Tech.eu and @jason_kint
Tonja Renée Stidhum / The Root:
NYT will adapt The 1619 Project into a portfolio of films, TV, and other content, in partnership with Lionsgate and with Oprah Winfrey as a producer — On August 14, 2019, on the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans' arrival into the English colonies that would become the United States …
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David Westphal / Poynter:
Newspapers have managed to retain nearly all their public notice business, and for many, it's become indispensable to survival — With three-fourths of advertising dollars to U.S. newspapers dried up, public notices have become a dominant share of their income
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