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Sources: Facebook is developing newsletter tools for journalists and writers, including tools to help build followers, curate email lists, and offer paid subs — Here's what you need to know: — After an outcry, Robinhood says it will allow users to trade GameStop again on Friday.
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The Daily Beast:
In 2019, participants on a NYT trip with reporter Donald McNeil Jr. complained he used racist and sexist language; a probe was conducted and he was reprimanded — The paper's top COVID reporter joined a group of students on a trip to Peru in 2019. Participants alleged he repeatedly made racist comments.
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Kenneth R. Gosselin / Hartford Courant:
Connecticut AG has sent a letter to Alden asking for info and expressing concern about its possible takeover of Tribune and the impact it would have on CT media — HARTFORD — Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is seeking more information from the hedge fund that is the largest shareholder …
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@courantguild and @agwilliamtong
Alex Barker / Financial Times:
Sports leagues should explore how to co-own rights with streaming services to reach wider audiences at a price more people are willing to pay — System of selling rights to pay-TV is under threat from services that promise a vastly bigger audience — Netflix has avoided live sports for good reason.
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contextisking.com, @ashkan and @alexebarker
Scroll.in:
Editors Guild of India condemns police for charging journalists and editors for covering protest violence; police also booked journalists under sedition laws — The press body demanded that the FIRs be withdrawn immediately and the media be allowed to report without fear and with freedom.
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@indeditorsguild and The Hindu
Megan Graham / CNBC:
Facebook says it will begin testing “topic exclusion” controls that would help advertisers stop running ads next to topics they want to avoid in News Feed — - Facebook is building tools to help advertisers keep their ad placements away from certain topics in its News Feed.
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MediaPost, Ad Age and Adweek, more at Techmeme »
Jessica Jerreat / Voice of America:
USAGM approves renewal of J-1 visas for foreign journalists working for VOA for the first time since June 2020 when Michael Pack took over — The new acting head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media this week approved several J-1 visa applications for foreign journalists working for Voice of America, one of the networks it oversees.
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@jessicajerreat, @davidfolkenflik and @kaedotcom
Nicole Hemmer / CNN:
The Fairness Doctrine is not a disinformation fix both because of limited FCC jurisdiction and because it could be used to spread right-wing propaganda further — This is how Fox News is describing the Biden administration — Nicole Hemmer is an associate research scholar at Columbia University …
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contextisking.com, @pastpunditry, @poniewozik, @jayrosen_nyu and @jayrosen_nyu
Gene Park / Washington Post:
When journalists parachute in to report on an unfamiliar topic like video games, stereotypes and broad generalizations often obscure important issues — Reporters need to understand what video games are before they write stories about video games. That's because video games are more than just a medium.
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@genepark, @whatthebit, @jvenook, @magmalemur, @dickymclaughlin, @genepark and @genepark
Mariam Cheik-Hussein / AdNews:
Google added a pop-up to Search in Australia, pushing against the proposed news media bargaining code, which would make Google pay news publishers for links — Google is showing Search users in Australia a new pop-up to warn them about the implications of the news media bargaining code …
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@paulwiggins, @nathanbazley, Angela Kehagiadis, EFTM and The Guardian
Bijan Stephen / The Verge:
YouTube is testing the ability to make short clips, from 5 to 60 seconds, of livestreams or videos, starting today on desktop and Android devices — Another standard live-streaming feature makes its way over to the online video giant — YouTube is introducing clipping …
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support.google.com, @eckhartsladder, @baekdal, ScreenRant, XDA Developers and Polygon, more at Techmeme »
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
ABC News President James Goldston is stepping down on March 31 after 17 years with the network — ABC News president James Goldston is stepping down after 17 years with the network. Of those 17 years, he spent seven as president. — In a memo to staff sent Thursday, he said his last day with the company will be March 31.
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