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8:05 AM ET, May 12, 2021

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Washington Post names Sally Buzbee as its executive editor; Buzbee, who is executive editor of the AP, will be the first woman to lead the news organization  —  The Washington Post has named veteran journalist Sally Buzbee of the Associated Press as its executive editor …
Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Sources: BuzzFeed is in talks to acquire Complex Networks after BuzzFeed goes public via a SPAC, 890 Fifth Avenue Partners, even as the SPAC market slows down  —  BuzzFeed is in talks to acquire digital lifestyle publisher Complex Networks as part of its plan to go public by merging …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Bloomberg launches a suite of subscriber-only content, including a daily blog, aimed at the 76% of Odd Lots podcast listeners who are non-subscribers  —  In February, roughly two and a half years after launching its paywall, Bloomberg Media met a major milestone: 300,000 paying subscribers.
New York Times:
The Golden Globes, first seen as meaningless at best and corrupt at worst, gained power via strong production and support from people including Harvey Weinstein  —  The group that was once assailed by the F.C.C. steadily gained influence in Hollywood over the years until scrutiny of its practices …
Wired:
Research: Rumble, a video-sharing site popular with conservatives, is more likely than not to recommend videos with misinfo for “vaccine”, “election” searches  —  Research shows the emergent video platform can recommend conspiracy theories and other harmful content more often than not.
Emanuel Maiberg / VICE:
Twitter temporarily restricted the account of Palestinian-American writer reporting on Palestinian protests; the company said the move was an error  —  The impacted account belongs to Mariam Barghouti, who was on the ground reporting on protests against the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem.
Ko Bragg / Columbia Journalism Review:
Advocates at nonprofits that aid the poor say media too often seeks help finding people with specific profiles of suffering, rather than building relationships  —  In the summer of 2020, Tara Raghuveer found herself dealing with a barrage of inquiries from national media outlets.
Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg:
Former journalist in the UK says LinkedIn froze his account and removed his comments critical of China; LinkedIn has now restored his account and some comments  —  - Peter Humphrey says critical content was removed by platform  — Move raises concerns over LinkedIn policies outside China
Discussion: @jamestobyne
@theappealunion:
[Thread] The Appeal Union says The Appeal is formally recognizing the union and “pausing layoffs”  —  Yesterday, we announced our union and requested voluntary recognition from The Appeal's management. Minutes later, they tried to lay off almost a third of our unit. Today, management said they will recognize our union and pause layoffs. Here's our statement: https://twitter.com/...
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
The Appeal staff say the outlet announced retaliatory layoffs minutes after a staff email to management announcing a union drive
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Hearst sells the US version of Marie Claire to Future, publisher of Marie Claire UK and other titles; Future says it hopes existing US staffers will stay on  —  Hearst Magazines, the home of numerous publications aimed at women including Cosmopolitan, Redbook and Harper's Bazaar …
Discussion: Future, WWD, Fashionista and MediaPost
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube plans to pay $100M to top creators on YouTube Shorts, its TikTok competitor, through 2022, starting in the next few months in the US and India  —  YouTube is giving its TikTok competitor, YouTube Shorts, an injection of cash to help it better compete with rivals.
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
UK TV executives expect Q2 ad spend to reach pre-COVID-19 levels of over £1B, thanks to European Championship football, Love Island, and other big shows  —  Covid hit UK's ad-dependent broadcasters but rebound is on cards, with Euro 2020 and more  —  The return of must-watch TV …
 
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Edo Konrad / +972 Magazine:
Israel's major newspapers barely covered the bombing deaths of nine Palestinian children, exemplifying their focus on framing Israel as the victim of aggression
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCU-owned Rotten Tomatoes is launching a streaming channel, first on the Roku Channel, then on Peacock and Xumo
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FiveThirtyEight:
Analysis: Black women killed by US police from 2015 to 2021 received only five stories or fewer in national media, well below other groups, with some exceptions
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
NBC says it will not air the 2022 Golden Globes; sources: Tom Cruise returned his three Golden Globes to join the protest against HFPA
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Teen Vogue names Versha Sharma, a managing editor at NowThis, as its new EIC
 

 
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Cisco details a hacking campaign that penetrated multiple governments' networks using two zero-day flaws in its VPN and firewall Adaptive Security Appliances

Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal:
IBM agrees to buy HashiCorp, which helps companies manage cloud infrastructure, in a deal valuing HashiCorp at $6.4B and expected to close by the end of 2024

Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
US prosecutors charge two founders of the Samourai Wallet crypto mixing service, saying it facilitated more than $100M in money laundering transactions

 
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