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UNC trustees voted to approve tenure for Nikole Hannah-Jones after controversy over her hire without tenure as Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism — Listen to our daily briefing: — UNC-Chapel Hill trustees voted to approve tenure for distinguished journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones …
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Adam Mosseri says Instagram plans to test video more broadly, calls TikTok and YouTube competitors, and says Instagram is “no longer a photo-sharing app” — - Facebook's head of Instagram said the service plans to start showing users full-screen, recommended videos in their feeds.
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A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Florida's Stop Social Media Censorship Act from going into effect, which was scheduled for Thursday — A federal judge Wednesday put on hold a first-of-its-kind law in Florida that authorized the state to penalize social media companies …


Fired Fox news host Ed Henry sues Fox and its CEO for saying he was fired for “willful sexual misconduct”, alleges cover-up of other cases in Murdoch companies — Henry was fired last summer over what the company says was “willful sexual misconduct” claims, and lobs a number of explosive allegations in his suit.
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The Chicago Tribune names its longtime theater critic Chris Jones as editorial page editor, in the wake of staff buyouts and exit of high-profile journalists — The Chicago Tribune has named its longtime theater critic, Chris Jones, as editorial page editor.
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Profile of married home-renovation team Chip and Joanna Gaines as their new media company Magnolia Network launches its first shows on Discovery+ on July 15 — The couple have harnessed their easy approachability to build a thriving empire encompassing TV, books, hospitality and retail.
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Group M: Google, Facebook, Alibaba, ByteDance, and Amazon claimed 46% of global ad revenues in 2020; in 2010, the then top 5, including News Corp, claimed 17% — Five tech companies today account for nearly half of the world's advertising revenue, a report has found.
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EIC of prestigious academic journal Annals of Human Genetics says he resigned after being prevented from publishing an article calling for a boycott of China — David Curtis says publisher of Annals of Human Genetics blocked call for protest at treatment of Uyghurs


Study finds reading fake news changed people's behavior, but not dramatically; some participants developed false memories about the fake stories they read — “The spread of Covid-19 is linked to 5G mobile networks.” “Place a halved onion in the corner of your room to catch the Covid-19 germs.”
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The Appeal's newly unionized staff announces a worker-led effort to relaunch the site as its management says it is shutting down the outlet in its current form — After years of groundbreaking reporting and analysis, The Appeal will sunset in its current form on June 30.
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How college students fill local news gaps with the Eudora Times, covering a suburb of Lawrence, KS, and the Statehouse File, contributing to the Indiana Citizen — As the local news crisis grows, staffs are thinning out and gaps in coverage are widening. But reinforcements are coming …
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Integral Ad Science, which offers ad-verification services, closes up 14% in its first day of trading after its IPO, valuing the company at close to $3.3B — - Ad tech company Integral Ad Science began trading on Wednesday under the ticker “IAS.” — IAS pegs itself as a “verification company” for digital ads.