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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Facebook releases a previously shelved Q1 content transparency report, acknowledging the widespread reach of content casting doubt on COVID vaccines — The social-media platform's Saturday evening acknowledgment comes after a lengthy internal debate over whether to share data.
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New York Times:
Internal emails: Facebook shelved content transparency report in Q1 fearing outcry, as most-viewed link was news article implying doctor died from COVID vaccine — The company praised itself this week for being “the most transparent platform on the internet.”
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Anguished reactions by some in elite US media about Afghanistan come from people who deeply bought into the war and are suddenly forced to confront its reality — I wrote at the beginning of the week that the lightning collapse of the Afghan Army and the Afghan state, far from making …
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Alice Speri / The Intercept:
A look at the bureaucratic obstacles facing Afghans who worked with US media outlets, including changing US admissions eligibility requirements
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Two female journalists at Radio Television Afghanistan say they've been barred from working and that there are no more female presenters or reporters at RTA
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: Rachel Maddow has agreed to a new multi-year deal with MSNBC, which will include developing new projects with the network and NBCUniversal — Rachel Maddow will stay at MSNBC, according to two people familiar with the matter, after negotiating a new pact that will keep her at the cable-news outlet beyond 2022.
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Jim Friedlich / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
How the bipartisan Local Journalism Sustainability Act in US Congress would publicly fund local media orgs while letting them keep their editorial independence — The Philadelphia Inquirer is unique. The newspaper you are reading is the largest American news publication under nonprofit ownership …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
How Russia's crackdown has changed outlets like Meduza, which has an audience of 10M+/month and lost 95% of advertisers after being marked a “foreign agent” — Meduza, a leading independent news site, fights back with jokes and a stunning donation campaign. But can it stand up to the Russian state?
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Mark Stenberg / Medialyte:
This year's media startups are better funded than last year's, yet are similar in their emphasis on subscriptions, newsletters, and relatively small staff — Puck, Off the Record, Confidential and Charter: What they kept and what they tweaked. — A song to read by: “It's My House,” by Diana Ross
Kayla Benjamin / Current:
Public radio reporters and editors discuss climate change coverage takeaways: listeners want more stories, newsroom collaboration is key, and more — Public radio newsrooms that have ramped up reporting on climate change are finding new ways to help their audiences understand the local impact …
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Zheping Huang / Bloomberg:
Chinese e-comics app Kuaikan, which has 50M MAUs, raises $240M Series F from CCB International, Tencent, and others, source says at a $1.25B valuation — - Comics apps valued at $1.25 billion, a person familiar says — Kuaikan is also backed by the likes of Coatue and ByteDance
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Tim Schwab / Columbia Journalism Review:
Individual journalists bear the onus for not disclosing conflicts of interest when sometimes it is newsrooms that fail to enforce their own ethics rules — Recently, the New York Times published a story profiling a welter of financial conflicts of interest in the work of former Times …
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Kate Storey / Esquire:
Interview with CNN's Clarissa Ward on reporting from Kabul as the chaos unfolded: “I appear calm, but that doesn't mean I am calm” — When CNN's Clarissa Ward approached a Taliban fighter on the streets of Kabul on Wednesday, a gunshot rang out behind her.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: DC-based The Hill has been sold to Nexstar Media Group for $130M — The Hill, a Beltway-based print publication that receives significant national traffic to its digital website, has sold to Nextstar for $130 million, Axios has learned. — Why it matters: The Hill's owner …
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