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Justin Hendrix / Tech Policy Press:
Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other US tech firms should suspend the accounts of Russia's state media and other elements of Putin's propaganda machine — Justin Hendrix is CEO and Editor of Tech Policy Press. This piece represents his opinion, and not necessarily that of any other individual associated with Tech Policy Press.
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New York Times:
A look at how CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC covered the first day of Russia's invasion, with the latter two highlighting their opinion hosts — Fox News stars like Tucker Carlson questioned why Americans hated Vladimir Putin, and CNN showed Russian tanks and rockets in live war-zone dispatches.
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Poynter, @maxwelltani, Los Angeles Times, @froomkin, @emilynussbaum, @samuelaadams, @katie_rayford, @hshaban, @oliverdarcy, @emilynussbaum, The Guardian, The Week and PolitiFact
@youranonone:
The website of state-affiliated Russian news outlet RT News was taken down Thursday, and Twitter accounts from the Anonymous collective took credit — The #Anonymous collective has taken down the website of the #Russian propaganda station RT News.
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Vox Media, Complex Networks, and BDG are considering ditching Google's AMP for their own mobile-optimized articles; The Washington Post dropped AMP last summer — Owners of the Verge and Bustle test alternatives to AMP framework, an effort they expect will generate more ad revenue
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AdExchanger, 9to5Google, @simonowens, @bergmayer, @alexbruell, @keachhagey and @macaree, more at Techmeme »
Taylor Lorenz / Input:
Some Instagram meme pages are turning into “war pages” that repost unverified footage without context, often claiming to be run by journalists in Ukraine — Just hours after the first explosions rocked Ukraine Wednesday night, massive Instagram meme pages began promoting …
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NBC News, @taylorlorenz, @noupside, @alicemuwu, @attorneynora, @bostonjoan, @timquirino, @jordanuhl, @taylorlorenz and @taylorlorenz, more at Techmeme »
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Gannett says it has 1.6M digital subscribers, up 49% YoY, and reports Q4 revenue of $827M, down 5.5% YoY, and net loss of $22.4M — The newspaper chain grew digital subscriptions to 1.6 million but the surge appears to be driven by deeply discounted introductory rates.
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Press Gazette, Media Nation, @poynter and @tmorris504
The Daily Beast:
In a tweet, AP promoted the sale of an NFT linked to a video of migrants in an overcrowded boat, then deleted the tweet and canceled the sale after criticism — GHOULISH — The Associated Press on Thursday hurriedly attempted to scrape the egg off its face after promoting a forthcoming …
Alexander Marrow / Reuters:
Russia's communications regulator says media outlets can only publish Ukraine info from official Russian sources and failing to do so will lead to restrictions — Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor on Thursday said media outlets must check the veracity of their reports …
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Axios, @biannagolodryga, Reclaim The Net and @globalfreemedia
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE:
Russia's telecom and internet regulator announces a “partial restriction” of access to Facebook over Meta's alleged restrictions on some Russian media — The country's telecommunications and internet regulator announced the restriction on Friday, accusing Facebook of censoring Russia.
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@wexler, @kevinrothrock, @motherboard and РИА …, more at Techmeme »
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Tumblr launches an ad-free tier for $4.99/month or $39.99/year on desktop and in its mobile apps; Tumblr was once opposed to displaying ads, but caved in 2012 — You can fix one of Tumblr's problems, for a fee — Tumblr announced today that users can opt out of ads (on the desktop and in its mobile apps) …
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TechCrunch, @atsudavoh, Tumblr Staff, Mashable, Gizmodo, @quinnypig, Adweek and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Jon Lafayette / Next TV:
Sinclair says a 2021 cyberattack cost $63M in lost Q4 ad revenue, reports an $89M loss, down from $467M net income in Q4 2020, on $1.47B revenue, down 2% YoY — Company reports $89 million net loss for fourth quarter — Sinclair Broadcast Group said that the cyber attack the company faced …
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insideradio.com, Dow Jones Newswires, TV Technology and TVNewsCheck
Patrick Egwu / Reuters Institute for the Study …:
A look at CJID's three-month fellowship for West African journalists, which provides training, mentoring, and some funding for local climate change stories — Most journalists lack the right skills and some newsrooms aren't committing resources. A fellowship from CJID is trying to change this
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@_danwhyte, @cjidafrica and @olorunwababs
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