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Meta confirms a now-fixed Facebook bug led to a “massive ranking failure” that increased views of harmful content up to 30% over the past six months — A group of Facebook engineers identified a “massive ranking failure” that exposed as much as half of all News Feed views to …
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Shealah Craighead, Trump's chief White House photographer, planned to publish a book but was preempted by Trump, who published his own with no photo credits — The former chief White House photographer made plans to publish a book of Trump photos. The former president had other plans.
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Google plans to add “highly cited” Search labels for original reporting and press releases, coming “soon” in the US on mobile and “in the coming weeks” globally — And new notices will help searchers check the validity of information
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Report: Amazon Prime Video will air 21 NY Yankees games, starting April 22 against Cleveland, available only in the NY region; the games won't be on linear TV — With Major League Baseball signing deals with streaming services left and right, and regional sports networks working towards …
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The Daily Wire plans to invest “a minimum of $100M” over three years in kids entertainment, to challenge Disney and its stance on Florida's “Don't Say Gay” bill — The Daily Wire is planning a significant push into kids entertainment, with what it says will be …
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Some Russian oligarchs are using the UK's data privacy law, intended to prevent ads from tracking consumers, to sue journalists who cover them, even in the US — Those laws, which were intended to prevent ads from tracking consumers too closely around the Internet, are now being used …
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A look at the legacy of the Eyewitness and Action News local news formats, which originated in Philadelphia and reinforced community of color stereotypes — A MORE PERFECT UNION is a special project from The Philadelphia Inquirer examining the roots of systemic racism through institutions founded in Philadelphia.
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Hulu's deal with Epix ended on March 23; the 2015 agreement let Hulu offer hundreds of movies from Paramount, MGM, Lionsgate, and several other studios — One of the biggest contributors to Hulu's film library is no longer part of the service. — The Streamable has confirmed that Hulu's deal …
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Lawmakers pull a bill proposing to cap Georgia's film and TV tax credits at $900M and make them nontransferable; the state passed out $1.2B of credits in 2021 — The changes, if signed into law, would have capped the amount Georgia hands out in film and TV tax credits at $900 million and make them nontransferable.
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Journalists and media outlets in the US tend to be war hawks as they rely on military sources, not on civil society voices, and think war is morally clear-cut — The United States' most reputable media outlets have a long history of tilting toward military action.
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The New York Times announces a team dedicated to personalizing its home screen based on location and reading history and testing new content packages — A group of editors joins the Home team to work with Product leaders on a path to providing a more valuable reader experience.
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WWE is making its first foray into scripted TV with two shows, one for Netflix and the other for NBCUniversal, and partnering with Blumhouse to develop a series — Spanish-language comedy ‘Contras Las Cuerdas’ to debut on Netflix, while wrestling-mogul family drama ‘Pinned’ is in development for NBCU
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