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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: White House press secretary Jen Psaki plans to leave in May and is in exclusive talks to join MSNBC after she does — White House press secretary Jen Psaki is in exclusive talks with MSNBC to join the network after she leaves the White House around May, according to a source close to the matter.
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Angela Fu / Poynter:
Unionized workers at the Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald, and Bradenton Herald are staging a 24-hour work stoppage on Friday to protest long contract negotiations — Journalists at the Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald and Bradenton Herald are walking out after over a year and a half of first contract negotiations
Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Sources: at a recent employee town hall and a management offsite meeting, Netflix executives cautioned employees to be more careful about spending and hiring — Netflix is tightening its belt. — In two separate meetings over the past few weeks, Netflix executives cautioned employees …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
A judge rules against Moira Donegan, creator of the viral Shitty Media Men list, in her attempt to block the libel suit against her using Section 230 — A libel lawsuit over a widely circulated Google spreadsheet listing men in the news media who had allegedly committed sexual assault …
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@joshgerstein, @mmasnick, @thatjenmonroe, @daphnehk, @nickgillespie, @daphnehk, @daphnehk and @gabrielmalor
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
A deep look at the benefits of content moderation in open forums, and how it can support free speech by creating spaces where more people feel free to talk — Obviously over the past few years there's been all of these debates about the content moderation practices of various websites.
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@anthonyha, @anildash, @m_karanicolas, @zweigand, @kottke, @adelin and @mmasnick
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
In a 3-0 decision, the DC appeals court rejects former congressman Devin Nunes' effort to revive a $250M lawsuit accusing The Washington Post of defamation — A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected former congressman Devin Nunes' effort to revive a $250 million lawsuit accusing the Washington Post …
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@arden_messing, @devincow, @coreywrites and MindWar
Tim Baysinger / Axios:
Ex-Jalopnik journalists David Tracy and Jason Torchinsky launch The Autopian, an automotive news outlet, with backing from an LA car dealer — Exit Content Preview — On Friday, a pair of ex-G/O Media staffers — David Tracy and Jason Torchinsky — launched The Autopian …
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@jasontorchinsky and @kerrymflynn
Savannah Jacobson / Columbia Journalism Review:
WNYC removes 45 stories from its website and Gothamist; 42 contained “unattributed passages,” and three had been “published on other websites by the author” — WNYC removed forty-five stories from its websites, wnyc.org and Gothamist.com, according to an announcement …
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Gothamist, @srjacobson1 and @marcatracy
Shraddha Chakradhar / Nieman Lab:
A look at the tense relationship between an Oregon elected official and local newspaper Malheur Enterprise, which he wants to buy after it investigated him — “I was tired of getting poked in the chest for not doing anything wrong. And it was like, 'You know what?
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@mcornatzer, @mikewiggins76, @hkingsmores, @niemanlab and @leszaitz
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
Michael Grade is formally confirmed as Ofcom chair, despite some MPs warning that he lacks depth of knowledge about social media and online safety — Former BBC chair will lead watchdog even though report said his knowledge of social media and online safety clearly lacked depth
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London Evening Standard, BBC, Broadband TV News, @pressgazette, Advanced Television and Press Gazette
Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Though CNN+ has more resources than other broadcast networks' streaming offerings, the $6/month service comes nowhere near providing comprehensive news coverage — This story first ran in Buffering, Vulture's newsletter about the streaming industry. Head to vulture.com/buffering and subscribe today!
Anna P. Kambhampaty / New York Times:
A look at @depthsofwikipedia, a viral social media account created by 22-year-old Annie Rauwerda that shares bizarre, amusing, and surprising Wikipedia snippets — On @depthsofwikipedia, Annie Rauwerda is compiling some of the crowdsourced site's most bizarre pages.
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