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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: a bitter feud has emerged between Patrick Soon-Shiong and Michael Ferro as they compete for larger stakes in Tronc — Ousted director Patrick Soon-Shiong adds to stake in Los Angeles Times publisher, setting up for showdown with its biggest shareholder and chairman Michael Ferro
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Associated Press:
ABC News says three of its Twitter accounts were hacked and sent out profanity-filled tweets; ABC is “working on resolving the problem” — NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News says three of its Twitter accounts were hacked Thursday morning and sent out profanity-filled tweets to its millions of followers.
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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Medium launches memberships for $5/month, directing early revenue to writers, eventually giving access to exclusive stories and an offline reading list — You don't really get anything yet — Medium has just launched its subscription service, which for $5 per month will give subscribers access to... something, eventually.
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Women's Media Center annual study: gender gap in reporting persists across platforms and is large and growing in TV news but smaller at digital outlets — Far more men than women are reporting the news, at least at some of the most prominent news organizations in the United States.
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@drewharwell, Women's Media Center, TVNewser, @niemanlab, @spacekatgal and Women's Media Center
Jessica Guynn / USA Today:
Despite Google's assurances, AT&T, Verizon, others pull ads from Google and YouTube over concerns ads could appear next to content promoting terrorism and hate — SAN FRANCISCO — AT&T says it's pulling its business from Google and YouTube despite the Internet giant's pledge this week …
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Memo: The Guardian announces job cuts at US newsroom, after plan to move NY HQ to Kushner-owned building was scrapped at a cost, according to sources, of $250K — The Guardian's US operation announced a fresh round of cuts two days after BuzzFeed News reported that it had backed out of a move to a Kushner-owned building.
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Jeremy Gerard / Deadline:
The New York Times names New York magazine's Jesse Green co-chief theater critic in wake of Charles Isherwood's departure — The New York Times poached New York magazine's Jesse Green to be co-chief theater critic with longtime Number One, Ben Brantley. The hiring, effective May 1 …
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@aoscott, Playbill and The New York Times Company
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Sources: Trump had a private dinner last week with NBC News' Mark Halperin, who some reporters believe has become too cozy with the president — President Donald Trump had a private dinner with NBC News senior political analyst Mark Halperin last week, sources with knowledge of the meeting told CNNMoney.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vice Media moves into scripted content with short-form and original programming coming to its US website — Inks exclusive distribution pact with startup studio Blackpills — Vice Media, which has built its brand for more than two decades largely around news, documentaries and other nonfiction fare …
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TechCrunch, VideoInk - Medium and Birth.Movies.Death
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
US Senate begins debate on resolution to roll back FCC's broadband privacy regulations — Vote expected tomorrow on resolution — The Senate began debate late Wednesday on invalidating the FCC's broadband privacy regs, adopted last October by a divided FCC whose dissenters are now in the majority.
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Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch:
Six March Madness games to be offered in VR; single court camera for $2 per game, multiple camera angles for $3 per game or $8 for all six — Want to watch March Madness in VR? You're in luck. — Six games — including the Final Four national semifinals and National Championship game — will be streamed in VR.
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Opinion page of Murdoch's Wall Street Journal harshly rebukes Trump, saying he's damaging his presidency with stream of falsehoods and evidence-free accusations — The editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is known for its conservative tone, but its latest editorial would stand out even in the pages of its left-leaning peers.
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