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Trushar Barot / Nieman Lab:
How early adopters like NPR and The Washington Post are using smart speakers to distribute news and tackle challenges of discovery, analytics, and monetization — Challenges: Discovery, distribution, analytics, monetization — In all the conversations I've had with product …
Discussion:
@niemanfdn and @niemanlab
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Interview with Report for America's Charles Sennott on how the project will work, where first partnerships will likely be, training, coverage topics, and more — “This was once something that a whole generation of journalists got to do to start their careers. Sadly, we've seen it disappear.
Discussion:
MediaShift, @nwquah, @nwquah and The Rural Blog
Julia Fioretti / Reuters:
Twitter removed 300K accounts in first half of '17 for promoting terrorism, a 20% decline from previous six months with 75% suspended before posting first tweet — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said that its internal controls were allowing it to weed out accounts being used for the …
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Twitter, SlashGear, @marklittlenews, Adweek, Fast Company, ZDNet, The Drum, The Next Web, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Engadget, Mashable and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
How an overheard lunch conversation led to The New York Times story about tensions between White House lawyers — WASHINGTON — I have always thought of overhearing conversations as an underappreciated journalistic tool. — When political donors, lobbyists and politicians gather at hotels …
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@acshilton, NPR, @abeaujon, @kenvogel, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, @grahamdavida, @alfredspellman, The Awl, Washingtonian and Business Insider
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
As authoritarian tendencies rise in America, shutting down voices like Jemele Hill's is dangerous — I love words, but sometimes they just aren't up to the job. — Like the word “inappropriate,” which has been applied to certain tweets last week by Jemele Hill, the ESPN commentator …
Discussion:
The Wrap, @robinbyrd3, @timobrien, @poniewozik, @sulliview, @lpolgreen and @jayrosen_nyu
Cory Doctorow / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
EFF says it's resigning from W3C after the standards org voted for browser DRM, a move hostile to archiving, accessibility, security research, more — In 2013, EFF was disappointed to learn that the W3C had taken on the project of standardizing “Encrypted Media Extensions,” …
Discussion:
@xor, W3C Blog, Ars Technica, Network World, @dangillmor, SiliconANGLE, Techdirt, ZDNet, Gizmodo, The Register, Boing Boing, @macloo and W3C
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Comcast says its Watchable business is moving away from original content and streaming app, but hopes to use Watchable streaming tech elsewhere — Two years ago, Comcast launched Watchable, a streaming video platform focused on delivering the best of web video.
Discussion:
Philly.com, Multichannel News and VideoInk
Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Steven Spielberg, chairman of DreamWorks parent Amblin Partners, will assume CEO role as Michael Wright steps down — Michael Wright, Amblin Partners' top executive, is stepping down from his role as CEO, the company said Tuesday. — “I have always enjoyed working with Michael …
Discussion:
The Wrap, Business Wire, Variety and Deadline
Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Fox says it will stream entertainment programming on Twitter to promote new fall shows, with one comedy, Ghosted, debuting on Twitter before it starts on TV — Fox's new comedy series “Ghosted” will debut on Twitter days before its scheduled linear premiere — part of a new partnership between …
Discussion:
Broadcasting & Cable, The Slanted and Deadline
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter launches Nuzzel-like Popular Articles feature, which shows articles shared by your network, located in Twitter's Explore tab on iOS and Android — Click a link inside Twitter's Popular Articles feature and the article will open in a browser inside the Twitter app.
Discussion:
The Next Web, Engadget and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
USA Today loses two business and tech veterans, Roger Yu and Jon Swartz, amid Gannett layoffs — USA Today's business and tech news staff is losing two reporters as part of the Gannett company-wide layoffs. — Those being cut are: — Roger Yu, who writes about economics and business policy for USA Today.
Discussion:
@maxwelltani, @rwklose, @rocswingle, @seanlahman, Ashvegas, @heoj, @joshsternberg, @mediaverse and Phoenix Business Journal
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Apple Music for Android updated with user profiles, voice command support, Beats 1 app shortcut, recently played widget — Apple is updating its Apple Music app for Android with new features that are also debuting on iOS 11 today. Social profiles are perhaps the biggest addition across Android …
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