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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
How news outlets handled the decision to repeat President Trump's “shithole” comment, and why some editors decided readers needed to see the word — Lester Holt opened the “NBC Nightly News” on Thursday with a parental warning: “This may not be appropriate for some of our younger viewers.”
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Zuckerberg says News Feed will focus on what friends share, de-emphasize content from publishers and brands as it moves to favor interactions over passive posts — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook introduced sweeping changes to the kinds of posts, videos and photos that its more than two billion members …
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Publishers briefed on News Feed changes say Facebook told them reputable publishers will also be surfaced, though term was undefined, traffic impact was unclear — The end is nigh. Facebook is planning a major change to its news feed, starting as early as next week, that will decisively favor user content …
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Rebecca Sun / Hollywood Reporter:
Teen Vogue EIC Elaine Welteroth, who expanded the brand to cover politics, feminism, and more, is leaving the magazine and has signed with talent agency CAA — She announced her departure in an internal email to staff on Thursday. — Teen Vogue editor-in-chief Elaine Welteroth is leaving the magazine …
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Sources: Breitbart CEO Larry Solov and Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow say they won't immediately name a Bannon replacement or make other staff changes — Steve Bannon is out at Breitbart — It's difficult to imagine Breitbart without Steve Bannon. — Bannon had headed the far-right website since 2012 …
Robert Mackey / The Intercept:
A group of Dutch journalists collectively pressed the new US ambassador about a false claim he made, in contrast to how US outlets handle Trump's false claims — White House correspondents who routinely allow the president of the United States to repeat false claims unchallenged should study …
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Ronan Farrow finalizes three-year deal with HBO to develop and front a series of investigative documentary specials and produce other pieces — Farrow will develop and front a series of investigative documentaries for the network. — Ronan Farrow has finalized a three-year deal with HBO, the network confirmed Thursday.
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Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Sources: Google to vet videos in the Google Preferred ad program with human moderators and AI, after concerns from marketers over videos including Logan Paul's — Google is planning a new push to vet top-tier YouTube videos that it bundles for major advertisers, people familiar with the effort said …
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Jessica DiNapoli / Reuters:
Sources: Peter Thiel joins other bidders in making an offer in bankruptcy court for Gawker's remaining assets, including domains and 200K+ articles — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Venture capitalist Peter Thiel has made an offer for Gawker, hoping to overcome legal hurdles and rival bidders …
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Kara Swisher / Recode:
Recode partners with MSNBC for town halls about tech's impact, hosted by Kara Swisher, Ari Melber, airing on cable and online; 1st features Google, YouTube CEOs — First up to be interviewed: Google's Sundar Pichai and YouTube's Susan Wojcicki. — Yes, I am about to become an anchor monster.
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Chicago's City Bureau trains and pays Documenters to take notes at public meetings, given absence of journalistic coverage, and is expanding to Detroit — Chicago's City Bureau is betting on local residents doing this sort of low-key not-quite-journalism at meetings, and now it's expanding the model to Detroit.
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Pew Research Center:
Pew study of 38 countries shows US with the largest partisan gap on whether people see news media as covering political issues fairly, at 34 percentage points — Publics around the world overwhelmingly agree that the news media should be unbiased in their coverage of political issues …
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Xinhua News Agency rebuilds newsroom around AI, introduces “Media Brain”, a platform integrating cloud computing, Internet of Things, and AI in news production — “We saw lots of interest in AI in China, and the sector is moving so fast in the country...The U.S. still has the best AI talent …
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