Mediagazer: Interview with S. Mitra Kalita, CNN Digital's VP for programming, on the continued importance of home pages and content strategy that fits users' schedules (David Beard/Poynter)

3:15 AM ET, March 24, 2018

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A week after Cambridge Analytica and despite #deletefacebook, Facebook app installs did not drop, no big advertisers quit, and analysts recommend buying the dip — As Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal spiraled into chaos this week, a frantic hail of notes from Wall Street analysts …

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Hannah Summers / The Guardian:

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Four lawsuits against Facebook by its users and shareholders have been filed in federal courts so far after Cambridge Analytica revelations — The lawsuits are piling up against Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data misuse and political ad targeting scandal.

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David Beard / Poynter:

Interview with S. Mitra Kalita, CNN Digital's VP for programming, on the continued importance of home pages and content strategy that fits users' schedules — A decreasing presence in the Facebook algorithm and data concerns. The often toxic environment of Twitter. The surfacing of fake news in Google searches.

Dave Cullen / Vanity Fair:

Profile of the social-media content studio started by Parkland school shooting survivors and their allies, with the hope to keep #neveragain in the conversation — In an undisclosed strip-mall location, the survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High shooting—and a few key alumni allies …

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The Guardian:
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Ina Fried / Axios:

Craigslist pulls all personal ads after passage of sex-trafficking bill FOSTA, says any tool or service can be misused and that it can't take such risk — Online classified site Craigslist has pulled its entire personal ad section after Congress passed a new sex-trafficking bill that puts more liability on Web sites.

Daniel Holloway / Variety:

PBS files countersuit against former host Davis Smiley, providing details about alleged sexual misconduct that led to his show's cancellation — PBS on Friday filed a countersuit against former talk-show host Tavis Smiley, seeking $1.9 million in salary and providing detail about the alleged misconduct …

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:

CBS News and BBC News intend to open a joint news bureau in Johannesburg, another development in the newsgathering partnership struck in July 2017 — CBS News and BBC News intend to open a joint news bureau in Johannesburg, South Africa, one of the more significant developments …

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