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Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Sources: Snap cuts about 100 employees on the advertising side of the business; this downsizing is said to be the final step in restructuring process — The reductions this time center on its ad division — Snap Inc. is cutting another set of employees, focusing this time on the advertising side …
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Facebook shuts down Partner Categories, says it will stop using data from third-party aggregators like Experian to supplement its own data for ad targeting — Facebook says it's going to stop using data from third-party data providers like Experian and Acxiom.
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Alex Webb / Bloomberg:
Most of Facebook's new privacy measures are happening in response to EU's GDPR, which goes into effect on May 25
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Scott Rosenberg / Axios:
Traditional media gains from Facebook's scandals, blames tech giants for its problems; both parties offer a public service paid for by selling users' attention — Facebook and Google execs privately complain about the barrage of critical coverage they face, charging that media companies …
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The Drum, @oneunderscore__, New York Magazine, @bmorrissey, @jarroddicker and @donie
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Express Newspapers report a mean gender pay gap of 17% favoring men, lower than new owner Trinity Mirror's 18% pay gap. — Express Newspapers, which publishes the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star and Daily Star on Sunday, has reported a mean gender pay gap of 17 per cent favouring men.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
News UK gender pay gap report: average hourly pay rate for men is 15.2% higher than for women, and 24.8% at The Sun; CEO Brooks cites efforts to hire more women — News UK has revealed it has a mean gender pay gap of 15.2 per cent, which rises to 24.8 per cent at The Sun and The Sun On Sunday.
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Press Gazette and News UK
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
16-24 year olds watch Netflix and listen to services like Spotify more than BBC and BBC's radio stations; over 80% of children watch YouTube, 29% BBC iPlayer — Broadcaster fears being ‘overtaken by competitors’ as technology firms increasingly dominate on-demand viewing
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bbc.co.uk, Engadget, @niemanlab, TechRadar.com, The Verge, Press Gazette and Deadline
The A.V. Club:
Employees at Onion Inc., which includes The A.V. Club, The Onion, and Clickhole, have voted to unionize under WGA, East — We've decided to form a union here at Onion Inc., home of The A.V. Club and our sister sites The Onion and ClickHole. First, all of The A.V. Club staff …
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Variety, @mattdpearce, The Wrap, Splitsider, @libbycwatson, @noamscheiber and @muffinlordsa
Baltimore Sun:
Maryland appeals court upholds ruling overturning murder conviction of Serial podcast subject Adnan Syed; case returns to lower court for a new trial — Maryland's second-highest court has upheld a judge's ruling overturning the murder conviction of “Serial” podcast subject Adnan Syed.
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@tomnamako, NPR and Law & Crime
Facebook Newsroom:
Facebook outlines steps to protect elections: fight foreign influence, remove fake accounts, increase transparency of ads, and reduce spread of false news — Last fall Mark Zuckerberg announced the steps we're taking to protect elections from abuse and exploitation.
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Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Conservative publishers accuse Facebook's algorithm change of unfair targeting, though change may be the result of users labeling them as untrustworthy — Right-wing sites are jumping on the beleaguered network for an alleged liberal bias. — Add another item to Facebook's growing list of headaches …
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Columbia Journalism Review, Splinter, @joshuahol, @agfhome and @thegarance
Tow Center for Digital Journalism:
Study of urban and suburban residents in the Philadelphia metro area finds that engaging readers and inviting participation could build trust in local media — For many communities, the roots of mistrust go deeper than recent concerns about what's being called “fake news.”
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@rispolimike, @jenniferbrandel, @brizzyc, @cjr, @brizzyc, @will_bunch and @cjr
The New York Times Company:
The New York Times discloses ethnic and gender diversity of its staff members for the first time, with women making up 50% and people of color 20% — The New York Times is driven by a simple but powerful mission: to help readers understand the world. — Building a diverse and inclusive workplace is essential to that mission.
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New York Times, @eugene_scott, @ksacknyt and Fast Company
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Social media companies' problems are caused by their revenue models; solutions are user-run collectives, a federated social network, an automatic profile purge — I don't need to tell you that something is wrong with social media. — You've probably experienced it yourself.
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