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Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Comey memos detail Trump's idea of jailing reporters, first reported in 2017: “They spend a couple days in jail, make a new friend, and they are ready to talk” — The president wanted to stop leaks pouring from the White House. — President Donald Trump floated the idea …
CNNMoney:
At antitrust trial, AT&T CEO announced AT&T Watch, a $15/month streaming TV bundle without sports; service is free for cellular customers, will debut in weeks — Here's a different way to announce a new product — during your testimony in a federal court case.
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CNNMoney:
Investigation: 300+ organizations' ads ran on extremist YouTube channels despite many advertisers saying they use YouTube's sensitive subject exclusion filter — Advocates say YouTube is collecting kids' data — Ads from over 300 companies and organizations — including tech giants …
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Bloomberg, Fortune, TechCrunch, Vanity Fair, Marketing Land, Engadget, Business Insider, New York Magazine, Variety, The Wrap, The Next Web and Mediaite
Ken Auletta / New Yorker:
Profile of Martin Sorrell, who resigned as WPP CEO after an internal investigation and who grew WPP from a wire-basket maker into a giant marketing company — I once asked Cristiana Falcone, Martin Sorrell's wife, if she could imagine her husband retired. — “No!” she exclaimed …
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BBC
theGrio:
Essence Editor-in-Chief Vanessa De Luca and Editorial Projects Director Patrik Henry to leave the company, which has no plans to replace either — Where “Black women come first.” — It's the motto, tagline, credo and daily mantra that ESSENCE magazine has used ever since the magazine first premiered in 1970.
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Folio, Journal-isms and MediaPost
Shoon Naing / Reuters:
Witness says a Myanmar police chief ordered officers to “trap” Reuters reporter Wa Lone by giving him secret documents; Reuters EIC calls to end the case — YANGON (Reuters) - A Myanmar police chief ordered officers to “trap” a Reuters reporter arrested in December …
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The Irrawaddy, Reuters, Reuters, Newser, Coconuts, DVB Multimedia Group, The Straits Times, Frontier Myanmar, Associated Press and Committee to Protect …
Pete Brown / Columbia Journalism Review:
Analysis: 11 of 13 regional metro papers averaged fewer interactions per post following Facebook's pro-local algorithm change than in the two years prior — Interactions on some local publishers' Facebook posts are down by as much as 56 percent compared to the two years prior …
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Nieman Lab and American Press Institute
Reuters:
German Supreme Court rules that ad blockers are legal, in favor of Adblock Plus, and throws out a case brought by Axel Springer — KARLSRUHE/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a case brought by Axel Springer seeking to ban a popular application …
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Financial Times, VentureBeat, @jason_kint, Phys.org, gizmodo, DW.COM, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Engadget, BBC, The Next Web, AdExchanger and Wall Street Journal, more at Techmeme »
Richard Nieva / CNET:
Profile of Mark Zuckerberg as told by those who knew him growing up in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and those who met him on his 2017 tour of the US — The world's largest social network needs fixing. Facebook's frontman has known for years. … A few years ago, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife …
John Cook:
It's appealing to laugh at Hannity's connection to Cohen, but forcing it to be revealed in court should worry journalists because of the precedent it sets — A lot of journalists are still shuddering with glee at news that Sean Hannity was among Michael Cohen's legal clients.
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@anthony
Nieman Lab:
NYT executive director of retention says behind-the-scenes perspectives, early access, and exclusive content drive retention with content ideas led by editorial — “My team believes that by investing in the subscribers we have and making the subscription experience better and better …
Pew Research Center:
Pew: 58% in US prefer to protect the freedom to publish rather than letting government restrict false info; 56% favor tech firms restricting false information — But 56% support steps from technology companies, even if it means some limits on publishing and accessing information
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The Guardian, Poynter, Fast Company and MediaPost
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