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Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Accepting funding from Google and Facebook raises tough questions for media and researchers about influence, conflict of interest, and working with competitors — In March, Google announced with much fanfare the launch of the Google News Initiative, a $300 million program aimed at …
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Sources: Dianne Brandi, Fox News' EVP of legal and business affairs, continues to quietly work for the company, despite repeated claims she is on leave — From Fox hosts' lips to the president's ears — A top Fox News executive who has been named in harassment lawsuits over allegations …
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Fox News names Suzanne Scott as its new CEO; Scott was previously president for programming and development
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Trey Williams / The Wrap:
CBS board of directors votes to issue dividend that would dilute Redstone family's interest from about 80% to 20% and postpones annual meeting — CBS Corporation's board of directors voted on Thursday to dilute controlling shareholder Shari Redstone's interest to 20 percent from roughly 80 percent.
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Nicholas Diakopoulos / Columbia Journalism Review:
As deepfakes rise, journalists with forensic training could act as trusted validators and should codify transparent verification procedures for video and text — A few weeks ago BuzzFeed published a video of former President Barack Obama making some decidedly out-of-character quips.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Media outlets plan saturation coverage of the royal wedding: Snapchat is producing a four-part series with TLC, BBC and CNN will stream for free early Saturday — The British royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — the first American princess in generations — is a global-zeitgeist event made-to-order for social media.
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Janelle Irwin / Tampa Bay Business Journal:
Meredith to lay off 621 people starting in July as it closes three former Time customer service operations centers in Florida — Meredith Corp. will lay off 621 people from two Tampa offices and one in Ocala beginning this July, according to a federal Worker and Adjustment and Retraining Act letter sent to the state.
Max Willens / Digiday:
Gizmodo Media Group launches The Inventory, a commerce site with product guides, travel deals, and more, with an initial staff of four — Gizmodo Media Group turned commerce content into revenue before it was cool by serving up deals and focusing relentlessly on what its audience wanted.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube TV adds channels for Tastemade and TYT Network, with 10 new series from Tastemade in 2018 and four new shows from TYT at launch — YouTube TV is bringing two digital-first media companies — Tastemade and TYT Network (aka the Young Turks) — into the pay-TV realm.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Facebook announces partnership with US-based think tank Atlantic Council aimed at helping deter manipulation of the platform during elections around the world — Facebook today will announce a partnership with the Atlantic Council aimed at helping deter manipulation of the platform during elections around the world.
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The GroundTruth Project:
Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms, announces its full 2018 class of 13 journalists — NEW YORK — Report for America, a non-partisan national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms, has announced its complete Class of 2018.
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Deadline Detroit:
Reporters and ex-students detail history of inappropriate behavior by Jack Lessenberry, head of Wayne State's comms dept., Toledo writing coach, and MPR analyst — The authors, 2004 graduates of Wayne State University, are freelance writers and former students of Jack Lessenberry.
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Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
Netflix on track to release 86+ original films in 2018, more than the top four studios combined, says 33 films released this year have been watched 300M+ times — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As Hollywood studios unleash their summer blockbusters into theaters, Netflix Inc is trying to give film buffs a reason to stay home.
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