Mediagazer: NPR announces RAD, an open source podcast analytics technology that aims to collect better listening metrics while respecting user privacy (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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NPR announces RAD, an open source podcast analytics technology that aims to collect better listening metrics while respecting user privacy — Internet users are already being tracked to death, with ads that follow us around, search histories that are collected and stored …

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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:

BuzzFeed News LGBT Editor Patrick Strudwick said he was worried about the impact of the press on transgender people, claiming they have become a “scapegoat” — Buzzfeed's Patrick Strudwick said he worries about the effect the media has on transgender people as he collected …

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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

CBS News promotes Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett to Chief Washington Correspondent — CBS News has promoted Major Garrett to the post of Chief Washington Correspondent. — A veteran journo, Garrett has served as Chief White House Correspondent since joining CBS News in 2012.

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Rochelle Toplensky / Financial Times:

EU antitrust officials launch probe into Vodafone's acquisition of Liberty Global's cable assets in the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, and Romania — EU antitrust officials have launched an in-depth probe into Vodafone's €18.4bn purchase of Liberty Global's cable assets in the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary and Romania.

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