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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Facebook to give 60+ academics around the world access to its data for projects on news polarization, disinformation, and more — Facebook knows it screwed up, is trying to do better, and is spending some of this year actually listening to critiques and suggestions (supposedly).
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Amazon doorbell company Ring searches for an editor to deliver breaking crime alerts; local TV has already led Americans to overestimate crime rates — When news organizations think about competition from tech companies, it's usually in terms of the audience's attention and advertisers' dollars.
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@jbenton, @byrosenberg, @byrosenberg, @stephmbuck, @andrewkragie, @michaelbarthel, @samanthaculp and @vectorpoem, more at Techmeme »
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Twitter announces live streaming content deals with Univision, WSJ, and Time and new initiatives with previous partners including Viacom, the NFL, and ESPN — - Twitter Expands Live-Streaming Video Lineup, Sets Content Deals With Viacom, ESPN, Live Nation, Univision, and More
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The Wrap, TechCrunch, Engadget, Deadline and Tubefilter, more at Techmeme »
VICE News:
Fox News dominates Facebook with 80% more engagement than CNN through a mix of traditional news and viral content, despite having 17M followers vs CNN's 31M — By the time Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference landed, the battle to spin it had already begun, with politicians …
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@jason_koebler, @viacristiano, @caseynewton and Media Matters for America
Roger Parloff / Yahoo Finance:
Profile of Chris Cox, who, despite being chief product officer for years, never drew the attention for Facebook's scandals that Zuckerberg and Sandberg did — In late 2003, during his senior year at Stanford, Chris Cox, the future Chief Product Officer at Facebook (
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@hkanji, @zooko, @hardcorevalue, @mathewi, @alexeheath, @mikeisaac, @yahoofinance, Business Insider and Beyond Search
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
Royalties from digital services to UK copyright society PRS for Music rose 17% to £145.7M in 2018, the first year of its licensing deal with Facebook — British collecting society PRS for Music saw its collections grow by 4.4% to £746m (around $965.4m) in 2018, setting a new record.
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The Guardian, NME and Music Business Worldwide
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Nine Entertainment sells its Australian Community Media & Printing business, which includes 160+ former Fairfax regional papers, to ex-Fairfax exec for AU$115M — Former Domain boss Antony Catalano and Thorney Investment Group reach deal for Canberra Times, Newcastle Herald and others to change hands
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ABC, Reuters, The West Australian, @lukehgomes, Australian Financial Review and @grogsgamut
Eoin Burke-Kennedy / The Irish Times:
Belgian media company Mediahuis has agreed to buy Independent News and Media, Ireland's largest newspaper group, for ~€146M — INM says shareholders would be entitled to receive 10.5 cent in cash for each of its shares — Belgian media group Mediahuis has agreed to buy Independent News and Media (INM) for €145.6 million.
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Financial Times, RTÉ, @irishtimes, TheJournal.ie, Mediahuis, Investis Digital and Independent.ie
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
The relationships between some political candidates and their supporters can resemble social media fandoms, making media vetting less relevant — If you covered American politics between 1976 and 2012, you developed a sense of the rhythm of a party primary: A big field of candidates would rise …
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American Press Institute
Bloomberg:
Sources: Walmart plans to create at least 6 original Vudu shows over the next year, which will make money by advertising products, testing “shoppable content” — - Decade-old streaming service plans to tout new ad technology — Walmart Inc. already sells more TVs than anyone.
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@lucas_shaw, Streaming Observer, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Engadget, MacRumors, The Verge and Forbes, Thanks:@lucas_shaw
Washington Post:
Inside Lou Dobbs' TV career and his unusual relationship with Donald Trump as he helps shape the President's border policy — One day in mid-March, President Trump gathered his top economic team at the White House to get its read on the state of the nation's financial health.
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@loudobbs, @snlester, @mattgertz, @costareports, @rolandsmartin, @swin24, @brianstelter, @philiprucker and Mercury News
IAB:
Advertisers to spend $18M on digital video, up nearly 25% YoY; half to be spent through programmatic buys, 70% of digital video advertisers use influencers — Advertisers report that they expect, on average, to spend $18M in 2019 in digital video—nearly 25% over last year.
Spotify:
Spotify reports Q1 revenue of €1.5B, up 33% YoY, reduces net loss to €142M, says it has 217M MAUs, up 26% YoY, with 100M premium subscribers, up 32% YoY — Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE:SPOT) today reported financial results for the first fiscal quarter of 2019 ending March 31, 2019.
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