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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook bans Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Laura Loomer, Louis Farrakhan, others from Facebook and Instagram, citing dangerous individuals and orgs policy — Milo Yiannopoulos and Louis Farrakhan have been banned as well — Facebook today removed Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones, Paul Nehlen …
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Rob Price / Business Insider:
Facebook shared info about extremist ban with some news outlets before the ban was in place, letting Alex Jones and others redirect followers to other platforms — - Facebook is barring a bunch of far-right figures from its apps, including Alex Jones. — But the company briefed journalists …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Verizon is seeking a buyer for Tumblr as it tries to steady Verizon Media Group, which has struggled to meet revenue targets — Wireless giant seeks buyer for social-media service that has lost ground to Facebook — Verizon Communications Inc. is seeking a buyer for blogging website Tumblr …
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The Advocate:
New Orleans Advocate owners John and Dathel Georges buy The Times-Picayune and nola.com from Advance Local, will merge websites and publish one daily newspaper — New Orleans Advocate owners Dathel and John Georges have purchased The Times-Picayune and its nola.com website from the Newhouse family's Advance Local Media.
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Analysis of 317 articles in Dutch on De Correspondent shows features and analysis dominate, 43% of posts focus on Netherlands, and diversity is severely lacking — I analyzed six months of articles on De Correspondent to get a hint of what we might see on the English-language site.
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Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
Sources: Gayle King will anchor CBS This Morning, with co-hosts Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil; Norah O'Donnell is expected to move to the CBS evening newscast — Gayle King, staying with CBS This Morning, will be joined by Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil next season.
Anabel Pasarow / Refinery29:
Twitter launching a monthly original video series on May 3 spotlighting women in journalism, using the hashtag #HerStory in honor of World Press Freedom Day — In honor of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Twitter is spotlighting female voices in journalism around the world with the launch …
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CNN:
NYT publisher says editor responsible for publication of anti-Semitic cartoon will be disciplined, promises changes to processes to “ensure adequate oversight” — New York (CNN Business)Reporters in The New York Times (NYT) newsroom could hear the protesters outside on Monday.
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Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Walmart announces the Vudu Audience Extension network, which will allow advertisers to buy campaigns through Vudu that will also run on other streaming services — Retailer wants to reach more shoppers via over-the-top TV — Walmart, in a bid to grow an advertising business with the clout …
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Barrett Golding / Poynter:
International Fact-Checking Network builds an index of untrustworthy news sites compiled from five databases curated by established journalists and academics — Index | Methodology | Corrections — Index — (Version 1.0, 2018-11-15)
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@nytimespr:
James Bennet, NYT editorial page editor, will recuse himself from any work related to the 2020 election for the duration of his brother's presidential run — .@nytimes editorial page editor James Bennet has recused himself from 2020 election coverage following the announcement that his brother Senator Michael Bennet intends to run for president. Full statement follows. pic.twitter.com/w7UiX85gDQ
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Discovery meets expectations with net income of $384M in Q1, up from a net loss of $8M in Q1 2018, with $2.7B in revenue, up 17% YoY — The cable networks company, which is led by CEO David Zaslav and last year closed its $14.6 billion acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive, swung to a profit.
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