Mediagazer: Georgia hosted 455 film and TV productions in 2018, but some workers fear a loss of jobs after some directors pull projects to protest an anti-abortion bill (Andrew R. Chow/TIME)

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Vice Media Hires Cory Haik, formerly publisher of Mic and former executive director of emerging news products at The Washington Post, as chief digital officer — Vice Media has recruited Cory Haik, former publisher of digital news start-up Mic, as chief digital officer to lead the youth-culture company's global internet businesses.

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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:

How ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro, who took over in March 2018, is betting on ESPN+, expanding social media offerings, and steering commentary away from politics — When the 2019 NFL draft took over downtown Nashville last month, ESPN became a city within the city, with more than 600 staffers …

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New Jersey Herald:

The New Jersey Herald, which has operated in North Jersey since 1829, is being sold to GateHouse Media — NEWTON - The New Jersey Herald, in operation since 1829, is being sold to GateHouse Media. — In announcing the pending sale to Herald staff Thursday morning, Ralph Oakley …

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Thomas Peele / Mercury News:

Judge orders return of San Francisco journalist Bryan Carmody's equipment, delays consideration of legal questions about the search until June — News organizations and free press advocates around the country reacted with outrage to the raid on television reporter Bryan Carmody's home

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Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:

As platforms struggle to contain health misinformation, two women infiltrate private Facebook groups to find and report posts about dangerous “cures” for autism — Online groups urge parents to poison autistic kids with chlorine dioxide, a form of bleach, to “cure” them.

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Andrew R. Chow / TIME:

Georgia hosted 455 film and TV productions in 2018, but some workers fear a loss of jobs after some directors pull projects to protest an anti-abortion bill — This week, the director Reed Morano was supposed to fly to Georgia to scout locations for a new show for Amazon Studios called The Power.

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The Guardian:

After backlash, Google to require abortion services advertisers in the US, UK, and Ireland to declare in their ads whether or not they provide abortions — Announcement comes after Guardian revealed Google gave $150,000 in free ads to opaque anti-abortion group

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

Al Jazeera is planning to launch a cross-platform business vertical called AJ Impact with 10 full-time staffers to start — Al Jazeera is planning to launch a cross-platform business vertical called AJ Impact, executives tell Axios. It will feature original reporting from Al Jazeera journalists worldwide …

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Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:

A look at the challenges faced by fact-checkers at Vishvas News, Facebook's largest Indian-language fact-checking contractor, as India's election nears its end — Join us on WhatsApp for special coverage of India's election. Sign up here. — The world's largest election has become something …

Discussion: @mathewi, @pelstrom and @sherryaske

Columbia Journalism Review:

Secretly recorded video of Austria's vice chancellor expressing desire to limit media freedoms underscores months-long threat to Austrian media — On Friday, May 17, the German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung, published a secretly recorded video. In it, Austria's vice chancellor …

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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

Study: despite News Feed changes, “junk news” from known sources of disinformation in EU get 1.2x-4x the engagement of professional news sources on Facebook — A study carried out by academics at Oxford University to investigate how junk news is being shared on social media …

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Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Apple updated Apple News+ in iOS 12.3 and macOS 10.14.5 to let subscribers follow publications directly from the News+ catalog — Apple today released a press statement featuring Apple News+ (Apple News Plus) following its initial debut in March with iOS 12.2.

Discussion: MacRumors, CNET and AppleInsider

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