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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Ev Williams says Fox News is more powerful and destructive than Twitter and the posting of false claims is part of the tradeoff of an open platform like Medium — Toronto (CNN Business)President Donald Trump is a “master” of Twitter, according to the company's co-founder Ev Williams.
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@ev, @ev, @cnn, @karenmcgrane, @ev, @donie, @kyleorl, @pkafka, @ev, @ev, @haroldpollack, @ev, Mediaite and Boing Boing
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Alex Heath / Cheddar:
Source says Medium has 200K-400K paying subscribers, which at $50 per user amounts to a minimum of $10M per year from subscriptions alone — For Medium CEO Ev Williams, building a profitable business isn't an immediate concern. — “We're focused on building revenue and building a subscription business …
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@rafat, @alex, @annehelen, @trengriffin, @flyosity, @jragazzo and @alexeheath, more at Techmeme », Thanks:@jonsteinberg
Evan Sernoffsky / San Francisco Chronicle:
Under fire for raid on Bryan Carmody's home, SF's Police Chief claims Carmody took part in a criminal conspiracy to steal an internal police report — Under fire for a raid on the home and office of a freelance journalist who refused to identify a confidential source, San Francisco Police …
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@demianbulwa, Los Angeles Times, CNN, @trevortimm, @flargh, @jake_hanrahan, Hmm Daily, @cassandrarules, @maggienyt, @hknightsf, @bykowicz, @keegan_hamilton, @freedomofpress, @reporter_savino, @demianbulwa, @jamesqueallylat, @mathewi, Talking Points Memo, Editor & Publisher and San Francisco Police …
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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
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@bryanccarmody, @davidgreene, New York Times, New York Times, @alextarquinio, @apwestregion, @yashar, @yashar, @dannoyes, @dannoyes, @yashar, @boutrousted, @yashar, Dan Noyes and SPJ News
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Avaaz study finds extensive far-right disinformation networks on Facebook ahead of EU elections; Facebook says it removed 77 Pages and 230 accounts in response — A multi-month hunt for political disinformation spreading on Facebook in Europe suggests there are concerted efforts to use …
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Wired, The Guardian, @_emmagh, @udobullmann, @acfou, @mikenelson, @cagoldberglaw, @issielapowsky and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Companies that have taken a strict approach to GDPR feel punished by falling ad revenues while rivals flourished, and are now loosening their terms — Complacency is a dangerous mistress. But it's a trap many companies are in danger of falling into when it comes to the General Data Protection Regulation …
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TechCrunch, The Verge and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Max Willens / Digiday:
The Guardian launches an investigative series, Toxic America, and seeks $150K in donations to increase its coverage of toxic chemicals in 2019 — The Guardian has discovered that American readers are willing donors, and the news publisher hopes that a bigger focus on investigations …
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The Guardian, @digiday, @niemanlab and The Guardian
Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Roku launches tool that uses data from its 29M users to show advertisers how many more people they could reach by shifting budgets from linear to OTT TV — The over-the-top streamer is releasing a new measurement tool meant to entice ad budgets away from traditional TV
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TechCrunch, AdExchanger, Multichannel News, MediaPost and Broadcasting & Cable
James Walker / Press Gazette:
Brexit Party says ban on Channel 4 reporters has been lifted; Channel 4 News denies claims reporters “repeatedly lied” to gain access to a secure area at rally — The Brexit Party has lifted its ban on Channel 4 News after a meeting between the broadcaster and the party's chairman this morning.
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@marinahyde, @bendepear, Poynter, @daaronovitch, @bendepear, Channel 4 News, @andywigmore, @brexitparty_uk, @davidlammy and indy100
Sara Fischer / Axios:
IAC's Dotdash, which owns sites including Investopedia and Verywell, is launching a line of paint, tied to its home decor site The Spruce, to be sold on Amazon — Dotdash, the digital publishing company that grew from About.com, is launching a new millennial paint line with Amazon in an effort to bolster its growing commerce business.
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PR Newswire and Axios
Claire Selvin / ARTnews:
PBS NewsHour announces it will expand its broadcast and digital arts reporting initiative, CANVAS, with a $1.7M investment from the Knight Foundation — The television program has created a website for its arts reporting initiative, Canvas. Read More — The post Knight Foundation Gives $1.7 M …
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Knight Foundation and @tylergreenbooks
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube announces that it will round down real-time subscriber counts starting August, and exact subscriber counts will no longer be displayed — Sites like Social Blade may be impacted — YouTube is introducing a major change to the way real-time subscriber counts are displayed …
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YouTube Help, @blakeir, @lowspec_gamer, @loudmouthjulia, @taylorlorenz, @chrisdancy, @loudmouthjulia, Variety and Search Engine Journal
Darryl Holliday / City Bureau:
Journalists should not focus just on informing and engaging the public, but also collaborating with and equipping citizens to participate in democracy — To reimagine and repair local news, democratize the journalistic process. … This isn't about City Bureau. This is about power. — Yours.
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