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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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@trengriffin, @flyosity, @alex, @annehelen, @rafat, @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, @trevortimm, CNN, @jake_hanrahan, Hmm Daily, @freedomofpress, @jamesqueallylat, @keegan_hamilton, @flargh, @cassandrarules, @maggienyt, @hknightsf, @bykowicz, @reporter_savino, @demianbulwa, @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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Techdirt, @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, @cagoldberglaw, @issielapowsky, @mikenelson and TechCrunch
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, @digiday, The Verge and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Associated Press:
Egyptian court orders release of Al-Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein, detained since 2016 for spreading false news — CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian court orders release of Al-Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein, detained since 2016 for spreading false news.
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Emily Cadei / Sacramento Bee:
McClatchy names Kristin Roberts vice president of news as of May 27, making her the first woman to lead McClatchy's news division — Kristin Roberts, one of four regional editors and executive editor for politics at McClatchy, has been named vice president of news, the company announced Wednesday.
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@sleavenworth
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
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Restrictions on political coverage during voting places UK broadcasters in a precarious legal situation as they cover cabinet resignations during EU elections — Strict broadcasting laws place restrictions on coverage of politics during voting periods — Attempts by Conservative MPs …
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@martinbelam
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, @judywoodruff 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, @lowspec_gamer, @loudmouthjulia, @taylorlorenz, @chrisdancy, @loudmouthjulia, @blakeir, Variety and Search Engine Journal
Michael McGowan / The Guardian:
Actor Geoffrey Rush awarded A$2.9M in damages from the News Corp Australia's Daily Telegraph, the largest defamation payout to a single person in Australia — Court hears that actor offered to settle for $50,000 and an apology but never heard back from News Corp
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