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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
YouTube suspends monetization of Steven Crowder's channel after continued review finds “pattern of egregious actions” that are against Partner Program policies — Right-wing performer gay-bashed a Vox reporter for years. They initially declined to do anything, then ‘demonetized’ him …
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YouTube Blog:
YouTube says it will “remove content denying that well-documented violent events, like the Holocaust or the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, took place” — Over the past few years, we've been investing in the policies, resources and products needed to live up to our responsibility …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
YouTube updates guidelines to ban videos that promote the superiority of any group to justify discrimination, resulting in the removal of thousands of channels — YouTube is trying to reduce the prevalence of extremist content on the platform — YouTube is changing its community guidelines …
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Washington Post, @fordfischer, YouTube Blog, Variety, TechCrunch, CNN, @kevinroose, Fox News, VentureBeat, @bostonjoan, Engadget, @oliverdarcy, @oneunderscore__, @kevinwglass, @the_moviebob, @kevinroose, @kevinroose, @inafried, @tim_stevens, @caseynewton, @reckless, @tbskyen, @caseynewton, @oliverdarcy, The Mary Sue, The A.V. Club and Variety, more at Techmeme »
Amy He / eMarketer:
In 2019 US consumers will, for the first time, spend more time using their mobile devices than watching TV — For the first time ever, US consumers will spend more time using their mobile devices than watching TV, with smartphone use dominating that time spent.
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Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Light Reading and Marketing Dive, more at Techmeme »
Daily Hive:
CNN hires the Toronto Star's Daniel Dale as a reporter on the fact-checking beat in Washington DC — After 11 years, The Toronto Star's Daniel Dale is leaving his position as their Washington bureau chief. — The award-winning political reporter says he will be working with CNN …
Peter Greste / The Guardian:
While the Australian laws behind the media raids include a “public interest” defense, the country should instead pass a law explicitly protecting press freedom — Parliament has passed a slew of national security laws that limit and even criminalise the fundamental work of the press
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Sydney Morning Herald
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CNN:
Two police raids in two days on Australia's national broadcaster and the home of a prominent journalist raise concerns about press freedom in Australia
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ABC:
Federal police raid the Sydney headquarters of Australia's ABC News in relation to claims of publishing classified material in a 2017 series, The Afghan Files
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Craig Newmark gives $6M to Consumer Reports, the largest donation in the history of the 80+ year organization, as it expands its coverage of the tech industry — An entrepreneur who made a fortune thanks to his digital disruption of the newspaper industry has joined forces …
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Fast Company
Dan Kennedy / wgbh.org:
As GateHouse Media lays off hundreds, considers a merger with Gannett, and consolidates papers, the company seems desperate to reach economies of scale — In his book “The Inevitable,” the technology journalist Kevin Kelly writes, “The future happens very slowly and then all at once.”
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Media Nation and Dan Kennedy
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Le Anne Schreiber, who in 1978 became the first woman to run a major American daily newspaper's sports section, dies at 73 — Le Anne Schreiber, who became the first woman to run a major American daily newspaper's sports section when The New York Times appointed her to that position in 1978 …
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Deadspin, Poynter, @mirinfader, @britnidlc, @georgevecsey, @emmabaccellieri and @shelbygrad
ProPublica:
Philanthropist Herb Sandler, who funded ProPublica's launch and chaired its board until 2016, has died — Whatever difference ProPublica has made in the world over the past 11 years — and we like to think we've had significant impact — it has been a team effort, the combination of hundreds of staff …
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Poynter, @ryangabrielson, @charlesornstein, @rodboydilm, @ericuman, @tracyweber and Inside Philanthropy
The Guardian:
Sharon White, CEO of UK broadcast regulator Ofcom, is stepping down at the end of 2019 to join retail giant John Lewis — The 52-year-old departs media regulator for one of most high-profile jobs in UK retail — John Lewis has appointed the chief executive of Ofcom as its new chair, on a near-£1m salary,
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Hollywood Reporter
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
The Boston Globe now has three journalists covering Rhode Island, as local papers like the Providence Journal dwindle — The Boston Globe, the first local newspaper to have more digital subscribers than print, is now investing in more local coverage. In Rhode Island.
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@niemanlab, @heatherciras, @joyjenkins, @jbenton and BostonGlobe.com
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