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Lindsey Rogers Cook / Times Open:
NYT's digital transition team led internal data journalism boot camps, training 60+ employees over 18 months; resources they developed are now freely available — And how your reporters can learn to love them, too — Five years ago, a lot of people in journalism were asking, wide-eyed, “Should journalists learn to code?”
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Strange Attractor, @sarambsimon, @therevmountain, @robinkwong, @davidbauer, New York Times and Nieman Lab
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
President Trump announces on Twitter that Press Secretary Sarah Sanders will leave the White House at the end of the month — President Donald Trump made a stunning announcement on Twitter Thursday: that his longtime press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is set to leave the White House next month.
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@realdonaldtrump, Columbia Journalism Review, Poynter, The Atlantic, @poniewozik, Fast Company, @presssec, CNN, Fortune, The Guardian, New York Times, @jonathanvswan, @grynbaum, @charliespiering, @andrewrestuccia, @jrubinblogger, @bbcjonsopel, @brianstelter, @mlcalderone, @kaitlancollins, Politico, Broadcasting & Cable, Jezebel and Washington Post
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Sarah Sanders' primary legacy will be the death of daily press briefings, as she shortened and then did away with the meetings; the last briefing was March 11
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@jdawsey1, @mehdirhasan, @brianstelter, @indira_l, @davidmackau, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Max Willens / Digiday:
BuzzFeed forecasts $260M in sales in 2019 from branded products sold in stores; Tasty has partnered with food companies to launch food products and meal kits — BuzzFeed has found success in licensing its Tasty food brand across different consumer products including food, kitchenware and cookbooks.
Bloomberg:
Turkey indicts two Bloomberg reporters, accusing them of trying to undermine Turkey's economic stability; prosecutor wants jail terms of two to five years — - 36 others charged for comments about economy on social media — Charges relate to August 2018 news story amid lira meltdown
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@diegocupolo, @dwallbank, @emeyersson, @brad_setser, @tashecon, @retogregori, @aylushka_a and @fromcarl
Brian Resnick / Vox:
Study: when researchers vet science press releases, they help reporters avoid over-hyping claims; more accuracy doesn't reduce the coverage received — Science is often poorly communicated. Researchers can fight back. — In 2018, psychology PhD student William McAuliffe co-published …
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@b_resnick, @familyunequal and @seedstories
Troy Wolverton / Business Insider:
Sources: CNET is shutting down its quarterly print magazine, launched in 2014 — - CNET is shutting down CNET Magazine, its quarterly print magazine, sources inside and outside the company told Business Insider. — The company informed employees of the move at a meeting last month.
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Talking Biz News
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Several ad agencies tell a federal court Facebook agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit claiming Facebook misstated video metrics by 150-900% — Facebook was alleged to have been knowingly overstating viewership by as much as 900 percent. — Several advertising agencies told …
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MediaPost, @jason_kint and @eriqgardner
Douglas Busvine / Reuters:
Axel Springer announces plans to merge Business Insider and eMarketer in 2020, with Insider CEO Henry Blodget leading the merged operation — Axel Springer, the German publisher, said on Thursday it would combine the operations of its two main U.S. units, millennial-focused financial news …
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Ad Age, Fast Company, Adweek, Axel Springer SE, CNBC, @rafat, @chris_ciaccia and MediaPost
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify rolls out an updated library tab for premium users, separating podcasts and music more clearly — Making room for podcasts — After at least a month of testing, Spotify is rolling out an updated library look for its premium users that will separate podcasts and music more clearly.
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Spotify, TechCrunch, The Next Web, MacRumors, MIDiA Research and Billboard
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
iOS app Mogul News offers curated articles from FT, Bloomberg, and The Economist ad-free for £9.99/month, with a 7am briefing; Android, desktop versions to come — A new app offering content from the Financial Times, Bloomberg and the Economist for a single monthly payment has been launched.
Mariam Cheik-Hussein / AdNews:
After recent press raids by federal police, Australian media owners and journalists publish open letter seeking laws to protect whistleblowers and journalists — Media owners have united in an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison asking him to defend press freedom in Australia.
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meaa.good.do, The Conversation, @withmeaa, @nickgillespie, @jem2998, @annehummert and @hjarche
James Walker / Press Gazette:
The UK's Evening Standard and Independent may face a government inquiry after an investor with ties to the Saudi State bought a share in their parent companies — The UK Government could open an investigation into the Evening Standard and The Independent after an investor with “strong links” …
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