Mediagazer: Facebook's NPE team launches Hotline, a web-based app to let creators stream and record live video or audio Q&As, in public beta (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Facebook's NPE team launches Hotline, a web-based app to let creators stream and record live video or audio Q&As, in public beta — Facebook's internal R&D group, NPE Team, has today launched its latest experiment, Hotline, into public beta testing. The web-based application …

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Tom Balmforth / Reuters:

Russian court fines RFE/RL $70K for failing to label itself as a foreign agent, part of what RFE/RL calls a campaign to oust it; it's been fined $1M this year — MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court fined Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty $70,000 on Wednesday for flouting its foreign agent legislation …

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Tom Jones / Poynter:

A 60 Minutes report suggested that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ran a “pay for play” scheme involving vaccinations without providing info, context, or evidence — The investigative journalism show is highly respected, but not infallible. A sloppy moment on Sunday's show is raising serious concerns.

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Gareth Cross / Belfast Telegraph:

Belfast Telegraph EIC says abuse is “the reality for many journalists” in N. Ireland after the paper's photographer was attacked on the job — First Minister Arlene Foster has led condemnation after a Belfast Telegraph photographer was attacked yesterday.

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Nathan Solis / Courthouse News Service:

LA Superior Court judge threw out Katie Hill's suit against the Daily Mail for its publication of nude and graphic photos of her; her lawyer says they'll appeal — Katie Hill was part of the 2018 “blue wave” that unseated an incumbent congressman, but claimed she became the victim of revenge porn …

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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:

Publicis Groupe signs on to Trade Desk's cookie alternative, Unified ID; the deal also creates a self-service ad market for Publicis's Epsilon marketing unit — The companies are teaming up to create a self-service ad platform for Publicis's Epsilon unit — Advertising conglomerate …

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