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Donald Trump criticizes social media companies for allegedly “discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices”, says “we won't let that happen” — President Donald Trump on Saturday took to Twitter to allege social media companies are discriminating …
Natasha Singer / New York Times:
Facebook faces continuing calls for regulation of microtargeted ads in US and Europe after probes of Internet Research Agency and Cambridge Analytica data use — Facebook has made a mint by enabling advertisers to identify and reach the very people most likely to react to their messages.
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Maia Szalavitz / Columbia Journalism Review:
Journalists who write about opioid use focus on the “relatable” white addict who is a victim of big pharma greed and downplay subjects' earlier drug misuse — After Jillian Bauer-Reese created an online collection of opioid recovery stories, she began to get calls for help from reporters.
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Researchers find fewer third-party cookies on 200+ EU news sites post-GDPR; sites load 27% fewer cookies for optimization and 14% fewer for ads — Some third-party cookies were still present, of course. But there was a decrease in third-party content loaded from social media platforms and from content recommendation widgets.
Discussion:
Nieman Lab and @niemanlab
Emily Schultheis / The Atlantic:
German broadcaster ZDF shows how to handle the far-right by asking actual policy questions that are equally or even more important to voters than immigration — A lesson from Germany — BERLIN—What happens when you do a prime-time interview with a far-right leader—but don't ask them anything about refugees?
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@lotteleicht1 and @orapmagon
Cale Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company:
Mel, an independent men's magazine bankrolled by Unilever, may represent a new, if precarious, model for media as it grows, slowly but consistently — “Mel” is leaving Medium and trying to grow to new heights. Does this Unilever-owned brand's publication present a model for branded content that doesn't suck?
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@adamweinstein, @athertonkd, @rafat, @amandalcormier and @tomcritchlow
Bloomberg:
Source: Amazon is working on a DVR that will record live TV, wirelessly connect to Fire TV boxes, and stream the video to smartphones — - Box would record live TV and stream that video to smartphones — Device competes with offerings from TiVo, Dish's Slingbox
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Plaintiffs in Sandy Hook defamation suits claim Alex Jones illegally deleted content considered evidence; staff deleted material after Twitter policy violation — WASHINGTON — Lawyers for the families of two Sandy Hook shooting victims are accusing the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones …
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The Wrap, sandiegouniontribune.com, The Hill and The Splice Newsroom Archive
Christopher Barca / Queens Chronicle:
Ocasio-Cortez campaign says she was “mobbed” by reporters at a Bronx community meeting, leading to a press ban for two listening tour stops — Media was barred after reporters ‘mobbed’ her at an earlier event — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Monday that stops on her …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Viacom lays off more than 30 Awesomeness employees following last month's acquisition; Awesomeness CEO Jordan Levin has left the company — As expected, Viacom has made a round of layoffs at Awesomeness, pink-slipping more than 30 employees of the digital-media company it acquired last month from NBCUniversal, Verizon and Hearst.
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VideoInk, Tubefilter, Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap and Deadline
The Guardian:
Malaysia has repealed its “fake news” law; deputy minister says police will instead be empowered to deal with the phenomenon — Critics say legislation was deployed during Najib Razak's time in office to silence criticism — Malaysia has repealed its “fake news” law …
Aditi Sangal / Digiday:
The Seattle Times has attracted 36K digital subscribers since starting a metered paywall in 2013, uses its 183K newsletter readers to drive subscriptions — While The New York Times and The Washington Post crow about attracting big digital subscriber numbers, the sledding is tougher for local newspapers.
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