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Laura McGann / Vox: Study: male DC journalists reply on Twitter to other male journalists 92% of the time, retweet other men 69% of the time, and 62% of follows are other men -
Jonathan Handel / Hollywood Reporter: Study: 16% of 651 films released theatrically in 2017 were directed by women, 12% of films with $250K+ box office take directed by women, 10% by people of color -
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: Facebook has hired a team that will try to spot vulnerabilities in its systems before bad actors exploit them, to prevent abuses like 2016 US elections debacle -
Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter: SiriusXM Radio owner Liberty Media pulled proposed $1.16B cash injection for iHeartMedia after iHeartMedia rejected Liberty's ask for a 40% stake in return -
H.G. Watson / Nieman Lab: Micropayments generate less than $100K/year for The Winnipeg Free Press after three years, but the data gathered helps with targeted subscription selling -
Kevin Roose / New York Times: Facebook's blend of AI and humans to screen ads continues to snare non-political ads and legitimate news, angering some publishers as the process gets refined -
Abby Seiff / Columbia Journalism Review: A freelancer's rejection by the Washington Post after she retweeted a criticism of one of their articles exemplifies freelancers' precarious position -
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette: The Telegraph, Die Zeit, Mediapart, The Intercept, and Wikitribune launch a collaborative investigation supported by The Signals Network into the misuse of data -
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Reddit launches News tab in beta to most iOS users, highlights work from news websites based on user engagement, users can filter categories -
Julia Jacobo / ABC News: ABC announces spinoff of Roseanne, with a working title of The Conners, coming this fall; Roseanne Barr will not be involved in the series -
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab: Interview with GateHouse's Mike Reed about growth, acquisitions, hires, and how Fortress, New Media Ventures, and GateHouse Media fit together