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Wednesday, September 12, 2018
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What We’re Reading
Fast Company / Cale Guthrie Weissman
The Blackness (launching on Civil) is “like a Vice, but for [marginalized] communities” →
Cofounder Erika Alexander is an actress and writer. The idea behind the publication, she said, "was to talk about the things that just disappear."
The Daily Beast / Matt Tullis
Under the Trump administration, journalism professors are changing the way they teach →
“Trump stories can just eat up your entire semester when it comes to current events. There's all this stuff that I want to talk about that is important, that has nothing to do with Trump, but if you let it, it will come up every day in discussion and become a dominant feature in the class, which I don't want.”
CNNMoney / Ivana Kottasova
Europe could hit tech companies with huge fines over terrorist content →
“The European Commission proposed new rules on Wednesday that would require internet platforms to remove illegal terror content within an hour of it being flagged by national authorities. Firms could be fined up to 4 percent of global annual revenue if they repeatedly fail to comply.”
The Hollywood Reporter / Alex Ritman
The BBC is launching a weekly news show on Facebook Watch in the U.S. →
“Cut Through the Noise will be a made-for-mobile show that will tackle a different issue each week, presented from BBC News’ Washington, D.C., bureau or from the field. It will be the first program from a non-U.S. publisher to be carried on Facebook’s nascent service, since it was announced in 2017.”
Poynter / Daniel Funke
CrowdTangle now lets users report potentially false news →
“The feature does not let CrowdTangle users report potentially false photos or videos, according to the post — just story links. Once they're reported, those stories are then sent to Facebook's ‘misinformation team’ to see if the feature is helpful in identifying fake news stories.”
American Society of News Editors
ASNE and APME are merging to become the News Leaders Association →
“Editors’ jobs have never been more challenging, and we believe that our groups are stronger together as we work to be a valuable resource for leaders at news organizations of all sizes,” said APME (Associated Press Media Editors) president Angie Muhs.
Variety / Todd Spangler
Gawker 2.0 is coming next year with Bryan Goldberg as owner and Amanda Hale as publisher →
“Goldberg is targeting the Gawker relaunch for early 2019. ‘We won't recreate Gawker exactly as it was, but we will build upon Gawker's legacy and triumphs — and learn from its missteps,’ he wrote in the memo. ‘In so doing, we aim to create something new, vibrant, highly relevant, and worth visiting daily.'” Hale was recently chief revenue officer at The Outline.