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Monthly report: April 2018

This month, The Essentials Report, has curated & analyzed the content published by 126 influencers like Poynter and Siva Vaidhyanathan, discussing hashtags such as #IJF18 , #poynterwomenleaders and #zuckularity.
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@sivavaid shared
On Apr 21, 2018
RT @digiphile: As always, @jguynn has terrific reporting on @SmugMug acquiring @Flickr: https://t.co/maO18mAeGC I hope this ends up more happily than the more recent years of decline. https://t.co/RM8o8pXJFZ
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Exclusive: Flickr bought by SmugMug, which vows to revitalize the photo service

SmugMug's deal for Flickr, previously owned by Yahoo and then Verizon, should breathe new life into the photo sharing and storage pioneer.

@sivavaid shared
On Apr 21, 2018
RT @digiphile: As always, @jguynn has terrific reporting on @SmugMug acquiring @Flickr: https://t.co/maO18mAeGC I hope this ends up more happily than the more recent years of decline. https://t.co/RM8o8pXJFZ
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Exclusive: Flickr bought by SmugMug, which vows to revitalize the photo service

Exclusive: Flickr bought by SmugMug, which vows to revitalize the photo service

SmugMug's deal for Flickr, previously owned by Yahoo and then Verizon, should breathe new life into the photo sharing and storage pioneer.

@mediatwit shared
On Apr 2, 2018
.@chrias researched the main reasons news startups don’t make it. Read what they are. https://t.co/Jrfl3f2dG5 https://t.co/3CeB0w1KfK
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7 Reasons Why News Startups Fail

Startups possess great potential to improve journalism. In theory, they can be the sites where new products, novel revenue streams and altered ways of organizing are discovered, tested and accelerated. However, the situation in Europe seems to be complicated. ...

@mediatwit shared
On Apr 2, 2018
.@chrias researched the main reasons news startups don’t make it. Read what they are. https://t.co/Jrfl3f2dG5 https://t.co/3CeB0w1KfK
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7 Reasons Why News Startups Fail

7 Reasons Why News Startups Fail

Startups possess great potential to improve journalism. In theory, they can be the sites where new products, novel revenue streams and altered ways of organizing are discovered, tested and ...

@mathewi shared
On Apr 3, 2018
RT @michellemanafy: Your own devices will give the next Cambridge Analytica far more power to influence your vote @justinhendrix @profcarroll via @techreview https://t.co/0I5q1MPYam https://t.co/EWQdtxdalM
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Your own devices will give the next Cambridge Analytica far more power to influence your vote

Greater connectivity, more data, and auto-generated content will make today’s manipulation techniques look primitive.

@mathewi shared
On Apr 3, 2018
RT @michellemanafy: Your own devices will give the next Cambridge Analytica far more power to influence your vote @justinhendrix @profcarroll via @techreview https://t.co/0I5q1MPYam https://t.co/EWQdtxdalM
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Your own devices will give the next Cambridge Analytica far more power to influence your vote

Your own devices will give the next Cambridge Analytica far more power to influence your vote

Greater connectivity, more data, and auto-generated content will make today’s manipulation techniques look primitive.

@Mlsif shared
On Apr 10, 2018
RT @Civicist: The Boy King will testify; Charles Koch Foundation backs Facebook research project on privacy & elections; & more in @Mlsif's 1st Post https://t.co/kCPukqnk1R
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The Zuckularity*

The Boy King will testify; Charles Koch Foundation backs Facebook research project on privacy and elections; and more.

@Mlsif shared
On Apr 10, 2018
RT @Civicist: The Boy King will testify; Charles Koch Foundation backs Facebook research project on privacy & elections; & more in @Mlsif's 1st Post https://t.co/kCPukqnk1R
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The Zuckularity*

The Zuckularity*

The Boy King will testify; Charles Koch Foundation backs Facebook research project on privacy and elections; and more.

@NiemanLab shared
On Apr 17, 2018
"Public radio genes run deep." https://t.co/H0H2Xz3CYn
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Phew, we’ve apparently solved 97% of the podcast measurement problem — everybody relax

Plus: The impact of bad true crime podcasts, programmatic advertising is coming for your show, and the first children's podcast festival.

@NiemanLab shared
On Apr 17, 2018
"Public radio genes run deep." https://t.co/H0H2Xz3CYn
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Phew, we’ve apparently solved 97% of the podcast measurement problem — everybody relax

Phew, we’ve apparently solved 97% of the podcast measurement problem — everybody relax

Plus: The impact of bad true crime podcasts, programmatic advertising is coming for your show, and the first children's podcast festival.

@sivavaid shared
On Apr 19, 2018
RT @nathanjurgenson: as more things like clothes and children's youtube videos are made by algorithms, we've entered into a style that @chaykak calls "the algorithmic uncanny" https://t.co/VpLEfcjtCR glad he didnt call it "normcore 2.0"
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Style Is an Algorithm

No one is original anymore, not even you.

@sivavaid shared
On Apr 19, 2018
RT @nathanjurgenson: as more things like clothes and children's youtube videos are made by algorithms, we've entered into a style that @chaykak calls "the algorithmic uncanny" https://t.co/VpLEfcjtCR glad he didnt call it "normcore 2.0"
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Style Is an Algorithm

Style Is an Algorithm

No one is original anymore, not even you.

@moorehn shared
On Mar 31, 2018
RT @franceintheus: France will spend $1.85 billion over 5 years on artificial intelligence research, startups, & data collection. In exclusive @Wired interview, President @EmmanuelMacron shares France's ambitious new #AI strategy: https://t.co/U7k9fCeVlV #AIforhumanity #FrenchTech https://t.co/9szK388XNM
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Emmanuel Macron talks about France’s new national strategy for artificial intelligence

An interview of the French President published on WIRED (March 31, 2018)

@moorehn shared
On Mar 31, 2018
RT @franceintheus: France will spend $1.85 billion over 5 years on artificial intelligence research, startups, & data collection. In exclusive @Wired interview, President @EmmanuelMacron shares France's ambitious new #AI strategy: https://t.co/U7k9fCeVlV #AIforhumanity #FrenchTech https://t.co/9szK388XNM
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Emmanuel Macron talks about France’s new national strategy for artificial intelligence

Emmanuel Macron talks about France’s new national strategy for artificial intelligence

An interview of the French President published on WIRED (March 31, 2018)

@zeynep shared
On Apr 4, 2018
RT @nytimes: Thousands of Google workers are urging their CEO to drop a Pentagon project, showing Silicon Valley’s discomfort at AI’s growing role in war https://t.co/T1Pv2a9rSX
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Google Workers Urge C.E.O. to Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. Project

Thousands of employees have signed a letter protesting Google’s role in a program that could be used to improve drone strike targeting.

@zeynep shared
On Apr 4, 2018
RT @nytimes: Thousands of Google workers are urging their CEO to drop a Pentagon project, showing Silicon Valley’s discomfort at AI’s growing role in war https://t.co/T1Pv2a9rSX
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Google Workers Urge C.E.O. to Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. Project

Google Workers Urge C.E.O. to Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. Project

Thousands of employees have signed a letter protesting Google’s role in a program that could be used to improve drone strike targeting.

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School for journalism and democracy, with tweets by @kristenhare, @benmullin and @Mantzarlis

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Author of The Googlization of Everything (2011), The Anarchist in the Library (2004), and Copyrights and Copywrongs (2001). Contributor to various things.

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Executive editor and founder of MediaShift and Idea Lab; entrepreneur, writer, editor, advisor, dad, singer, ridiculous-maker.

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I'm a senior writer at Fortune. I have been the ninth caller and have won the weekend passes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love and an outlaw in Peru.

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We are the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news.

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Discontent creator. Co-founder, Personal Democracy Media and https://t.co/JNe1rFceMK.

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Developer of outliners, rivers, blogging tools, RSS readers, podcasting and software snacks! https://t.co/ztgzDGiyOj

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Mediagazer presents the day's must-read media news on a single page.

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I run @niemanlab at Harvard; I ask questions about digital media for a living. I love @leahalexis + @dashiellbenton. Proud Cajun. Ask me about boudin.

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Business editor. Fluctuat nec mergitur. Alum of @WSJ @GuardianUS @Marketplace @Mashable. Heidi dot n dot moore at gmail. Hi.

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Thinking about our tools, ourselves. @UNCSILS+Sociology Asst. Prof. Carnegie Fellow. Writer at @NYTimes & @Message. Harvard @Berkmancenter. Ex-@PrincetonCITP.

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reporter for @ICIJorg. ex-CJR, ex-WSJ. co-editor, Best Business Writing series: https://t.co/zcVO0fAvsV

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Work @wef with @davos @yglvoices @schwabfound @globalshapers. Just me here.

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Senior director of user experience & strategy @cqrollcall. Coffee and Scotch fan.

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Washington editor @theintercept, a First Look Media publication. [email protected] How to leak to me: https://t.co/bt1mMO7qdi

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3D Robotics CEO, DIY Drones, ex Wired EIC, Long Tail, FREE, Makers, GeekDad, etc. And five great kids who put up with it all. (Profile photo by Joi Ito)

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Executive editor of digital at the @Guardian. Proud @nytimes alum. Co-founder of @documentcloud & @HacksHackers. Corinthian yachtsman.

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