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1. Facebook Downranks News Feed Links to Crappy Sites Smothered in Ads
(Josh Constine / TechCrunch)
(Josh Constine / TechCrunch)
2. With Budget Cuts at Bay (For Now) Public Media are Searching for New Funding Sources (Ashley McBride / Poynter)
3. Now Profitable, Patch Wants to be a Platform for Other Local News Outlets (Lucia Moses / Digiday)
4. As New Users Slow, Snap Claims ‘Comfort’ With Facebook’s Imitation Game (Garret Sloane / AdAge)
5. Vice News Issues Takes a “Homepage-Isn’t-Dead” Approach to Big Topics (First Up: Populism (Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab)
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