Digital Media Brief April 28, 2017

Published: April 28, 2017, 4:12 a.m.

In the news this week, the same Russian hackers who broke into DNC emails are trying to wreak havoc in the French presidential election -- but to no avail so far. Social media laggard Twitter finally rebounds with higher profits and a growing user base, plus a push into 24/7 live-streaming video. Will it be enough to keep up with larger rivals? And Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is starting a crowdfunding campaign for Wikitribune, where paid journalists will work alongside a crowd of unpaid fact-checkers to fight fake news.