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Paris mayor: We intend to sue Fox News — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told CNN Tuesday she intends to sue Fox News in the wake of the channel's coverage of supposed “no go” zones for non-Muslims. — She said the channel “insulted” her city. — “When we're insulted, and when we've had an image …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News calls Paris mayor's lawsuit threat ‘misplaced’ — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has threatened to sue Fox News over its erroneous reports that France and other European countries were plagued by Muslim-dominated “no-go zones” in which Sharia law held sway.
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Facebook to reduce distribution of misleading news articles and hoaxes in News Feed — News Feed FYI: Showing Fewer Hoaxes — The goal of News Feed is to catch up with your friends and find the things that matter to you. We're always looking to people on Facebook to tell us how we can improve this experience.
John McDuling / Quartz:
Google is now a more trusted source of news than the websites it aggregates — Here is some sobering news for anyone in the journalism industry: — Online search engines have overtaken traditional media as the most trusted source for general news and information, according to a global survey …
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Hit & Run, PandoDaily, @aggiejournalist, @mathewi, Search Engine Land, @aparanjape and Edelman
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCU Will Use Super Bowl XLIX Free Live-Stream to Promote Pay-TV Online Services — Peacock's 11-hour block of Internet-streaming video to include pregame and live game coverage, and new episode of ‘The Blacklist’ — Can the Super Bowl spur digital fans to get super-excited about paying for cable TV?
David Lieberman / Deadline:
Surprise CEO Change At Redbox Parent Sends Shares Tumbling — Shares of kiosk giant Outerwall are down more than 11.6% in pre-market trading after the company disclosed without explanation that J. Scott Di Valerio has resigned. Board member Nora Denzel will serve as interim CEO while the board searches for a long term replacement.
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Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
Source: Vice's plans for an A&E TV channel hit a snag over Disney and Hearst requirement of a foreign-reporting clause — Vice, Disney at Impasse in TV Channel Talks Over ‘Sony Hack’ Clause (Exclusive) — A deal between Disney and upstart media giant Vice to create a Vice-branded television channel …
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@pkafka and @brianstelter
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Netflix Q4 earnings beat estimates with $1.48B in revenue and $0.75 EPS; now has 39.11M US subscribers and 18.28M more globally — Netflix Shows a Surprising Profit, and Delivers the Subscriber Numbers Wall Street Wanted — A quick look at Netflix's Q4 numbers: $1.48 billion and earnings …
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Gigaom, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Tech Trader Daily, Hollywood Reporter and @pkafka
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Wavelength, which let people stream their friends' movies bought through UltraViolet, is shelved less than two weeks after launch — That Was Fast: Wavelength, the Movie-Sharing Service Hollywood Didn't Love, Is on Hold — Wavelength sounds like an interesting idea …
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Fast Company
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
The Verge will run a $700 Super Bowl ad in one Montana market with 30K people — Super Bowl Ad for Tech Website The Verge? Vox Says Yes, but... Won't Say Whether Regional or National Buy — A rumor erupted on Twitter Tuesday afternoon that Vox Media had bought a Super Bowl commercial to promote its tech website The Verge.
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Slate, New York Times, FishbowlNY, @bankoff, Advertising & Branding, Gawker, @jason_kint, @tcarmody, PRNewser, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Daring Fireball, @lks_kln and @arcadehighmusic
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
FCC upholds fines against Viacom and ESPN for misuse of emergency alert tone in movie trailer — FCC Won't Reduce Fines on Viacom, ESPN Over EAS Misuse — Companies had sought reduction in penalties — The FCC has refused to reduce the fines it proposed against Viacom and ESPN for misuse of the emergency alert system.
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Deadline, The Wrap, Washington Post and Variety
Krystina Shveda / TheMediaBriefing:
How Buzzfeed leaves no article behind on social media — One area where most traditional media companies are still struggling to keep pace with their newer, more digital counterparts is in taking advantage of social sharing. — Our analysis of more than 20,000 articles published …
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PandoDaily, Poynter, Gigaom, @rafat and Medium
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
YouTube to Launch New Original Content Effort by Year-End — Alex Carloss, head of originals at YouTube, gave a little more color Tuesday at the NATPE confab on the Google-owned video powerhouse's upcoming effort to finance original programming. — He indicated that the initiative …
Brian Veseling / WAN-IFRA:
Europe's free dailies face drastic decline due to reliance on ads and rise of mobile phones — Twenty years on, are Europe's free dailies in a free fall? A Q&A with Piet Bakker — Once seen as a path to quick success with advertisers and a sure-fire winner with public-transport commuters …
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