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Mark Scott / New York Times:
EU agrees on EU-wide rules to overhaul data privacy laws, adding hefty fines, broadening right to be forgotten; EU countries will have two years to comply — Europe Approves Tough New Data Protection Rules — European officials approved long-awaited data protection regulations on Tuesday …
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Oliver Ellrodt / Reuters:
German justice minister announces deal with Facebook, Twitter, and Google to remove hate speech within 24 hours of it being reported — Facebook, Google, Twitter agree to delete hate speech in 24 hours: Germany — Germany said on Tuesday that Facebook, Google and Twitter have agreed …
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Laurie Burkitt / Wall Street Journal:
Disney and Alibaba announce DisneyLife, an OTT service with Disney content for China, $125 for device and one year subscription available from Tmall Dec. 28 — Alibaba, Disney Strike Deal to Sell Content System in China — The companies struck a multiyear licensing deal for the Mickey Mouse-shaped DisneyLife system
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The Verge, Business Wire, Bloomberg Business, The Next Web, Home Media Magazine, GeekWire, VentureBeat, The Wrap and Variety
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The Guardian experiments with live chat on WhatsApp during GOP debate with maximum of 256 users — The Guardian is chatting about tonight's GOP debate on WhatsApp — For journalists, much of the conversation around the presidential debates occurs on Twitter.
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Guardian, @ylichterman, @niemanlab and @ctonk144
Henry Mance / Financial Times:
Daily Mirror looks at launching cheaper tabloid newspaper — The publisher of the Daily Mirror is working on plans to launch a cheaper tabloid newspaper, people familiar with the matter said, in the latest attempt to squeeze profits from print media. — The new publication would seek …
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Brady Dale / The New York Observer:
Wikipedia's AI tool, ORES, generates scores to help identify edits made in good faith or bad — Artificial Intelligence Toward a Kinder, Gentler Wikipedia — At least for contributors. ORES wraps artificial intelligence for evaluating simple edits in an API, so other developers can use it to build new quality control tools.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Serial becomes first ever podcast to win a duPont award — ‘Serial’ wins duPont award — Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism — “Serial,” the breakout hit podcast from the producers of “This American Life,” is among the winners of broadcast journalism's highest honor, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award.
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TVNewser, NetNewsCheck Latest, IRE.org, FishbowlDC, AllAccess.com and The Wrap
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
New York Times video founder Ann Derry to depart — The journalist who created The New York Times' video department 10 years ago is exiting the publication. — Ann Derry, who was behind the Times' initial foray into video in 2005, will leave the company at the end of the year.
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The Nation and Ars Technica UK
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Eyewitness Media Hub study: 52% of journalists exposed to traumatic user-generated content several times a week, 12% daily — On ‘the digital frontline’, over half of journalists are exposed to traumatic UGC several times a week — A new study from the Eyewitness Media Hub highlights …
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Showtime partners with Bloomberg for weekly documentary series covering the presidential race, will feature Mark Halperin and John Heilemann — Showtime Getting In On 2016 ‘Circus’ With Weekly Documentary Series — The network will team up with Bloomberg on a series that will air as the campaign unfolds.
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R.L. Bynum / Raleigh & Company:
Interview with the publisher of the North State Journal, a statewide newspaper for North Carolina to launch in spring — Statewide print newspaper launches next year at time when industry is struggling — With newspaper staffs shrinking and the business bleeding red ink amid tough financial times …
James DeHaven / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Society of Professional Journalists calls on new owners of Las Vegas Review-Journal to reveal their identity — Pressure to go public grows for new Review-Journal owners — One of the country's largest and oldest journalism organizations has joined a growing chorus of reporters …
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