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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Google Play Books adds a nighttime reading mode that's easier on your eyes — Google is following Amazon's lead with a new mode for its ebooks app that makes reading at night more pleasant and comfortable for your eyes. Similar to the updated Kindle tablet software we saw last week …
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Official Android Blog, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, PhoneDog.com, App Advice, 9to5Mac, The Next Web and TeleRead
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 — E.U. Expected to Approve Tough New Data Protection Rules — European officials are expected to approve long-awaited data protection regulations …
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Guardian, Ars Technica UK, @digiphile, @gcluley, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Politico and Business Insider
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
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 …
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
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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Fast Company, The Straits Times, Associated Press, Re/code, TechSpot, CNET, Engadget and The Next Web
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.
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 …
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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Hollywood Reporter, CNNMoney, Variety, New York Times, @ronmwangaguhung, The Wrap, Broadcasting & Cable, @koblin, @davidfolkenflik, @koblin, Politico and @jayrosen_nyu
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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Bloomberg Business, The Next Web, Home Media Magazine, Business Wire, VentureBeat, The Wrap and Variety
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Brian Williams Makes First NBC News Appearance Post Scandal — Brian Williams returned to the NBC News airwaves on Tuesday for the first time following the scandal that cost him his “Nightly News” anchor chair. — With Lester Holt out sick, Williams anchored an NBC News special report …
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TVNewser, Hollywood Life, The Daily Beast, @lionelmedia, Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Mediaite
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