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FCC votes 3-2 to proceed with plan to give customers more choice over cable TV set-top boxes; proposal now moves into comment period — The FCC just took the first big step toward changing the cable box business — In a three-to-two vote, the FCC has decided to move ahead with a proposal …
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There are 96 fact-checking projects in 37 countries, new census finds — The latest census of fact-checking and promise-tracking initiatives shows 96 such projects currently operating in 37 countries (highlighted in green below). This is a 50 percent increase compared to the 2015 census.
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Duke Reporters' Lab, USA Today, @reporterslab, @butchward, @brianstelter, @billadairduke and @niemanlab
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SBNation blames breakdown in editorial process for its briefly available profile of ex-police officer and convicted rapist Daniel Holtzclaw — SB Nation Publishes, Deletes “Complete Failure” Of A Story About Convicted Rapist Cop Daniel Holtzclaw — This afternoon, SB Nation's Longform …
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Vevo CEO Erik Huggers says company is working on a paid music video subscription service, could launch this year — Vevo Is Working on a Paid Music Video Subscription Service (Video) — The Internet's dominant music video service is working on a subscription offering.
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Jose Antonio Vargas is launching #EmergingUS outside the L.A. Times, aiming to crowdfund $1M — “Five years ago, I took the biggest risk of my life. Last year, I made a film called White People. In 2016, I want to talk about us,” the voice of journalist and activist Jose Antonio Vargas announced …
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Beacon, LA Observed, @joseiswriting, @eliseneal, @ianmnelson95, Poynter, Chicago Sun Times, The Huffington Post, @ramsammy and @jbenton
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Netflix updated its recommendation algorithms to highlight titles based on global viewing habits earlier this year, ditching regional approach — How Netflix completely revamped recommendations for its new global audience — Before Netflix got into the business of producing its own programming …
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Netflix Media Center, The Netflix Tech Blog, mUmBRELLA, Tubefilter and The Next Web
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NBCUniversal's Fandango buys Rotten Tomatoes and Flixster; Warner Bros. will take minority stake in Fandango — Fandango Acquires Rotten Tomatoes & Flixster From Warner Bros Entertainment — BREAKING: Fandango is set to acquire Flixster and Rotten Tomatoes, which includes …
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Vox Hires Choire Sicha to Oversee Partnerships With Facebook, Snapchat — Awl Network co-founder will be director of partner platforms — Vox Media has long counted its own content platform as a key to its success. But now it says the future lies in platforms run by others …
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BuzzFeed, Re/code, e27 and Digital Trends
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Dish Network earned $747M on $15.1B in revenues, lost 81K pay TV subscribers in 2015 — Dish Loses 81,000 Pay TV Subs in 2015 — EMAIL ME — The Charlie Ergen-led company posted a slightly bigger subscriber decline than in 2014 despite the inclusion of Sling TV customers.
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Data analysis of gender bias shows 22% of individuals named or quoted by Atlantic reporter in 2015 were female, of total mentions under 19% were female — I Analyzed a Year of My Reporting for Gender Bias (Again) … Every time I write something about diversity in Silicon Valley …
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@nisamalli and @mstem
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BBC banned from leading news bulletins on opinion polls during EU referendum campaign — The BBC Trust has said the corporation must not commission opinion polls during the EU Referendum campaign and treat those commissioned by others with caution. — The editorial guidelines published today follow …
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Guardian
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Ozy partners with Wired, The New York Times, MIT, and TED for co-branded newsletters that include content from partner publications — How Ozy leans on The New York Times and Wired to build its newsletter subscriptions — When it comes to distribution, collaboration, not competition, is the new normal.
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@seanbraswell and @bertiebee