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Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
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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SBNation.com, Slate, SBNation.com, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Jezebel, @petersterne, The Huffington Post, @marjorieingall, @mdoukmas, @pink_funk, @chuckmodi1, @abeaujon, @ungarino, @adrienneleigh, @jyarow, @jbenton, @kelseymsutton, @micahlef, @dj_mosfett, @ianprior, @nbj914, @erikmal, @erikmal, @charlieesquire, @petersterne, @readdanwrite and @petersterne
Alexios Mantzarlis / Poynter:
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, @brianstelter and @niemanlab
Colin Lecher / The Verge:
FCC votes 3-2 to proceed with plan to give customers more choice over 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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Multichannel News, Multichannel News, Deadline, Los Angeles Times, Variety, Re/code, Ars Technica, Public Knowledge, Reuters and Broadcasting & Cable
Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code:
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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The Wrap, Consumerist, BBC, Music Business Worldwide, ZDNet, sbs.com.au, Ubergizmo, Associated Press, Hollywood Reporter, Variety and FACT Magazine
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Yahoo Tech EIC Dan Tynan is out as the company says it will phase out digital magazines for food, health, parenting, makers, travel, autos, and real estate — The ax falls at Yahoo — Yahoo is shutting down about half of its content verticals, POLITICO Media has learned.
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Yahoo, Re/code, Business Insider, Adweek, New York Times, @karaswisher, Vanity Fair, Skift, Eater, Engadget, Talking New Media, Digital Trends, AdExchanger, Talking Biz News, Ubergizmo, Racked, Fortune, CNNMoney, Tubefilter, Variety, Ad Age, SiliconBeat, Android Police, Hollywood Reporter, The Next Web, Ars Technica, GeekWire, SlashGear, FishbowlNY, @niemanlab, Media Wire Daily, @caseynewton, @alexweprin, @tomgara, @alexweprin, Forbes, WWD, @digiphile, @stevekovach, Reuters, New York Magazine, Silicon Valley Business …, TechCrunch, San Francisco Chronicle, @carlquintanilla, @ryanlawler, @jyarow, @petersterne and Re/code
Hollywood Reporter:
ABC Chief Paul Lee Forced Out, Channing Dungey Named Entertaiment President — EMAIL ME — The news comes a year or so after Ben Sherwood replaced Anne Sweeney as President of Disney/ABC TV Group. — ABC Entertainment Group president Paul Lee is out, and his drama chief Channing Dungey will assume his role.
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New York Times, The Wrap, Variety, Fortune, Jezebel, New York Magazine, NBC News, HipHollywood, Adweek, CNNMoney, Ad Age, Mashable, Business Insider, TV By The Numbers …, The Week, The Huffington Post, @thrmattbelloni, Deadline, The Wrap, Variety, Los Angeles Times, Broadcasting & Cable, Variety and @sepinwall
Ben Popper / The Verge:
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
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
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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Variety, CNNMoney, WarnerBros.com, CBS News, Wall Street Journal, UPI, Wall Street Journal, The A.V. Club, The Verge, Gizmodo, Business Insider, San Francisco Chronicle, Bloomberg Business, The Drum, Hollywood Reporter, Engadget, /Film, Los Angeles Times, TechCrunch, Fortune, Complex, TechSpot, Home Media Magazine, Comicbook.com, FishbowlNY, Re/code and VideoInk
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
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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LA Observed, The Huffington Post, Beacon, @ramsammy and @jbenton
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
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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Multichannel News, TechCrunch, Home Media Magazine, USA Today, Reuters, Reuters, DSLreports and Variety
Adrienne Lafrance / The Atlantic:
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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@mstem and @nisamalli
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
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
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