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2:55 PM ET, May 10, 2016

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Tom Stocky / Facebook:
Facebook VP of search Tom Stocky: we found no evidence contractors manipulated Trending Topics to suppress stories of interest to conservatives  —  My team is responsible for Trending Topics, and I want to address today's reports alleging that Facebook contractors manipulated Trending Topics …
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Michael Nunez / Gizmodo:
Republican Sen. John Thune sends letter to Mark Zuckerberg asking for more details about curation of Facebook's Trending Topics  —  The US Senate Commerce Committee—which has jurisdiction over media issues, consumer protection issues, and internet communication—has sent a letter …
Poynter:
Poynter media ethicist Kelly McBride says Facebook has a responsibility to be more transparent about how it curates news  —  Gizmodo ignited a social media firestorm today when it reported that curators for Facebook's “trending” section regularly put the kibosh on right-leaning news stories.
Michael Nunez / Gizmodo:
Ex-Facebook news curators describe suppressing conservative news, being instructed to include non-trending stories, removing news about Facebook itself
Nick Statt / The Verge:
Facebook says it has “rigorous guidelines” in place to protect neutrality and consistency of its Trending Topics section, in response to Gizmodo report
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg and AI Monitor's Laura Rozen dispute article in The New York Times Magazine claiming they helped “retail” US-Iran nuclear deal  —  The New York Times Magazine editor defended the description, though he acknowledged the journalists should have been contacted for comment.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon unveils Amazon Video Direct, open to any video creator, with four ways to earn money: per-hour royalty, add-on subs, digital rent/sale, or ad-supported  —  Initial partners include Conde Nast, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Machinima, StyleHaul  —  Amazon, which touts itself as Earth's biggest store …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
ESPN settles lawsuit with Verizon over ‘skinny’ FiOS cable bundle  —  ESPN and Verizon have resolved a legal battle that began when the popular sports network sued the FiOS provider over its unconventional “Custom TV” channel packages last year.  Verizon announced more flexible (and slimmer) …
Kevin Draper / Gawker:
As digital sites woo advertisers, they conflate metrics for digital video viewership and traditional TV  —  We are, right now, in the midst of a digital media upheaval.  What was previously conventional wisdom—that a media company with hopes of turning a profit needs, above all, to achieve scale—is being proven false.
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Periscope makes broadcasts permanent by default and introduces search  —  It's been a month now since Facebook rolled-out a dramatically improved design for live video — a design that borrowed liberally from Twitter-owned Periscope.  Facebook's enormous audience, combined with its willingness …
Christopher Williams / Telegraph:
Channel 4 escapes privatisation after Downing Street intervention  —  Channel 4 will escape full privatisation following an intervention from Downing Street, The Daily Telegraph understands.  —  A series of other major reforms of the state-owned broadcaster remain under consideration, however, senior Government sources revealed.
Reuters:
German court rejects Turkish president Erdogan's request to ban Axel Springer CEO Mathias Doepfner from repeating derogatory term; appeal possible  —  BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court on Tuesday rejected a request by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan for a preliminary injunction preventing …
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Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Egypt arrests 4 members of a street satirical group  —  CAIRO (AP) — Police have arrested four members of a satirical street group that mocked Egypt's president and his supporters in video clips posted online, the latest in an escalating crackdown on dissent that lays bare the government's diminishing tolerance for criticism.
Discussion: BBC
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Online petition to fire BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg taken down after it draws abusive and misogynistic language  —  38 Degrees director says campaign calling for BBC political editor to be sacked was hijacked by Twitter and Facebook users  —  Campaign group 38 degrees has taken …
 
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