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Facebook will now select stories and excerpts automatically for Trending topic pages, show topics instead of story descriptions in Trending section — Today, we're making some changes to the Trending feature on Facebook that will make the product more automated and will no longer require people …
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Sources: Facebook letting go of entire Trending Topics editorial staff, consisting of 15-18 workers contracted through a third party — Facebook will no longer employ humans to write descriptions for items in its Trending section, which attracted controversy over allegations of political bias in May.
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Spotify retaliates against artists who give exclusives to rivals by demoting their songs in search results and excluding tracks from promoted playlists — Service said to tell labels it may keep tracks off playlists — Apple Music emerges as largest challenge to streaming leader
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Frank Ocean's exclusive, independent release of new album highlights tensions among artists, music labels, and digital services
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Alex Spence / Politico:
After the US election, alt-right website Breitbart News intends to launch in France, seeing a business opportunity in the rise of nationalist politics — LONDON — Stephen Bannon intends to get Donald Trump into the White House — and then he's set on conquering Europe.
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Marie Le Conte / BuzzFeed:
How Breitbart Boosted Nigel Farage And Helped Take Him To The Heart Of The Trump Campaign
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sources leak 400-page “oppo” file shared inside Fox News in 2012 on Ailes biographer Gabriel Sherman, with details on property records and voter registration — The memo is dated January 5, 2012. “To: Interested Parties.” “Re: Gabriel Sherman.”
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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
After Ailes, it remains unclear if prized anchor Megyn Kelly will renew her contract with Fox; if Bill O'Reilly stays on, one source says, Kelly is likely to go — Within its subterranean newsroom, staffers and executives have a new fear: will they be able to convince Megyn Kelly to re-sign …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
How USA Today's nuanced coverage of Ryan Lochte's Rio drama provides insights into handling a fast-moving story with caution — Last Thursday, Taylor Barnes and other journalists crowded into a theater across the street from a police station in Rio de Janeiro.
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Ken Doctor / Politico:
Sources: Tronc mulls a third purchase offer from Gannett, at more than $18 per share, and moves forward with a formal counteroffer — It's apparently no longer a question of whether to sell or not, but for how much. — It's apparently no longer a question of whether to sell or not, but for how much.
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Alexios Mantzarlis / Poynter:
Study: frequent readers of partisan news sites are more likely to hold misperceptions even if they're aware of evidence — Reading lots of partisan news online makes you more likely to hold inaccurate beliefs even if you are aware of the prevailing evidence, according to a study published …
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Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Sources: Twitter is working on an anti-harassment tool to let users filter posts using keywords — Abuse has led to depature of several high-profile users — New solution is similar to Instagram's keyword-based filter — Twitter Inc. is working on a keyword-based tool that will let people filter …
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Juliette Garside / Guardian:
Draft rules for EU would let publishers demand payment from Google and Facebook for article extracts in services like Google News — Measures are part of a series of planned European commission changes designed to strengthen rights of creators and publishers
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Jon Ralston / Ralston Reports:
Reporters for Adelson's Las Vegas Review-Journal were told to ask candidates a not-for-publication question about public funding for Raiders stadium — Reporters for Sheldon Adelson's newspaper have been told to ask candidates if they support public money for the stadium proposed …
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