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Will Oremus / Slate:
Three Facebook Trending curators say system that fed them stories failed to improve, user testing feedback of bare-bones new version was overwhelmingly negative — How Facebook's foray into automated news went from messy to disastrous. — It seems Facebook's human news editors weren't quite as expendable as the company thought.
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Tanya Dua / Digiday:
Former Facebook Trending curator: business side tried to influence editorial, and a push toward quotas stifled newsroom discussion — Barely two days after changes to its Trending Topics section, a fake article about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly began trending on Facebook — before entirely disappearing on Monday morning.
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Robert Capps / Wired:
President Obama to become first commander-in-chief to edit a magazine when he guest-edits Wired's November issue — WIRED has had some amazing guest editors over the years. J.J. Abrams on magic, mysteries, and puzzles; Bill Gates on solving the world's biggest problems; Christopher Nolan on space …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Two lawyers for Ailes badmouth journalist Gabriel Sherman ahead of an expected New York Magazine piece, calling his reporting a vendetta — Facing multiple allegations of sexually harassing female employees along with lawsuits from two of his accusers, to say nothing of advising Donald Trump …
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Julia Boorstin / CNBC:
Source: Twitter expands Amplify Publisher program to individual video creators, giving them 70% of ad revenue, better than YouTube and Facebook's terms — Twitter is trying something new to boost its stagnating user base: Luring content creators to post on Twitter by giving them an easy way to earn money from their videos.
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune Media agrees to sell Chicago's Tribune Tower to LA-based developer CIM Group for up to $240M — The Tribune Tower as seen from Pioneer Court on July 31, 2014. — Los Angeles-based developer CIM Group has agreed to buy Tribune Tower for up to $240 million, marking the end …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Anthony Weiner loses his Daily News column, put on indefinite leave from NY1, in wake of new sexting scandal — Multiple news organizations have moved to sever or suspend their ties with Anthony Weiner on Monday after new reports that the former congressman was involved in another sexting scandal.
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Washington Post publishes raw materials of its reporting for Trump biography, including transcripts of 20 hours of interviews — The Washington Post recently published a new biography of Donald Trump, for which the Republican nominee sat for more than 20 hours of interviews. (Still, Trump didn't care for it much.)
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
As Arianna Huffington leaves HuffPo on Sept 1, she leaves a legacy of journalism marred by conflicts of interest; reporters were punished for negative stories — Arianna Huffington needn't worry about her central place in the brief history of Internet journalism.
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Sources: Trump's camp has considered the candidate's options for creating a media business but there's currently no serious effort to establish one — A TV network could struggle to find distribution, advertisers — Glenn Beck's web video service could offer blueprint for Trump
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South China Morning Post:
China bans entertainment news that promotes Western lifestyles, rules reports must comply with Communist party ideologies — Beijing has forbidden reports of entertainment news that promote “Western lifestyles”, poke fun at traditional Chinese values and cultural classics, such as mythical heroes …
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Niki Kitsantonis / New York Times:
Greece to limit nationwide TV licenses to four with auction, forcing half of Greece's stations to close, plans to set up state ad agency, taking 30% cut — ATHENS — Since Greece opened its media to private broadcasting in the 1980s, the market has been an almost unregulated scrum.
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