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11:55 PM ET, September 1, 2016

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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Melania Trump sues Mail Media, parent of Daily Mail, and Maryland blogger for defamation over articles about visas and naked photos; Mail retracts its story  —  Donald Trump's wife fires a shot at a “false” article about her journey to America.  —  Melania Trump, wife of the Republican nominee …
Liz Spayd / New York Times:
The main Trump story by The New York Times on Wednesday was slow to update, in contrast with reporting team's other minute-by-minute updates  —  It was a fast-paced day for the team covering politics at The New York Times on Wednesday.  —  In the late afternoon, Donald J. Trump was playing …
Columbia Journalism Review:
Vice Head of Content Ciel Hunter sends memo pledging better management of freelancers after Columbia Journalism Review article about mistreatment  —  Vice's head of content outlined a series of steps to improve working relationships with freelance journalists in a memo Thursday responding …
Patricia Hernandez / Kotaku:
Some YouTubers fret after being notified that some videos are not “advertiser friendly” and can't be monetized; YouTube says policy hasn't changed  —  Yesterday, popular YouTuber Philip DeFranco uploaded a video where he claimed that YouTube was ‘shutting down’ his channel due …
Abigail Williams / NBC News:
American freelance journalist Lindsey Snell has been held in a prison facility by Turkish authorities since August 7 for violating a military zone  —  A U.S. citizen and freelance journalist, Lindsey Snell, has been detained by Turkish authorities since August 7th, the State Department confirmed today.
Mark Joyella / TVNewser:
Brian Williams will debut “The 11th Hour with Brian Williams” on September 6 at 11pm on MSNBC; it's unclear if the show will continue past November  —  Brian Williams has his own show again.  —  The former NBC Nightly News anchor will debut “The 11th Hour with Brian Williams” …
Reported.ly:
Reported.ly staff says goodbye as it suspends service after losing First Look Media funding; team looking for ways to keep working together in future  —  Today is officially the last day of reported.ly.  Due to a loss of funding from our parent company, First Look Media …
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Twitter will use MLB spinoff BAMTech to help stream its 10 NFL Thursday Night football games and other sports-related live events  —  Social network turns to BAMTech to help stream NFL games and other sports content  —  Twitter Inc. has tapped an industry pro to help stream …
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Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Reuters partners with semantic technology company Graphiq to make it easier for publishers to use interactive data visualizations in their reporting  —  Through a partnership with semantic technology company Graphiq, the news agency will produce interactive data visualisations for multiple types of coverage …
Discussion: @shany_bartov and @journalismnews
Quartz:
Facebook patent filings and curator interviews give a glimpse into the opaque algorithm controlling Trending news  —  With its human editors out the door, Facebook is letting the inmates run the asylum.  —  This week, a story about a man violently engaging a McChicken in intercourse lived …
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Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Washington Post is logging trending stories every hour on Facebook, Google, and Twitter and compiling the results in a limited-run daily email digest
 
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