Mediagazer: Facebook reinstates “Napalm Girl” photo, says it will adjust its review processes to allow future sharing of that photo (Peter Kafka/Recode)

1:50 PM ET, September 10, 2016

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Peter Kafka / Recode:

Facebook reinstates “Napalm Girl” photo, says it will adjust its review processes to allow future sharing of that photo — “The value of permitting sharing outweighs the value of protecting the community.” — After removing several posts that used a famous photograph from the Vietnam War …

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Guardian:

Norwegian prime minister Erna Solberg calls on Facebook to “review its editing policy” after it deleted her post in support of Aftenposten — Erna Solberg shared photo that had resulted in writer and newspaper falling foul of social media giant's rules

Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
Facebook's claim that it isn't a media entity is becoming increasingly untenable as the impact of its content ranking and removal policies continues to escalate

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J.K. Trotter / Gizmodo:

Univision execs vote to delete six Gawker Media posts involved in ongoing lawsuits; Gawker Executive Editor John Cook says posts will disappear this weekend — In a vote carried out on Friday night, Univision executives voted to remove six posts published by former Gawker Media properties that are involved in ongoing litigation.

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Media Matters tells Ailes and Fox News to retain records in case of a lawsuit after report that Fox sought reporter's phone records — The progressive organization is seeking information following a report that Fox News obtained its journalist's phone records.

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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Geraldo Rivera apologizes to Gretchen Carlson and Gabriel Sherman for doubting the sexual harassment allegations made against Roger Ailes

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Carlett Spike / Columbia Journalism Review:

Amid scrutiny of swapped stories on presidential candidate forum, political editor says swaps, multiple writers are normal NYT online practice for some stories — The New York Times this week set off a firestorm of criticism on Twitter for a merry-go-round of wholesale changes …

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Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:

Facebook removes “September 11th Anniversary” Trending topic after it briefly promoted conspiracy theory article published in Daily Star — Facebook users looking for more context on why the Sept. 11 terrorist attack anniversary was trending on the platform on Friday were …

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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

ASNE stops trying to count full-time newsroom jobs and losses, and will not categorize employees anymore — After a decade of documenting job losses for journalists totaling more than 20,000 since 2006, the American Society of News Editors has abandoned the effort.

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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
ASNE diversity survey: 17% of print employees and 23% of digital-only site employees are journalists of color; women are 38% and 50% accordingly

Discussion: @niemanlab and @rickedmonds

Josh Dawsey / Wall Street Journal:

NY1 and New York Post sue Bill de Blasio in FOIA case for withholding emails; city says communications with outside advisers exempt from disclosure laws — City says emails with mayor's longtime advisers are exempt from disclosure laws — Two media outlets have sued New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio …

Andrew J . Hawkins / The Verge:

Uber now lets users play music from Pandora, in addition to Spotify, during rides; drivers can now connect their devices to play music via Bluetooth — Uber is a pretty simple app to use: press a button, hail a ride. But now things are getting a little funkier, thanks to an integration …

Discussion: CNET and SiliconANGLE

Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:

Sources: Tronc is in active talks over Gannett takeover bid of about $673M, or around $18.50/share — Tronc Inc. is in active discussions over Gannett Inc.'s takeover bid of about $673 million, people familiar with the matter said, indicating it may be willing to drop its fierce resistance to a merger of the two newspaper publishers.

Discussion: @carlmalamud and New York Post

Eugene Kim / Business Insider:

Source: Amazon plans to have up to 100 pop-up stores in US malls over next year, up from 16 today; effort is led by Amazon's head of devices and services — Amazon is aggressively expanding its presence in the real-world retail market, with a plan to open dozens of new pop-up stores …

Discussion: @martinvars, The Verge, GeekWire and Fortune

Sean Craig / Financial Post:

The Globe and Mail is aiming to find 40 employees who will agree to voluntary severance packages; Globe CEO says the paper will pursue layoffs if necessary — With print circulation in decline and digital subscriptions not able to make up the revenue gap, The Globe and Mail is asking staff …

Discussion: @pbrooksarenburg, @vidyakauri, @jjsmallbridge and Guardian

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Crunchyroll, Funimation Reach Deal to Cross-License Anime Titles — Crunchyroll and Funimation, two of the top U.S.-based digital providers of anime, are bringing dozens of new titles to their respective services under a new cross-licensing agreement. — Under the partnership …

Discussion: Comicbook.com, CGMagazine, IGN, Dallas Business Journal, in Anime by Crunchyroll!, Polygon, Forbes and Mashable

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