Mediagazer: Zuckerberg: “the idea that fake news on Facebook, which is a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way... is a pretty crazy idea” (Casey Newton/The Verge)

8:05 PM ET, November 11, 2016

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski resigns from CNN effective immediately, amid speculation he'll take a role in the Trump administration — Corey Lewandowski, the controversial Donald Trump campaign manager turned CNN commentator, resigned from CNN on Friday afternoon.

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CNN:

Source: Steve Bannon, former executive chairman of Breitbart News, is being considered by Trump for White House chief of staff, along with Reince Priebus — Bannon: Breitbart readers aren't surprised — Washington (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump is strongly considering naming …

Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

The New York Observer, owned by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, ends its print edition — The New York Observer, the salmon-hued chronicler of New York City's power elite owned by Donald J. Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is ceasing its print edition, just shy of its 20th year as a weekly paper.

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James King / Vocativ:
Throughout the election, The New York Observer routinely ignored or downplayed big stories if they cast Trump in a bad light

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Jennifer Senior / New York Times:

Review of Megyn Kelly's memoir, Settle for More: dealing with Donald Trump and Roger Ailes, plus a bit of self-help advice — Even had there been no news in Megyn Kelly's new memoir, “Settle for More,” the book would have drawn a considerable audience. Ms. Kelly, the 45-year-old anchor on Fox News …

Casey Newton / The Verge:

Zuckerberg: “the idea that fake news on Facebook, which is a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way... is a pretty crazy idea” — “Voters make decisions based on their lived experience.” — After a day of criticism over his company's role …

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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Facebook says “there's so much more we need to do” to stop spread of fake or misleading posts and vows to “keep improving our ability to detect misinformation”

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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:

In staff memo, People EIC Jess Cagle says Trump cover is in no way a celebration of the president-elect and that it seemed wrong to feature anyone else — People magazine — which got hurricane-force blowback on Oct. 12 after publishing the shocking first-person story by a former reporter …

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Michael Cieply / Deadline:

Former NYT movie editor says the paper's narrative-driven agenda, set by editors and not reporters, insulates it from the outside world — It's been a moment for soul-searching and, to some extent repentance, at the New York Times. In much-discussed remarks to his own media columnist James Rutenberg …

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Hamilton Nolan / Deadspin:
To avoid blind spots, the media needs to add geographic, economic, and class diversity to that of race and gender

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John Herrman / New York Times:

Breitbart's rise as an alternative news site, its expansion plans, and its high NewsWhip ranking indicate that on social networks, all media has become marginal — Breitbart, the website at the center of the self-described alternative online media, is planning to expand in the United States and abroad.

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Casey Newton / The Verge:

Facebook is buying the social analytics company CrowdTangle, used by BuzzFeed, CNN, ESPN, others to track how content spreads online, for an undisclosed sum — Understanding how news goes viral — Facebook today announced that it has purchased CrowdTangle, a 4-year-old tool that publishers use …

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Dave McNary / Variety:

Editorial staff of Univision's Fusion.net votes to join Writers Guild of America East; 90% of 70-member bargaining unit voted yes — The editorial staff at Fusion, a digital site owned by Univision's Fusion Media Group, has voted to join the Writers Guild of America East.

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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

AT&T to begin throttling mobile streaming video to 480p resolution in early 2017, but customers can opt out — Cellular customers can opt out of “Stream Saver,” which limits video to 480p. — AT&T today said it will begin limiting the quality of mobile video for cellular data customers in early 2017.

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Andrew Jack / Nieman Lab:

A look at 8 promising business models for media email newsletters, generating web traffic and paid subscriptions, donations, building community, more — Email newsletters are a hybrid medium that fill a gap for newsrooms. — When I began overhauling the Financial Times' editorial email newsletters …

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Kathleen Hennessey / AP News:

Donald Trump refuses to let press pool travel with him to cover Obama meeting in DC, bucking longstanding protocol on press access — WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday refused to let a group of journalists travel with him to cover his historic first meeting …