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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 …
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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” — Facebook has responded to widespread criticism of how its Newsfeed algorithm disseminates …
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Max Read / New York Magazine:
Facebook's massive reach, abundance of emotionally charged fake viral stories, and lack of traditional gatekeepers helped Donald Trump win
Facebook's massive reach, abundance of emotionally charged fake viral stories, and lack of traditional gatekeepers helped Donald Trump win
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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 …
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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 …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Trump spokesperson Hope Hicks says transition team “fully expects” to operate a traditional media pool
Trump spokesperson Hope Hicks says transition team “fully expects” to operate a traditional media pool
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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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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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New York Times:
The US election underscores the flaws of an over-reliance on large-scale data analysis, which can have unintended consequences as it has for some tech companies — It was a rough night for number crunchers. And for the faith that people in every field — business, politics, sports and academia …
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney misses targets with $13.1B in Q4 revenue; ESPN had lower ad sales, affiliate revenue — Disney shares rose fractionally during regular trading Thursday but were dropping 3 percent after the closing bell. — The Walt Disney Co. earned $1.10 per share on revenue of $13.1 billion …
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Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
Adobe buys TubeMogul for $540M to expand its video programmatic marketing service on multiple screens — Adobe makes a play for a big video advertising market across multiple screens with the purchase of TubeMogul. — Adobe said it will acquire TubeMogul, a video advertising company, in a deal valued at $540 million.
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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 — As Donald Trump routinely scoffed at the “corrupt media” for attacking him, journalists have called into question the objectivity of a publication that is owned by his son-in-law
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Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg:
Sources: Tencent Pictures to invest $295M+ in Hollywood and Chinese films through 2017 — Investments said to be used for films in China and Hollywood — Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s main movie arm plans to spend at least 2 billion yuan ($295 million) investing in Hollywood and Chinese films …
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