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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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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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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 — A close and — to pundits, journalists, and Democrats — unexpected victory like Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's is always overdetermined …
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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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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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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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Hamilton Nolan / Deadspin:
To avoid blind spots, the media needs to add geographic, economic, and class diversity to that of race and gender — Donald Trump won, and the media is grasping for answers as to why we didn't predict it. Already, you can see the seeds of many bad solutions forming.
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Alex Weprin / Politico:
Eleven media veterans, including Dean Baquet, Marty Baron, and Nick Denton, discuss how the press misread the Trump phenomenon and what lessons can be learned — What went wrong? — How did everyone in the media miss the Trump phenomenon? Were there signs that were ignored?
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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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