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Trump's refusal to accommodate press pool is part of a broader trend which suggests his administration will lack transparency — Donald Trump Ditches Press, Steps Out for Dinner 0:47 — In a highly unusual move, President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday night left his Manhattan residence without notifying …
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15 journalism advocacy groups, including the National Press Club, sign open letter to Donald Trump urging him to preserve press pool tradition — We, a group of diverse journalism associations representing thousands of journalists from the nation's capital to every corner of the country, begin this letter on a hopeful note.
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Jessica Guynn / USA Today:
Twitter suspends several high-profile accounts associated with the alt-right, including those of Richard Spencer and Pax Dickinson — SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter suspended a number of accounts associated with the alt-right movement, the same day the social media service said it would crack down on hate speech.
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Ginny Marvin / Marketing Land:
Facebook says it overstated organic Page reach and time spent on Instant Articles due to bugs; firm will expand 3rd-party verification, form Measurement Council — Facebook is also adding more third-party verification and forming a Measurement Council to stay in step with evolving products and metrics.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Univision will cut 200-250 jobs, 6% of its workforce, with most of the layoffs at Fusion; Katie Drummond named executive managing editor of Gizmodo Media Group — The Spanish-language media giant, Univision Communications, will lay off almost 6 percent of its workforce — between 200 and 250 people …
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Analysis shows top 20 fake election news stories generated more engagement on Facebook than the top 20 election stories from 19 major news outlets — A BuzzFeed News analysis found that top fake election news stories generated more total engagement on Facebook than top election stories from 19 major news outlets combined.
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Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
Facebook's business model, algorithms, and policies entrench echo chambers on all political sides, fueling the spread of misinformation
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Jill Disis / CNNMoney:
In a series of tweets Wednesday morning, incoming US President Donald Trump attacks the New York Times again over coverage of his transition — President-elect Donald Trump is going after The New York Times again. — In a series of tweets Wednesday, Trump attacked a Times story about firings …
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J. Lester Feder / BuzzFeed:
Transcript of 2014 talk ex-Breitbart Chairman Stephen Bannon in which he describes his worldview and discusses the site's role in the rise of the alt-right — The soon-to-be White House director of strategy laid out a global vision in a rare 2014 talk, one where he said racism in the far right gets …
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
In heated interview with NPR's Steve Innskeep, Breitbart Editor-at-Large Joel Pollak says NPR show CodeSwitch is racist
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Guardian:
The Guardian asked five liberals and five conservatives to swap Facebook feeds; both sides reported feeling “hurt” by stories they saw — Social media has made it easy to live in filter bubbles, sheltered from opposing viewpoints. So what happens when liberals and conservatives trade realities?
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Diane Rehm's station taps Joshua Johnson, a lesser-known radio host, as her successor — Radio journalist Joshua Johnson will succeed Diane Rehm as the host of the daily public-affairs discussion program that Rehm turned into one of NPR's most durable franchises over its 37-year run.
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Pat Pheifer / Star Tribune:
Prince's estate sues Tidal's parent company Roc Nation, accusing it of illegally streaming the artist's songs — The battle has festered for months in Carver County District Court, but on Tuesday, NPG Records Inc. and NPG Music Publishing — Prince's music entities — escalated it with the federal lawsuit.
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC deletes everything from November 17 meeting agenda after GOP letter urging Tom Wheeler to refrain from passing new rules before Trump's inauguration — FCC chair takes all rulemakings off agenda one day after GOP lawmakers' request. — The Federal Communications Commission …
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Republican congressional leaders send letters to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler urging him to refrain from passing new rules before Donald Trump's inauguration
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J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
TMZ founder Harvey Levin interviewed Donald Trump for an hour-long Fox News special broadcast which will be aired Friday at 10pm EST — This is not an Onion headline. — Harvey Levin from TMZ will interview President-elect Donald Trump at his home in Trump Tower for a special hour-long broadcast on Fox News.
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