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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Breitbart says it's planning a multi-million dollar lawsuit against a major media company over claims that it's a white nationalist site — Breitbart News is preparing a lawsuit against a “major media company” over claims that it is a white nationalist website, it said in an exclusive statement to The Hill.
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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 — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Donald J. Trump's supporters were probably heartened in September, when, according to an article shared nearly a million times on Facebook …
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Google and Facebook say they will ban fake news sites from using their advertising networks as misinformation spreads online — Over the last week, two of the world's biggest internet companies have faced mounting criticism over how fake news on their sites may have influenced the presidential election's outcome.
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Sheera Frenkel / BuzzFeed:
Sources: Facebook staffers form unofficial task force to review company's role in promoting fake news, challenge Zuckerberg's dismissal of concerns — The group is hoping to challenge the position by CEO Mark Zuckerberg that the platform has no responsibility to address the issue following the election of Donald Trump.
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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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Reuters:
Sources: Snap Inc. has filed confidentially for its IPO, could go public as soon as March at valuation of $20-$25B — Messaging app Snapchat has filed confidentially with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering (IPO), sources familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Several Politico reporters and editors have received threatening letters recently; Politico's editor and publisher send memo reassuring staff — Jane Eisner, the editor in chief of the Forward, told this blog several days before the Nov. 8 election: “I don't think this is going away no matter what happens [on Election Day].
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
AMC Networks buys minority stake in Funny or Die; Jennifer Caserta, president of AMC cable channel IFC, will join Funny or Die board — AMC Networks has bought a minority stake in Funny or Die with the goal of generating wide-ranging collaborations between the digital service founded …
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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
The cancellation of Bill Simmons' HBO show Any Given Wednesday makes clear that his loose persona doesn't make for compelling TV — Bill Simmons was, for a long while, the most prominent voice in sports journalism. — A mega-force at ESPN, he became nearly unavoidable through his columns …
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Mel Plant / Global Voices Advocacy:
Turkish papers including the Cumhuriyet fight for press freedom despite raids, house searches, and arrests — Just over three months have passed since an attempted coup in Turkey prompted a wide-reaching crackdown on supposed supporters of Fethullah Gulen, the US-based Islamic cleric whom …
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Bloomberg Media:
Joe Weisenthal promoted to executive editor of news at Bloomberg Digital — Bloomberg Digital Senior Executive Editor Jared Sandberg sent the following memo to staff today: — From: Jared Sandberg — I'm thrilled to announce that Joe Weisenthal is taking a new expanded role as Digital's Executive Editor of News.
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons to play lead role in BuzzFeed Motion Pictures movie, Brother Orange; he has been cast as BuzzFeed editor Matt Stopera — Warner Bros. is working with BuzzFeed Motion Pictures to tell the true story of the internet phenomenon. — The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons …
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