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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
News outlets reported Trump's claim about millions voting illegally as if it were true — Newsrooms are still coming to grips with a soon-to-be-president able to distract and distort on Twitter. — NEW YORK On Sunday afternoon, Politico editorial director for digital Blake Hounshell rightly pointed …
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Report: Time Inc. board rejects buyout bid from Edgar Bronfman Jr. for $18 a share, which is an 18% premium over its Friday closing price of $13.80 — Edgar Bronfman Jr. is making a bid to buy Time Inc., publisher of People, Time and Sports Illustrated, The Post has learned.
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Chris Moran:
Lessons from The Guardian's ex-Audience Editor Chris Moran: editorial responsibility should not be passed onto algorithms, time spent is a key metric, more — Seven years ago I started working full time at the Guardian in the glamorous role of SEO editorial executive.
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Brian Morrissey / Digiday:
Michael Wolff on Trump coverage: media failed to do its job, will need to stop being defensive and focus on reporting facts — At a time of media soul searching over the rise of Donald Trump, longtime media watcher and columnist Michael Wolff is perhaps the most unsparing in his assessment.
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Loren Grush / The Verge:
RCN, CNN's regional partner in Boston, says it can find no evidence porn was aired; story was based on a series of tweets which news orgs failed to fact-check — Last night, a twitter account by the name of @solikearose tweeted out a surprising image of CNN broadcasting porn instead …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
CNN acquires social-video startup Beme, co-founded by YouTube star Casey Neistat, will invest in the team to launch a new standalone media brand — CNN has acquired social-video app startup Beme, co-founded by popular YouTube creator Casey Neistat and Matt Hackett, and will invest in the team …
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The Guardian:
BBC journalist Hatice Kamer was detained in Turkish police custody overnight; she was allegedly accused of supporting a terrorist organization, may stand trial — Hatice Kamer, a journalist working for the BBC's Turkish-language service, held in south-east of country
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Ross Benes / Digiday:
Viral publishers like ViralNova, Distractify, and Upworthy are attracting fewer media buyers as they struggle with fraud, lose traffic — Viral publishers have been inoculated. — Media buyers tell Digiday that interest in viral publishers — such as ViralNova and Distractify …
Carrie Brown:
In election coverage, the press has done a better job of representing white working-class voters than it has marginalized groups like ethnic minorities — Doubling down on catering to white people or so-called impartiality is not the answer — Faced with the growing recognition …
Ben Arnon / The Huffington Post:
Q&A with National Geographic's Sarah Leen on the process of getting images from camera to the page, advice for photographers, and on finding the perfect photo — If you're like me, you've grown up with a deep fascination of and a keen appreciation for the photographs in National Geographic.
Sarah Esther Maslin / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of El Faro, an 18-year-old growing news site covering the drug and gang wars in El Salvador, which has faced threats and won journalism prizes — Salvadoran website El Faro has built its reputation with stirring stories of gangland, sparking threats at home and racking up prizes abroad.
Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
One group WaPo cited in its Russian propaganda story is associated with Cold War proponents; the second group appears to have launched only recently — One of the themes that has emerged during the controversy over “fake news” and its role in the election of Donald Trump is the idea …
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