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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Jeffrey Zucker defends CNN against political operatives' accusations of bias toward Trump, says he's proud of hiring Corey Lewandowski — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Jeffrey A. Zucker, CNN's president, is accustomed to complaints about his network going easy on Donald J. Trump …
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Corey Lewandowski, Trump's informal adviser and potential employee, says NYT editor Dean Baquet should be in jail for publishing Trump's tax documents — Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's first campaign manager, said Thursday that New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet “should be in jail” …
Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
BuzzFeed names fake news expert Craig Silverman as its first media editor; based in Toronto, he will focus on social media platforms, misinformation, and more — Media writers at traditional news companies tend to see New York City as the nexus of all things important to the industry.
Alex Heath / Business Insider:
Sources: Facebook is working on Collections, a feature to showcase lists of curated content from publishers directly in the News Feed — Facebook is working on a new feature that will showcase lists of curated content from publishers directly in the News Feed, according to two people familiar …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump surrogates' disdain for facts should not be surprising, but requires vigilance from reporters and a re-reading of Orwell — You may think you are prepared for a post-truth world, in which political appeals to emotion count for more than statements of verifiable fact.
The Moscow Times:
RT is set to receive an extra $19M in state funding from the Kremlin over the next two years, to help the channel with “a number of language tasks” — Kremlin-backed news outlet RT is set to receive an extra $19 million in state funding over the next two years, the Russian government announced Thursday.
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Lauren Johnson / Adweek:
Hearst forms 10-person Native and Emerging Technologies team to work on voice-based experiences on devices like Echo and smartphones, AI, AR, OTT apps, and more — Hearst may be a 129-year-old media company, but even it's planning for a Jetsons-like future when news will be consumed through voice-controlled technology.
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Kristina Cooke / Reuters:
Facebook developing AI to flag nudity, violence, and other content violating its policies in Facebook Live streams — Facebook Inc (FB.O) is working on automatically flagging offensive material in live video streams, building on a growing effort to use artificial intelligence to monitor content …
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Felix Salmon / TinyLetter:
As digital prices have gone down, the cost of a NYT print subscription has risen by 93% since 1989 and could rise by 3% a year for the foreseeable future — This note comes to you a few weeks later than I thought it would. After suffering through the worst election campaign that I've ever experienced …
Peter Sterne / Politico:
As part of proposed $31M settlement, Nick Denton can't buy back Gawker.com unless he gets explicit written permission from Hulk Hogan — Gawker Media founder Nick Denton can't buy Gawker.com unless he gets explicit written permission from former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan.
Kim Zetter / The Intercept:
Internet Archive and EFF fend off FBI national security letter that demanded records of an Internet Archive user, and came with an everlasting gag order — A decade ago, the FBI sent Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, a now-infamous type of subpoena known as a National Security Letter …
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Techdirt, @theintercept, @filosottile, @agcrocker, @micahflee, @jennamc_laugh and Electronic Frontier Foundation
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC reaches preliminary conclusion that AT&T is violating net neutrality with DirecTV data cap exemption, asks AT&T to respond by December 15 — Verizon also in trouble with FCC over charging competitors for zero-rating. — The Federal Communications Commission has reached …
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Electionland, a coalition of news organizations led by ProPublica with about 450 journalists, saw no evidence of widespread voter fraud, refuting Trump's claims — More than 450 reporters from 250 outlets across the country have published over 300 stories as part of the Electionland project.
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Washington Post, @heoj, @electionland, @niemanlab and @jessicahuseman
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN interview shows some Trump voters citing “the media” and Facebook for false info that 3M non-citizens voted and Obama told undocumented people to vote
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