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Nancy Gibbs / TIME:
TIME Magazine editor Nancy Gibbs on why Trump was chosen as Person of the Year, says he empowered a hidden electorate and framed tomorrow's political culture — This is the 90th time we have named the person who had the greatest influence, for better or worse, on the events of the year.
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Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
TIME says appearance of horns protruding from Trump's head on cover is unintentional, pointing to 35 other covers where the letter ‘M’ is partially obscured — “Horns. They gave him horns.” — After the initial Time selection of Donald Trump for Person of the Year ricocheted …
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Philip Pullella / Reuters:
In rare interview, Pope Francis warns the press against being obsessed with scandal and says spreading disinformation is the greatest harm the media could do — Media that focus on scandals and spread fake news to smear politicians risk becoming like people who have a morbid fascination with excrement …
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Cynthia Gordy / ProPublica:
ProPublica to launch ProPublica Illinois in 2017, will hire editor and about 10 journalists; funding by Ford Foundation kicks off state effort, which may expand — The nonprofit newsroom ProPublica announced that it will launch a new Illinois unit in 2017, publishing investigative journalism …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is in talks with movie studios to get earlier access to releases for iTunes, possibly as soon as two weeks after theater debut — Movie companies said discussing rentals 2 weeks after debut — Encryption technology said to be one concern in negotiations
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Ipsos survey: about 75% of US adults who remembered a particular fake headline believed it; nearly 33% recalled seeing at least one fake headline from election — Fake news headlines fool American adults about 75% of the time, according to a large-scale new survey conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs for BuzzFeed News.
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Asma Khalid / NPR:
NPR's Asma Khalid on the difficulties of being a Muslim reporter covering the 2016 election, facing veiled threats and constant harassment — Sometime in early 2016 between a Trump rally in New Hampshire, where a burly man shouted something at me about being Muslim, and a series …
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Michael J. Socolow / Columbia Journalism Review:
On the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, a look at how the event was initially reported shows little has changed in terms of mistakes made covering major events — Nobody knew anything at first. The attack happened far out in the Pacific, on a small remote island.
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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Google search app updated with distinct feeds for upcoming appointments and personalized news such as sports and entertainment, on Android now and iOS soon — Google Now is splitting in two — Google Now launched four years ago with a bold promise: instead of making you search for information you need …
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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Turner signs a new, expanded deal with Snapchat, will work on the development of original shows together; Bleacher Report will launch a Discover channel in US — Agreement covers additional Turner content and collaboration on advertising — Turner Broadcasting said it signed a new …
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Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
YouTube has paid over $1B to the music industry in the last year, from advertising alone — In the last year, YouTube has paid out over $1 billion to the music industry from advertising alone, the company revealed on Tuesday. — Bolstered by music subscription revenue …
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New York Times:
Sources: Trump fired Michael G. Flynn Jr., the son of senior security adviser Michael Flynn, for using Twitter to promote fake news related to Pizzagate — WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday fired one of his transition team's staff members, Michael G. Flynn …
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Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
Interview with controversial conservative commentator Tomi Lahren, who supports Trump and recently sparred with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show — “I'm in the lion's den, Trevor.” — Tomi Lahren, a 24-year-old conservative commentator, had left her bubble of more than 4.3 million followers …
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Brian Morrissey / Digiday:
NBC News SVP of digital, Nick Ascheim, says Facebook has a civic responsibility to act on fake news, which has always existed but is now amplified — The use of Facebook to spread propaganda, distortions and disinformation should serve as a wake-up call to the platform …
Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said he feels “complicated” about President-Elect Trump's use of the social network, says it has put a spotlight on the service — Jack Dorsey says he has mixed feelings about the president-elect's use of the social media service
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