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Amplified by the US media, Russia executed an effective cyber offensive against the DNC, aided by a sluggish FBI response — WASHINGTON — When Special Agent Adrian Hawkins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation called the Democratic National Committee in September 2015 to pass along …
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
21st Century Fox faces new lawsuit that claims Roger Ailes sexually harassed reporter Lidia Curanaj in 2011 — Nearly five months after Roger Ailes was ousted from his position as chairman of Fox News Channel, the sexual harassment accusations against him continue.
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The Wrap, Fortune, Jezebel, The Huffington Post, Mediaite, TVSpy, Politico, @emilysteel, @emilysteel and New York Magazine
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Memo from publisher Fred Ryan: Washington Post is profitable, and traffic increased nearly 50% with digital subscription revenue more than doubling in past year — The Washington Post is a profitable and growing enterprise, the newspaper's publisher announced in a memo to staffers Tuesday evening.
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@loriamontgomery and @fahrenthold
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / WWD:
Amid increased concerns about fake news, The New Yorker adds a “not the news” tagline and banner to The Borowitz Report — The New Yorker has taken steps to clarify that The Borowitz Report is not actually true. — What it looks like when The Borowitz Report is shared on social media.
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Nieman Lab, Slate, Springfield News-Leader, @ws_missouri, @kbsmoke, FishbowlDC and The FJP
Jason Leopold / Vice News:
Vice News files FOIA suit seeking FBI documents about discussions on Trump, Hatch Act violation allegations, communications with Breitbart News and Fox, more — VICE News is suing the FBI, demanding the bureau release records related to its curious disclosures, behind-the-scenes actions …
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@jasonleopold, Highsnobiety, @obscurica, @kyhenderson and Sparrow Media
Matt Drange / Forbes:
Court approves Gawker liquidation plan: $31M payout to Hogan, writers released from future liability; suits with Shiva Ayyadurai and Ashley Terrill also settled — Gawker Media's bankrupt estate will begin paying its long list of creditors after a federal bankruptcy judge approved its settlement …
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Wall Street Journal, @goldbergryan, Law News, @felixsalmon and New York Daily News
Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Hollywood studios win preliminary injunction against VidAngel, the streaming service that lets users filter language, sex, and nudity from movies — A screenshot from the website for Vid A U.S. district judge has sided with Hollywood studios in their legal battle to block VidAngel …
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Hollywood Reporter, Broadcasting & Cable, Deadline, Plagiarism Today, TechCrunch, Engadget, PR Newswire, Deseret News, Variety and The Wrap
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Elizabeth Ailes, wife of Fox News' Roger Ailes, sells her two newspapers, excluding buildings, in upstate New York to Editor-in-Chief Douglas Cunningham — Elizabeth Ailes, wife of former Fox News chief Roger Ailes, announced on Tuesday that she's selling two newspapers in Putnam County, New York.
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@gabrielsherman, New York Magazine and The Putnam County Courier
Felix Salmon / Nieman Lab:
In 2017, headlines will matter more than ever and journalists will need to wrest control of headline writing from social-optimization teams — 2017 will be the year that news organizations start approaching headlines with the importance they deserve. — A few years ago …
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@felixsalmon, @cehumphries, @yappelbaum, @mrgilyard, @bechter, @ptaillandier, @pcunliffejones, @calumcameron, @genepark, @lisamurphyto, @chelseylew and @niemanlab
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Amazon expands Prime Video to 200+ countries excluding China, no additional cost for Prime members, $5.99/month in countries with no Prime subscription option — A month after it dropped major hints, Amazon has made its Prime Video service available in more than more than 200 countries worldwide bringing …
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VentureBeat, Amazon.com, Variety and The Next Web
Eve Peyser / Gizmodo:
Google refuses to change search results for ‘Did the Holocaust happen?’, despite previously manipulating results to favor its own products — If you Google “did the Holocaust happen” the first result is a link from Stormfront.org, a neo-Nazi and white supremacist forum that's widely regarded …
Dan Frommer / Recode:
RBC survey: 18% of Instagram users say they watch Stories daily; 53% say they watch them at least monthly — Almost 20 percent of Instagram users say they watch ‘Stories’ every day. — How is Instagram's Snapchat Stories clone doing? — Some 18 percent of U.S. Instagram users surveyed …
Taylor Owen / Columbia Journalism Review:
Pondering the possibilities and the challenges for journalism in virtual worlds as VR becomes mainstream — In June 2003, the San Francisco company Linden Labs launched a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game called Second Life. It quickly grew to over a million users …
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Oculus, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, @tim and Fortune
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Virtual reality game-maker Survios raises Series C round led by film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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The Wrap and VentureBeat
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