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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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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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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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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 VidAngel. (VidAngel) — A U.S. district judge has sided with Hollywood studios in their legal battle to block VidAngel …
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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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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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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 …
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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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Virtual reality game-maker Survios raises Series C round led by film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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James Vincent / The Verge:
Judge clears Backpage.com CEO and co-founders of pimping charges, says the listing site is not liable for user-generated content — A judge ruled the operators of the classified listings site could not be held accountable for users' content — The executives of classified listings site Backpage.com …
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Infowars takes down some content that pushed Pizzagate conspiracy theory after one video was cited in a criminal complaint stemming from Washington DC shooting — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is scrubbing online content pushing the false and dangerous conspiracy theory …
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@hadas_gold, Washington Post, New York Magazine and Mother Jones
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Time Inc.'s president and COO of sales and marketing, Mark Ellis, is leaving the company; Chief Revenue Officer Mark Ford is stepping down from his role — Mark Ellis, Time Inc.'s president and COO of sales and marketing, is leaving the company in March, part of a handful of executive changes …
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Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Committee to Protect Journalists: at least 259 journalists jailed in 2016, the highest number since CPJ began its annual census of imprisonments in 1990 — At least 259 journalists have been jailed around the world this year, a press advocacy group reported on Monday, the most since it began …
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