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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
The NYT defends its decision to cover hacked Democratic emails, even if it helped Russia, because the emails had news value independent of the hackers' motives — Managing editor Joseph Kahn says they primarily judge the news value of documents in the public sphere “independent of the motive of the leakers.”
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
Facebook underreported iPhone traffic to Instant Articles tracked by comScore from Sept. 30 to Nov. 30; report says some publishers' numbers affected by 10-20% — Facebook announced on Friday that it had made another measurement error, this time affecting publishers that use its Instant Articles content platform.
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Miles Socha is named the new editor in chief of Women's Wear Daily; he succeeds Edward Nardoza, who is retiring after 25 years — Penske Media Corporation has named Miles Socha editor in chief of WWD. Socha most recently served as executive editor of WWD Europe.
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WWD, Media Wire Daily, @danicalo, @alexsteigrad, @fishbowlny, @fashionista_com and Fashionista
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Sumner Redstone to leave Viacom board in February, but he will attend meetings in nonvoting role, keep control of his media empire through National Amusements — The ailing 93-year old media mogul Sumner M. Redstone will step down from the board of Viacom in February, the company announced Friday …
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David Giambusso / Politico:
NJ publishers say Christie's bill to end print legal ads could cause revenue at newspapers across the state to fall by 15%, resulting in the loss of 300 jobs — TRENTON — Debate in the statehouse veered from philosophical discussions over the role of a free press to dark assertions …
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@rizzotk and @giambusso
Angie Drobnic Holan / PolitiFact:
PolitiFact says 2016 saw fake news explode with unprecedented impunity, spread mostly by Facebook and reinforced by Google searches — Ignoring the facts has long been a staple of political speech. Every day, politicians overstate some statistic, distort their opponents' positions, or simply tell out-and-out whoppers.
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Columbia Journalism Review, AOL, Vox and Vanity Fair
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Slate builds Chrome extension, “This Is Fake”, that puts warning label on fake news stories and sites and lets users flag suspicious Facebook posts — “This is Fake,” a project that emerged from a post-election hack day at Slate, defines “fake” news as “something intentionally misleading, intentionally false.”
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FishbowlNY, Press Gazette, CNNMoney, Mashable, BuzzFeed and Forbes
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Lauren Easton / The Definitive Source:
The Associated Press will label stories dispelling false news as “AP Fact Check”, touts its code for accuracy and ethics amid Facebook partnership
The Associated Press will label stories dispelling false news as “AP Fact Check”, touts its code for accuracy and ethics amid Facebook partnership
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ACLU, Business Insider, Nieman Lab, @evansiegfried, @kfoleyfl, @ericcarvin, @rkylesmith, @boldandworthy, @tomfitton, @fpmarconi, @mmfa, Rolling Stone, @prisonplanet, TechCrunch, Adweek, Forbes and @laureneastonap
Ken Doctor / Politico:
Parsely report: about 66% of weekend news reading is now done on smartphones and tablets, while only 55% of overall usage is on mobile — What it means that two thirds of weekend news consumption happens on a mobile device — Consider it one more step in the evolution of the desktop computer into an archival paperweight.
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@politico_media, @politicocharlie, @rubinafillion, @chedisagio, @wpmediainsights, @joelcifer, @lyndseymck, @emjbanks, @politico and @elanazak
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
In a Q&A, MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski defend themselves against accusations that they have become too cozy with Donald Trump — The Morning Joe hosts talk access to Donald Trump, ratings, and their critics. — Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were all spooled …
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@zengerle, TVNewser, Mediaite, @emilyjanefox, @aabramson, @dylanbyers, @vanityfair, @kia_mak and @jonathanwald
Hamza Shaban / BuzzFeed:
Lawmakers and legal experts oppose government intervention, agree internal policies to improve social platforms are the best way to curb fake news — Regulating Facebook would invite Constitutional challenges, legal experts say, while lawmakers call for better internal policies to curb misinformation.
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@lauraelizdavis, @newscannon and Forbes
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Interview with CNN Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter, who believes that media reporters have a duty to cover threats against journalism — Practicing journalism in the Age of Trump can be a risky business. — For instance, Brian Stelter, CNN's lead media correspondent and the host …
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Mediaite and @jamiestelter
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Vanity Fair has seen its subscriptions rise 100-fold since Trump's Thursday tweet, the highest number of subscriptions ever sold in a single day at Condé Nast — Vanity Fair is the latest news organization to profit from President-elect Donald Trump's Twitter ire.
Khari Johnson / VentureBeat:
30+ companies including news sources NPR, NBC, HuffPo, WSJ, and CNBC add Google Home support — More than 30 startups and companies like Domino's Pizza, Food Network, and Product Hunt launched new actions for Google Home today. — Actions, like Amazon Alexa skills, give a user control and command of Google Assistant.
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TechCrunch, The Verge, Droid Life, Droid Life, CNET, 9to5Google and The Verge
April Glaser / Recode:
The departure of FCC chairman Tom Wheeler likely signals the end of net neutrality, as Donald Trump has publicly opposed the rules — The FCC will now have a Republican majority. — U.S. Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler announced this morning that he will leave …
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Broadcasting & Cable, The Next Web, FishbowlDC, @dangillmor, Bloomberg and Radio & Television …
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