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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
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 and BuzzFeed
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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
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Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Prominent conservatives express alarm at Facebook's move against fake news, worrying their voices will be suppressed and fact checking won't be applied evenly
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Vanity Fair, @motherjones, @urbanophile and @hadas_gold
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
To fight fake news, Facebook tests easier hoax reporting, uses third-party fact checkers to flag stories, punishes stories shared less after being read, more
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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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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
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.
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VentureBeat, @poynter, @nickykc, @vanessagezari, @darcymauke, @frasermatthew, @michaelkruse, @benmullin, bookforum.com, Fortune, Newser, The Week, The Huffington Post, Vanity Fair and MyNewsLA.com
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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TVNewser, Mediaite, @vanityfair, @emilyjanefox, @aabramson, @dylanbyers, @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.
Discussion:
@newscannon, @lauraelizdavis and Nieman Lab
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 …
Discussion:
Mediaite and @jamiestelter
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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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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