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Ken Doctor / Politico:
Washington Post CEO and Publisher Fred Ryan reaffirms the newspaper is profitable and says it's adding dozens of journalists to the newsroom in 2017 — 2016 was the year the Washington Post came of age - again. In its audience growth, in the ambitiousness of its journalism …
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April Glaser / Recode:
Journalist Jason Leopold, MIT's Ryan Shapiro sue US intel agencies including CIA and FBI for not complying with FOIA requests on Russian hacking around election — The CIA, FBI, Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request.
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Hulu and Disney announce licensing deal that brings 50+ older Disney movies like Mulan and Pocahontas to Hulu — Hulu and Disney have struck a new licensing pact that gets the subscription video service exclusive subscription streaming rights to movies like “Pocahontas,” “Mulan” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Speculation mounts as to whether Trump will upend D.C. press protocols, with fears he could attempt to usurp some power from the WHCA — With the naming of Sean Spicer as White House press secretary, Donald J. Trump has selected a Republican Party insider and communications veteran.
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Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Since endorsing Clinton, Oklahoma's Enid News & Eagle, with 10K subs, has received threats, had 162 print cancellations, and had 11 advertisers pull their ads — ENID, Okla. — One Sunday after church, Jeff Mullin and his wife were in line at the Western Sizzlin steakhouse here when a man …
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Efe Kerem Sozeri / The Daily Dot:
Report: Turkish police detain 5 journalists who reported on leaked emails of Turkey's energy minister and issue warrants for 4 more; 153 now detained in Turkey — Turkish police detained five journalists and issued arrest warrants on four more who reported on the leaked emails …
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Natt Garun / The Verge:
Facebook's Safety Check in Bangkok, Thailand falsely triggered by fake news reports about a bomb explosion, was deactivated after about an hour — There was no bomb scare in Thailand — Facebook got fooled by its own algorithm. Today, the social network falsely activated its Safety Check feature …
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Nausicaa Renner / Columbia Journalism Review:
Publishers grapple with notifications, which have traffic-driving potential but lack some usage data, as news alerts become more complex — Imagine, for just a moment, that you do not compulsively visit nytimes.com every morning on your desktop to read the Morning Briefing.
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Robert Tait / The Guardian:
Czech Republic creates Centre Against Terrorism and Hybrid Threats, an “anti-fake news” unit as fears grow over propaganda sites allegedly linked to Russia — Centre will tackle interference in upcoming election as fears grow over propaganda websites allegedly linked to Russia
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Inside Snopes' increasingly prominent fact-checking operation, which added 12 staffers a couple of years ago and saw record ~2.5M uniques the day after election — SAN DIEGO — The last line of defense against the torrent of half-truths, untruths and outright fakery that make up so much of …
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Business Insider's Head of Audience Development Meena Thiruvengadam is leaving, the second top-level editorial staffer to depart the site in two weeks — Meena Thiruvengadam, head of audience development at Business Insider, is leaving the website for another opportunity.
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George Gurley / New York Times:
The death of respected celebrity and society reporter Jeffrey Slonim, who lost his life to suicide, leaves questions for his family, friends, and colleagues — For decades, Jeffrey Slonim was an affable presence on the scene. After he jumped from a roof at Lincoln Center, everyone who knew him had one question: Why?
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