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Peter Kafka / Recode:
BuzzFeed publishes unverified documents alleging ties between Trump aides and Russian operatives and that Russia has “compromising information” about Trump — So that “Americans can make up their own minds.” — BuzzFeed has published a cache of documents …
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New York Times:
Sources: Fox News personality Juliet Huddy accused Bill O'Reilly and a Fox News executive of trying to derail her career when she rejected their sexual advances — In the weeks after Roger Ailes was ousted as the chairman of Fox News in July, amid a sexual harassment scandal …
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Rachel Stockman / LawNewz:
Sources: Fox News quietly agreed a settlement with ex-host Juliet Huddy who lodged sexual harassment allegations against O'Reilly and Fox's new co-president — LawNewz.com has learned that in the midst of the fallout from Roger Ailes' ousting, Fox News came to a very quiet settlement arrangement …
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNNMoney:
Harper Collins pulls Trump's national security pick Monica Crowley's book from sale until sourcing is added after 50+ passages were found to be plagiarized — Publisher HarperCollins said Tuesday that it will stop selling a book by Monica Crowley that a CNN KFile investigation found to have more than 50 instances of plagiarism.
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
US AG nominee Jeff Sessions says he hasn't studied current guidelines for investigations involving media, won't commit to not jailing journalists — Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said Tuesday at a confirmation hearing to become the country's next attorney general that he has not studied …
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Telegraph:
Clare Hollingworth, the former Daily Telegraph correspondent who broke the news that WW2 had started, has died aged 105 — Clare Hollingworth, the former Daily Telegraph correspondent who broke the news of World War Two, has died aged 105. — “The FCC is very sad to announce the passing …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Jim VandeHei, CEO of news startup Axios, on crafting news for other platforms, developing a subscription business, hiring non-journalists, more — “I look at Axios as a rolling R&D lab,” Jim VandeHei, chairman and CEO of the new venture, said in a Q&A.
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Wikimedia Blog:
Wikimedia Foundation receives $3M grant from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enable structured data on images, making images more easily searchable — The Wikimedia Foundation, with a US$3,015,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, is leading an effort to enable structured data on Wikimedia Commons …
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Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Ex-HLN host Nancy Grace launches crime news site, Crime Online, and daily podcast, Crime Stories with Nancy Grace — Television personality and former prosecutor Nancy Grace on Tuesday launched a new digital media venture that aims to be the one-stop-shop for those interested in crime news.
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New York Times:
NYTimes.com adopts HTTPS for homepage, mobile site, articles published in 2014 or later, TimesVideo, and more — We are thrilled to announce that we have begun to enable HTTPS on NYTimes.com, an effort that helps protect the privacy of our readers and ensures the authenticity of our content.
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Sir David Clementi appointed Chair of BBC's unitary board, which replaces BBC Trust; Clementi was preferred candidate despite lacking broadcasting experience — Former deputy governor of Bank of England will lead BBC's new unitary board, which will replace BBC Trust
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Rachel Stern / Christian Science Monitor:
German politicians weigh new measures to combat misinformation online, asking political parties to disable bots and considering Facebook fines — In May 2015, hackers infected some 20,000 computers in Germany's parliament with malicious software designed to steal sensitive data.