Mediagazer: WSJ says a libel lawsuit brought by Sheldon Adelson against one of its reporters, Kate O'Keefe, has been settled; no money is being paid to settle the suit (Lukas I. Alpert/Wall Street Journal)

10:40 AM ET, January 13, 2017

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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:

WSJ says a libel lawsuit brought by Sheldon Adelson against one of its reporters, Kate O'Keefe, has been settled; no money is being paid to settle the suit — The Wall Street Journal said a libel lawsuit brought by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson against one of its reporters has been settled.

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Jack Shafer / Politico:

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Janko Roettgers / Variety:

Pandora announces it's laying off 7% of its US workforce, excluding Ticketfly group, in Q1 2017 in a bid to reduce costs — Music streaming service Pandora is going to reduce its workforce by 7% in Q1 of 2017, the company announced Thursday after the close of the markets.

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Dave McNary / Variety:

CIR announces Glassbreaker Films to support female documentarians and provide training in journalism to high schoolers in San Francisco — The Center for Investigative Reporting is launching Glassbreaker Films as an initiative to support women in documentary filmmaking, Variety has learned exclusively.

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Jasper Jackson / The Guardian:

BBC commits a team to debunk false stories masquerading as real news and being shared on social media — Permanent Reality Check team will target false stories or facts being shared on social media — The BBC is to assemble a team to fact check and debunk deliberately misleading and false stories masquerading as real news.

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Matthew Flamm / Crain's New York Business:

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Claire Wardle / First Draft News:

First Draft launches NewsCheck Chrome extension allowing users to investigate authenticity of online images or videos — Today we're launching First Draft's NewsCheck Chrome extension. A year ago, I was incredibly fortunate to receive a flash grant from the Shuttleworth Foundation …

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Teddy Amenabar / Washington Post:

The Washington Post will launch a weekly Friday afternoon newsletter, Read These Comments, dedicated to the best reader comments — On Friday, we're launching a weekly newsletter dedicated to the best conversations and comments on The Washington Post. And I can't wait to get started.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Amazon rolls out its first branded VOD subscription service, Anime Strike, with 1K+ titles, available for $4.99/month for Prime members — Ecommerce giant plans additional subscription VOD channels — Amazon is rolling out its first branded on-demand subscription service for Amazon Channels …

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