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3:05 PM ET, January 25, 2017

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Richard Gonzales / NPR:
NPR's Senior VP for News, Michael Oreskes, says NPR will not use the word “lie” to describe Trump's false claims as doing so would drive away listeners  —  There's an active debate inside newsrooms, and particularly within the NPR newsroom, about how to characterize the statements …
The Huffington Post:
Sources: supervisors have frozen public communications at DHHS, EPA, and USDA's research arm as new Trump administration takes over  —  Staff have been told to stop talking to Congress and the press.  —  WASHINGTON Multiple federal agencies have told their employees to cease communications …
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Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Verge:
Amid Trump's gag orders on US agencies including EPA and Dept. of Agriculture, anonymous Twitter accounts like @AltNatParkSer keep tweeting and gain traction
James Warren / Poynter:
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Facebook is ending personalization of Trending topics by country and is tweaking the Trending algorithm in a bid to stamp out fake news  —  Facebook is changing its Trending product to try and make it better reflect the most discussed real world events on the platform, and to prevent false viral stories from trending.
Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land:
Google's 2016 “Bad Ads Report”: 1.7B ads removed compared to 780M in 2015, 200 publishers banned from AdSense for fake news  —  In its annual Bad Ads report, Google says it took down more than double the number of ads in 2016 that it did in 2015 by removing 1.7 billion ads, compared to the 780 million removed in 2015.
Jarry Lee / BuzzFeed:
Roxane Gay Pulls Book From Simon & Schuster In Response To Milo Yiannopoulos Controversy  —  Roxane Gay has pulled her forthcoming book, How to Be Heard, from Simon & Schuster over its reported $250,000 book deal with Milo Yiannopoulous.  —  How to Be Heard was scheduled to be published in March 2018 with TED Books, an imprint of S&S.
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Four more journalists face felony charges after being arrested while covering unrest at US inauguration  —  A documentary producer, a photojournalist, a live-streamer and a freelance reporter facing up to 10 years in prison and a $25,000 fine if convicted  —  Four more journalists …
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:   UK union the National Union of Journalists calls on its members to tweet directly at Trump condemning the arrests of six journalists in recent days
CNNMoney:
Penguin reprints 75K copies of 1984 as book hits #1 on Amazon's best-selling books list  —  “Alternative facts” are lies  —  The book publisher Penguin is printing more copies of George Orwell's dystopian classic “1984” in response to a sudden surge of demand.
NorthJersey.com:
North Jersey Media Group announces more layoffs, will be giving notices to 141 employees by the end of the week  —  North Jersey Media Group announced Monday a restructuring in several of its departments, the latest step in a major strategic reorganization that was unveiled in September.
James Rainey / Variety:
Shareholder sues CBS board over approving $13M pay package to Sumner Redstone over three years, claims Redstone was not capable of fulfilling duties  —  A CBS shareholder charges in a new legal filing that corporate board members and CEO Leslie Moonves were “recklessly profligate” …
vogue.co.uk:
British Vogue's Editor-in-Chief Alexandra Shulman is stepping down after more than 25 years, departing the role this summer; a successor will be named soon  —  ALEXANDRA SHULMAN, editor-in-chief of British Vogue for more than 25 years, is stepping down.  Shulman intends to leave her role this summer.
 
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Patrick Hipes / Deadline:
The 89th Oscar nominations, excluding short film and documentary shorts, include seven nominees from Amazon, three from Netflix
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
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The Seattle Times:
Shooter at Milo Yiannopoulos demonstration at the University of Washington had messaged Milo seeking an autograph an hour before the shooting
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Survey says 55% of American adults consume news on Facebook but just 18% trust news on Facebook all or most of the time
Discussion: @kubremner, Thanks:@steverubel
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Ozy Media raises $10M in third round of funding, led by GSV Capital, to expand editorial staff including video team
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