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Christopher Heine / Adweek:
Facebook to turn sound on by default for autoplay videos, including ads and branded content, by end of 2017 — Follows in Snapchat's footseps — Facebook mobile users will soon hear audio fading in as they scroll through videos in the news feed. And then, if they keep on scrolling …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Attorney for Fox host says he was served subpoena from prosecutors about Ailes harassment allegations, claims in court that probe is related to securities laws — An attorney for a former Fox host says he received a subpoena from federal prosecutors in the midst of a sexual harassment lawsuit against Ailes.
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter is now limiting visibility of tweets from “potentially abusive accounts” only to their followers for a limited number of hours — Twitter time out. — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey — Teresa Kroeger / Getty Images — Twitter is temporarily decreasing the reach of tweets …
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Fast Company, The Verge, @manipulate, @hughhewitt and @harmfulopinions
Journalism in the Americas:
Venezuela's telecom commission orders CNN en Español off air and out of the country after gov't officials criticized story about alleged passport trafficking — Venezuela's National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) has ordered the suspension of CNN en Español and has kicked the network out of the country.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Trump is attempting to reframe the Flynn story by criticizing leaks to the press, without refuting stories from the CNN, NYT, and others — President Trump: Leaks are the ‘real story’ — President Trump has a new opponent: A gusher of leaks from anonymous sources hinting at nefarious collusion …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google News expands “fact check” tag for stories on web and mobile apps to Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina — In October, Google announced it would begin highlighting fact-checked resources in its Google News vertical, allowing readers to more easily find links to reputable sources …
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Google, BetaNews, The Verge, CNET and AndroidHeadlines.com
Jack Shafer / Politico:
White House news congestion with lesser controversies is distracting journalists from more valuable news, either by design or Trump's good fortune — The best journalism, like the best science, often starts with asking the right question. My friend David Corn of Mother Jones posed a fecund …
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Social analytics company NewsWhip raises $6.4M from The Associated Press, Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, and others to expand its products, hire more staff — As publishers — scrambling for revenues and audiences in a rapidly changing media industry — try to get a grip on how to make the best use …
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Aishwarya Venugopal / Reuters:
Time Inc misses Q4 target with revenue of $867M; quarterly print ad revenue fell 10.2% year over year as digital ad revenue rose 63% — Time Inc (TIME.N), publisher of Sports Illustrated and People and magazines, reported lower-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue on Thursday, hurt by a stronger dollar.
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Karl Quinn / Sydney Morning Herald:
Australia's state-owned national public broadcaster ABC partners with Melbourne university RMIT to relaunch fact-checking service — Eight months after it was axed as a result of government funding cuts, the ABC's Fact Check department is to be relaunched - as a joint venture with a university.
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@theage, ABC, The Conversation, The Guardian and Poynter
Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:
NYT, Financial Times, WSJ, and Gannett aim to build on online readership gains from 2016 campaign but face lack of trust, Trump hostility, and print ad freefall — The Trump administration's combative view of traditional news media as the “opposition party” and “fake news” …
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@malonereuters, @ldelevingne and @reutersworld
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
CBS misses targets with a Q4 loss of $113M and revenue of $3.52B, down from $3.59B a year ago, as pension payouts and smaller NFL deal take a toll — CBS Corp. reported a loss in the fourth quarter as it paid off pension benefits and broadcasted fewer football games.
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