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The Guardian:
The Associated Press removed Vice-President Mike Pence's wife's email address from a news story, following a letter and critical tweet from the VP — Vice-President Mike Pence has criticized the Associated Press for listing his wife's email address in a story about his frequent resistance …
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@vp, @louisemensch, @nickmerrill, @jjohnsonlaw, iMediaEthics, Politico, The Huffington Post, Newser, Mediaite, TheBlaze, Mashable and The Daily Caller
Adrianne Jeffries / The Outline:
Google's featured snippets, presented as the “one true answer” in search and by Google Home, sometimes give false information from untrustworthy sources — The highlighted answers given prime placement over search results are often shockingly bad.
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@ruskin147, @dannysullivan, Search Engine Land, @adrjeffries, MacRumors, Business Insider, @adrjeffries, @dphiffer, @dannysullivan, @dtunkelang, @znmeb, @digitallybones, @dannysullivan, @badnetworker, @joshuatopolsky, @dannysullivan, @dannysullivan, @emilybell, @brianmcc, @tdotrob and Recode, Thanks:@ravichandrans25
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
As Time Inc. mulls bids from buyers, a look at its current strategy under new Chief Exec Rich Battista and Chief Operating Officer Jen Wong — Onstage at a recent industry conference with the longtime leaders of the country's biggest magazine publishers, Rich Battista, the new chief executive of Time Inc., did not seem the outsider.
Discussion:
@jimrutenberg and Media Wire Daily
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump's treatment of media echoes Putin's: disparagement, denial of access, and favoritism — Many Americans were appalled when President Trump called the news media “the enemy of the American people.” — And rightly so: It's a phrase out of the autocrats' handbook.
Discussion:
@rickhasen and @patztense
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
How an image of Chuck Schumer and Putin made it from Reddit to Trump's Twitter account in less than 24 hours — Twenty hours. That's about how long it took for a picture to make its way from the depths of Reddit to the Twitter account of the president of the United States.
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@cwarzel, Washington Post, TheBlaze, CBS New York, Hot Air, The Guardian, Fox News Insider, Business Insider, The New Civil Rights Movement and Mediaite
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Shortform video producer NowThis is expanding into longform programming, original shows, and investigative journalism, adds Andy Carvin and Nico Pitney to team — Short-form news video giant NowThis is getting into long-form programming, original shows and investigative journalism.
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Facebook has begun adding “disputed” labels to content yet took a full week to label one made-up story from a fake news site as “disputed” — Coming to your feed: A “disputed” label for bogus stories. — That bogus story about Donald Trump your uncle posted on Facebook?
Discussion:
Mashable, BetaNews, VentureBeat, The Hill, Forbes, Business Insider, Axios, @karaswisher, @politifact, Gizmodo and thrillist
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
NRKbeta, a Norwegian tech site, requires readers to pass a quiz before commenting on some stories, to prove they've read them — “If everyone can agree that this is what the article says, then they have a much better basis for commenting on it." — Two weeks ago, NRKbeta …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, @jenstar and NRKbeta
Liz Spayd / New York Times:
The New York Times added three women to the masthead recently yet there are fewer women leading big news departments since Jill Abramson left — The Swiss psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach, acclaimed for his study of inkblots, might have enjoyed doing some field work at the most recent newsroom-wide meeting of The New York Times.
Discussion:
@moorehn, @abbyabrams, @nishachittal, @grahamstarr, @rsm, @kenvogel, @moorehn, @ashleyfetters and The Wrap
Leo Barraclough / Variety:
UK broadcaster ITV wins court battle with streaming service TVcatchup.com, which was retransmitting its broadcasts without permission — ITV shows include ‘Broadchurch,’ starring David Tennant — British broadcaster ITV has won a court battle with streaming service TVCatchup.com …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Fox & Friends news anchor Heather Nauert has been hired as spokeswoman for the State Department — Nauert is second from Fox News for State public affairs post — Press briefings at State are set to resume next week — Fox News anchor Heather Nauert has been hired …
Discussion:
TVNewser, @daniellarison and The Hill
Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
Print zines have thrived in the internet age as an alternative source of expression, eschewing online vitriol and the homogeneity of social media platforms — As a lonely teenager growing up in Virginia, I fed off any pop culture that could show me different ways of being from what I saw on …
Discussion:
@jennydeluxe and @natandrewson
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Sources: German publishers are not signing up for Facebook's fake news initiative and have been unimpressed with its rollout in the country — After Facebook announced the first phase of a fact-checking initiative last month with partner Correctiv, a startup with 20 editorial staff manually …
Discussion:
@rasmus_kleis and @vivian
Columbia Journalism Review:
Study of 1.25M stories from April 2015 until the US election shows that a right-wing media network, anchored around Breitbart, altered the broader media agenda — The 2016 Presidential election shook the foundations of American politics. Media reports immediately looked for external disruption …
Discussion:
@sacca, @portraitinflesh, @jburnmurdoch, @mickpuck, @davidfrum, @cyrusshepard and @sulliview
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