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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, Mediaite, The Definitive Source, @nickmerrill, @sopandeb, @louisemensch, @jjohnsonlaw, @neeratanden, iMediaEthics, Politico and Newser


Spielberg will direct The Post, a drama about the Washington Post's role in exposing the Pentagon Papers, starring Hanks as Ben Bradlee and Streep as Kay Graham — EXCLUSIVE: A timely film about the vital role of the press in keeping government honest is coming together with a powerhouse cast.


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.
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@melbournecoal, @jimrutenberg and Media Wire Daily


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.
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Tubefilter and @jinnovationcity


Dow Jones launches Moneyish, a finance site aimed at millennials that grew out of a MarketWatch experiment, with plans for video, comics, and illustrations — “It's not personal finance,” Raakhee Mirchandani said. “It's personality finance.” — This is the argument Mirchandani …
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@jimprosser, @jeremymbarr and Talking Biz News


Profile of Sidewire, a social network that vets users, giving access to experts only; around one-third of its 800 members are journalists — The closed discussion platform shuts out the noise of Twitter's eggs and trolls and is betting on — gasp! — the value of government and media elites talking to one another.
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@sidewireinc, @janebsinger and @niemanlab


Twitter says move from chronological to algorithmic timeline has upped engagement in key metrics including retweets and likes, but doesn't say by how much — Inside the Changes That Could Save Twitter's Business—and Reshape Civil Discourse — FBI Director Called on Justice Department to Refute Trump's Wiretapping Claims
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Mashable, @mattnavarra, @willoremus, @jacobwe, @fmanjoo, @jacob_brogan, @sarahfrier, @willoremus, @willoremus and Refinery29


Barbara Vobejda named deputy managing editor of the Washington Post — Announcement from Marty Baron, executive editor, Cameron Barr and Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, managing editors: — We are delighted to announce that Barbara Vobejda has been named deputy managing editor.


Interview with Teen Vogue columnist Lauren Duca on why the magazine's political coverage reaches beyond its target demographic — Over the last few months, Teen Vogue's clear-eyed, accessible coverage of the Trump administration has caught the collective attention of the internet.
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bookforum.com


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 …
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Broadcasting & Cable, @rasmus_kleis and @vivian


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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Quartz, Fortune, BGR, Engadget, New York Magazine, Tech Narratives, @adrjeffries, MacRumors, Business Insider, Search Engine Land, Publishing Executive, @dtunkelang, @badnetworker, Recode and @brianmcc, Thanks:@ravichandrans25


Mark Zuckerberg's rushed, two-month roll-out of Facebook Live didn't plan for deluge of violent content and how to moderate it, sources say — Few technology leaders embody the industry's agility like Mr. Zuckerberg, 32 years old, who has a “high tolerance for ambiguity and a high tolerance for risk …
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@shiraovide, @timjhanrahan, @stephaniemlee, @dseetharaman, Tech Narratives and Axios