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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, @sopandeb, @neeratanden, @nickmerrill, @jjohnsonlaw, iMediaEthics, Politico, Newser, The Huffington Post, 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, Quartz, @dannysullivan, Search Engine Land, @znmeb, @adrjeffries, Business Insider, @dannysullivan, MacRumors, @dtunkelang, @badnetworker, @brianmcc, @dphiffer, Recode, @emilybell, @dannysullivan, @dannysullivan, @adrjeffries, @digitallybones, @joshuatopolsky, @dannysullivan, @tdotrob and Fortune, 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.
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@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.
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@patztense and @rickhasen
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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
How an image of Chuck Schumer and Putin made it from Reddit to Trump's Twitter account in less than 24 hours
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@cwarzel and Washington Post
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.
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@jinnovationcity
Rowena Mason / The Guardian:
In light of phone-hacking scandal, UK Shadow Culture Sec Tom Watson, co-author of book on phone hacking, wants Murdoch's Sky bid to be investigated by Ofcom — Labour MP to ask Karen Bradley to tell regulator to consider corporate governance failures at Murdoch's media empire
Washington Post:
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.
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 …
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 …
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@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 …
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@rasmus_kleis and @vivian
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.
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@moorehn, @abbyabrams, @nishachittal, @grahamstarr, @rsm, @kenvogel, @ashleyfetters, @moorehn and The Wrap
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 …
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NRKbeta, Wall Street Journal and @jenstar