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Angus Crawford / BBC:
BBC reported series of sexualized child images on Facebook to the company and after providing examples was reported to UK's National Crime Agency by Facebook — Facebook has been criticised for its handling of reports about sexualised images of children on its platform.
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Forbes begins rolling out new mobile site, which it says loads in 0.8 seconds, introduces new story format called Cards, modelled after Snapchat Stories — PWAs are backed by Google and promise one thing above all else: speed. — With its intersitial quotes and lengthy load times …
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Forbes, Financial Times and @penenberg
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
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.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Mother Jones, which began a reader support campaign after the prison exposé, has seen 164% increase in monthly sustaining donors from Jan. 2016-Jan. 2017 — On Friday, Mother Jones reporter Shane Bauer racked up yet another award for his 35,000-word opus that chronicled his four months as an undercover prison guard.
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@monikabauerlein, @shane_bauer, @benmullin and San Francisco Chronicle
James Warren / Poynter:
Sources: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is refusing to allow pool reporters to travel with him on an upcoming government trip to Asia — As CEO of ExxonMobil, Rex Tillerson was accustomed to going where he wanted, when he wanted, with whomever he wanted.
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / WWD:
Women's news sites like Bustle and The Cut are going on strike for IWD protest on Weds; Jezebel will be run by male staff members for the day — “A Day Without A Woman” will be a day without content for some outlets. — Women's solidarity march, Washington DC, USA - 21 Jan 2017
Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
Speaking at the Deutsche Bank Media, Internet & Telecom Conference, CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves praises Trump for his pro-business deregulatory policies — “Although we're not the enemy of the people, we welcome the deregulation there," the network's chief executive said of Washington.
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Max Willens / Digiday:
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
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
How the NYT, WaPo, and Politico have adapted to the exhausting process of covering Trump, whose unpredictable weekend tweets have upended the news cycle — President Trump has attempted to undercut the U.S. media in a number of ways — by calling them the “enemy”; by denying coverage credentials …
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Radio Times editor Ben Preston joining Sunday Times as executive editor — Radio Times editor Ben Preston is leaving the title after eight years to join The Sunday Times as executive editor. — Preston previously worked for sister title, The Times, for 15 years rising to the role of deputy editor.
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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Will Oremus / Slate:
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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