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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Robert B. Silvers, the editor and founder of The New York Review of Books, has died at 87 — NEW YORK (AP) — Robert B. Silvers, the longtime head of The New York Review of Books, has died. He was 87. — Silvers died Monday morning at his home in Manhattan after a brief illness …
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Sources: The Blaze suspends Tomi Lahren's show for at least one week after Lahren called anti-abortion conservatives hypocrites last week — Conservative media company The Blaze has suspended political commentator Tomi Lahren, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to The Daily Caller.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast names Dave Watson president and CEO of its cable division, promotes Neil Smit to newly-created position of vice chairman of Comcast Corp — Comcast named Dave Watson the new president and CEO of its cable division, and elevated Neil Smit to the newly created position of vice chairman of Comcast Corp.
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Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
How Facebook's language around the fake news issue has evolved, and why it will never say it is a media company or has a responsibility for user-shared content — ark Zuckerberg is displeased. It's been more than four months since election night, but Facebook still finds itself in the hot seat …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Tracking the special treatment media get when they play nice with the White House — Some people regard Tomi Lahren as a racist. — The social-media star's past commentary on the conservative website the Blaze, including her disparagement of the Black Lives Matter movement …
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Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
YouTube investigating complaints that parental controls on site are filtering out content from LGBT creators — YouTube said on Sunday that it was investigating the simmering complaints by some users that its family-friendly “restricted mode” wrongly filters out some lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender videos.
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Wall Street Journal:
There are tensions between Politico and its co-founder Jim VandeHei's new startup, Axios, with Politico's owner Robert Allbritton publicly criticizing VandeHei — Big initiatives refined, budgets rethought after high-profile departures; Axios is new Beltway rival
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
How Techmeme continues to set the agenda for influential tech readers, without chasing scale or adopting the trappings of most media firms — Gabe Rivera was halfway through his lamb gyro when it became clear he'd been spotted. It was the middle of the lunch rush at a bustling upscale food court …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Studio Propagate partners with Cheddar to tailor its content to overseas audience, starting with a 45-minute weekly show called Cheddar World — Propagate, the independent studio run by Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens, has cut a deal with digital network Cheddar to reformat …
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Rob Davies / The Guardian:
Google's European chief Matt Brittin apologizes for ads placed over extremist content but refuses to confirm what measures search engine will take — Matt Brittin says company ‘needs to do more’ but declines to say whether it will actively seek out inappropriate material
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Source: Hulu added NBC cable networks to a test version of its new online TV service, suggesting the company will strike a deal with NBC to add its channels — Addition of networks suggest progress in talks ahead of launch — CBS, ABC, Fox already have deals with Hulu for new offering
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Two New York Times reporters publicly reject claim of a FISA warrant connected to Trump campaign, published in NYT's op-ed section by News Corp's Louise Mensch — An opinion piece by controversial writer and former UK member of Parliament Louise Mensch mentions her FISA warrant story, which Times reporters have knocked down.
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