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Karl Bode / DSLreports:
House passes resolution that lets ISPs sell customers' browsing history without user permission, 215 to 205 along party lines — As most had expected, the House of Representatives today voted 215 to 205 to kill privacy rules protecting US broadband subscribers.
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
NBC's 2018 Olympics coverage will air live in all time zones — A woman poses under the Olympic rings during the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. (ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP/Getty Images) — NBC's prime-time coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea …
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Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
Letter to Wall Street Journal management seeks stronger diversity efforts, with one source saying 160 staffers signed — Reporters and editors at The Wall Street Journal have signed a letter to management expressing concern about the roles of women and people of color in the newsroom.
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Financial Times:
Ex-Fox News CFO Mark Kranz offered immunity from prosecution in exchange for co-operating with govt probe into payments to women allegedly harassed by Ailes — The former chief financial officer of Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel has been offered immunity from prosecution …
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Dutch news startup De Correspondent plans to launch in the US in Spring 2018, with $515K grant from the Knight Foundation, Democracy Fund, and First Look Media — It's built a membership-driven model that produces trust, connection, and good journalism. But can it extend that approach to the hurly-burly of the American media market?
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Dan Solomon / Texas Monthly:
BuzzFeed opens its first Texas office in Austin; Exec Creative Producer Summer Anne Burton and Editorial Director Jack Shepard will work out of it initially — For years, Summer Anne Burton has been expanding the guide to Austin she created as a shareable Google Doc.
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@texasmonthly, @annehelen and @buzzfeedben
Steve Cavendish / Nashville Scene:
A year after buying Commercial Appeal and News-Sentinel, Gannett cuts 17 newsroom jobs in Memphis, 11 in Knoxville, 2 in Nashville, and 1 in Murfreesboro — A year after acquiring Scripps papers, cuts in Memphis, Knoxville and Nashville — A year after acquiring the Commercial Appeal …
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danah boyd / Backchannel:
Focusing on tech to fix fake news only distracts while allowing underlying issues with a long, complicated history to flourish — Fake news is too big and messy to solve with algorithms or editors—because the problem is....us. — Increasingly, I'm frustrated by (and often antagonistic toward) …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The apology from InfoWars' Alex Jones for his bizarre and dangerous Pizzagate lies doesn't fix the damage from his multiple conspiracy theories — A heartfelt apology can be a beautiful step toward healing. — Alex Jones's “Pizzagate” apology doesn't come close.
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@sulliview, @pierre, @dangillmor and @ann_neighbors
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Two black women sue Fox News claiming racial harassment and accusing fired longtime comptroller of creating a hostile work environment — Fox News, whose chairman, Roger Ailes, was ousted last year after a string of sexual harassment claims, is facing new allegations of discrimination.
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Twitter gives publishers option to run pre-roll ads on Periscope broadcasts — Twitter is announcing a new ad unit — pre-roll ads on Periscope videos. — In a blog post, Periscope Group Project Manager Mike Folgner says the ads will appear in a way that's “organic to how people already consume that content on the platform.”
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Brent Lang / Variety:
IMAX signs co-financing and co-production agreement with Warner Bros. to create three VR experiences based on upcoming Warner Bros. films — If virtual reality is truly the new frontier that the entertainment industry hopes it will be, then Warner Bros. and Imax want to be among the pioneers.
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