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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
The Huffington Post has rebranded as HuffPost and has redesigned its site, opting for a tabloid style evocative of the New York Daily News in the 1970s — “The splash is really the best of our editorial voice...In thinking about who we are, this is the best reflection of it from a product perspective."
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Jimmy Wales launches Wikitribune, a crowdfunded news site that will use journalists to write and volunteers to fact check in effort to combat fake news — The crowd-funded news platform aims to combat fake news by combining professional journalism with volunteer fact checking: “news by the people and for the people.”
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Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Bill O'Reilly speaks publicly for first time since Fox News departure, says he will host daily podcast, free until Thu., then only available to Premium Members — Bill O'Reilly has broken his silence following his departure last week from Fox News. — In his first media appearance since signing off of …
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
CPJ: technology, combined with old school censorship tactics, has resulted in more arrests and killings of journalists than CPJ has ever recorded before — Old-school censorship and repressive government tactics have combined with technology and social media to create a new and troubling …
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
The standing committee of the US Senate Daily Press Gallery has denied Breitbart News permanent credentials to Capitol Hill — The standing committee of the US Senate Daily Press Gallery has denied Breitbart News permanent credentials to Capitol Hill, a move that would have given …
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Breitbart statement: “Breitbart News is unequivocally entitled to permanent Senate Press Gallery credentials and is determined to secure them.” — Breitbart stment: “Breitbart News is unequivocally entitled to permanent Senate Press Gallery credentials and is determined to secure them.”
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
In its latest attempt to tackle fake news, Facebook tests displaying links to fact-checks alongside stories inside Related Articles widget — Facebook wants you to think about whether a headline is true and see other perspectives on the topic before you even read the article.
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NPR.org:
Robert Siegel to step down as host of NPR's All Things Considered in January 2018, after spending 40+ years working at the network — Robert Siegel's voice and signature reporting have been an essential part of NPR since he first arrived in Washington in 1976.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
NBC says Megyn Kelly to start next month in preparation for Sunday night show going to air June against 60 Minutes, and morning show which is set for fall — A lot has happened since Megyn Kelly was last on television. — The first 95 days of the Trump presidency. Terror attacks in London and Paris.
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Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Infowars host Alex Jones is being sued by Chobani over articles and videos that falsely linked the company to child rape and a tuberculosis outbreak — Chobani, the maker of Greek yogurt, is suing right-wing provocateur Alex Jones, claiming he published articles and videos that falsely linked …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
In the Trump era, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow has started beating Fox News in the key 25-54 demographic which determines advertising rates — Fox News normally ranks #1 among cable news channels. But lately MSNBC's Rachel Maddow has been challenging Fox at 9 p.m., the centerpiece of the prime time schedule.
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Jeff John Roberts / Fortune:
Journalist Kurt Eichenwald files civil suit against John Rivello, who is said to be behind a tweet with a GIF that caused Eichenwald to have a seizure — When journalist Kurt Eichenwald checked his Twitter account in December, he saw a flashing tweet that said “You Deserve a Seizure for Your Posts …
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