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Ex-Today host Billy Bush breaks his silence on the Access Hollywood tape and Trump, discusses his firing from NBC, and his comeback plan for television — Seven months after the infamous “grab them by the pussy” recording got Bush fired (and nearly toppled Trump's White House run) …
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Nick Hopkins / The Guardian:
100+ internal training manuals and other docs show guidelines for Facebook content moderators on topics like violence, hate speech, terrorism, porn, self-harm — Leaked policies guiding moderators on what content to allow are likely to fuel debate about social media giant's ethics
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Nitasha Tiku / Wired:
How Facebook conducted research, commissioned by an advertiser, on minors' emotional states, which was then shared in a presentation to potential advertisers — Data mining is such a prosaic part of our online lives that it's hard to sustain consumer interest in it, much less outrage.
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Boing Boing, @zittrain, @hautepop, @nxthompson and @gfififi, more at Techmeme »
Ben Munson / Fierce Cable:
Viacom CEO Bob Bakish says the company is in talks with at least one MVPD about an entertainment-only channel bundle priced at $10-$20 — Viacom CEO says $10-$20 entertainment channel bundle coming this year — Viacom CEO Bob Bakish said an entertainment-only, nonsports TV channel bundle …
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Variety, Broadcasting & Cable and TVWeek.com
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Six months in, The New York Times is expanding The Wirecutter to babies, personal finance, and pet gear — The Wirecutter made a name for itself by serving up great deals to tech obsessives hungry for the latest gadgets. But the best deal it ever offered might've been its sale to The New York Times in October for $30 million.
Politico:
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson attends a news conference with the Saudi foreign minister in Riyadh, with only foreign media invited — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held a news conference with the Saudi foreign minister in Riyadh on Sunday, but he left the American media behind.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Dish integrates with Amazon Alexa for hands-free TV, the first TV provider to do so, a move Dish likely hopes will stem the cord-cutting trend — TV provider Dish Network is today rolling out new technology that will make watching television a hands-free experience, via a new integration with Amazon Alexa.
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Isabella Biedenharn / EW.com:
A biography of Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner, written by Joe Hagan, is to be released in October; it will cover the controversy over the UVA story — Stars like Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, and Bruce Springsteen were interviewed about the Rolling Stone founder.
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@gabrielsherman, @ewtinajordan and @ew
David Lieberman / Deadline:
CBS extends Les Moonves' contract to 2021 and has him serving as senior advisor for 5 more years — CBS just announced that it has extended CEO Les Moonves' contract by two years to June 30, 2021 — with terms that guarantee he'll continue to be one of the nation's highest paid executives.
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Financial Times, The Wrap and TheStreet
Kelsey Sutton / Mic:
Three more legal complaints alleging sexual and racial discrimination have been filed by current and former Fox News employees — Three current and former Fox News employees have filed legal complaints alleging discrimination at the conservative news channel.
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@kelseymsutton, Ad Age, Bloomberg and @aaronlmorrison
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
How Philadelphia Media Network is combining three legacy newsrooms, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com, into one digital team — PHILADELPHIA — He wrote and rewrote the memo. — Stan Wischnowski, executive editor of the Philadelphia Media Network, knew he had to get the tone right.
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
As part of its outreach to news publishers, Facebook is testing three new products which aim to connect users with local news — As part of its ongoing push to build relationships with local publishers, Facebook is testing products that can help people better connect with local news.
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@kristenhare
Foster Kamer / Mashable:
Criticism of The Skimm's tone is mean-spirited, petty, elitist, and distracts from more important things, like actual villainy — So! Right now on the parts of the internet mostly occupied by People Who Work In the Business of Content (or as known by their Hebrew name: Media Schmucks) …
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@dlberes, @jennijenni and @nivo0o0
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Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
The Skimm's patronizing tone assumes that female readers aren't interested in serious, non-snarky news coverage
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@dceiver, @ryanchittum and @adviserdavid
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