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Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Yale study: a “disputed” tag has only a tiny impact on perception of headlines on Facebook as being true or false; Facebook questions methodology — A Yale survey of 7,500 people shows little benefit, and possible detriments, to fact-check programs.
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, Fast Company, SSRN, @mantzarlis, @mantzarlis, @_joshberman, @sub8u and @jason_kint
Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Discovery, Viacom, A+E Networks, AMC Networks, Scripps to launch streaming service without sports called Philo at $20/month in coming weeks — Discovery, Viacom, A+E Networks, AMC Networks, Scripps band together for new service — People who are tired of paying for TV sports channels …
Discussion:
Fast Company, Variety, FierceCable, Awful Announcing, Engadget and Mashable
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Facebook has pulled Instant Articles off Messenger, says it's now focusing its resources on Instant Articles on its core app — While Facebook prepares to offer readers a way to subscribe and pay for news directly from inside its app, the social network continues to tinker with how it presents publishers' content elsewhere.
Graham Ruddick / The Guardian:
Murdoch's Sky takeover bid faces six-month investigation after the UK's Culture Secretary Karen Bradley announced she's referring it to the competition watchdog — Culture secretary says she is minded to refer £11.7bn deal to regulator over media plurality and broadcasting standards
Discussion:
The Wrap, Press Gazette, @davidfolkenflik, BBC, @graemewearden, @hadas_gold, @davidfolkenflik, @davidfolkenflik, Hollywood Reporter, @dansabbagh, @avaaz and @nujofficial
Dan Merica / CNN:
Hope Hicks named permanent White House communications director — Washington (CNN)Hope Hicks, who was named interim White House communications director in August, will now hold the job on a permanent basis, a White House spokesperson told CNN Tuesday. — Hicks, a longtime aide …
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Amid unanswered questions on reach, content of Russian ads, Zuckerberg should testify before Congress on how Facebook can be used to influence political process — Last week, after what must have been a series of extremely grim meetings in Menlo Park, Facebook admitted publicly that part …
Discussion:
Axios, Sunlight Foundation, The Daily Caller, Fortune, Mashable, @pierre, @ronfein, @kerrymflynn and @profcarroll, more at Techmeme »
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Hulk Hogan will discuss the Gawker case and its impact on his life for the first time in an interview with TMZ's Harvey Levin on Levin's Fox News show — The show, ‘OBJECTified,’ premieres Sept. 17. — The first episode of Harvey Levin's new show on Fox News, OBJECTified, actually aired last year …
Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:
Time Warner Inc's Bleacher Report says Facebook is paying it millions of dollars for a reality show on NFL player Marshawn Lynch, called “No Script” — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc FB.N is paying Time Warner Inc's (TWX.N) Bleacher Report millions of dollars for a reality show …
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Pew survey: nearly half of US adults have high distrust of information sources, especially news organizations, and low interest in improving digital literacy — News organizations often tend to see their “readers” as one monolithic group whose members have similar needs and respond to the same kinds of stories.
Discussion:
Pew Research Center
Tony Biasotti / Columbia Journalism Review:
How the San Francisco Chronicle became profitable again and gained respect: better economy, lean-years cutbacks, experiments, a commitment to watchdog reporting — The San Francisco Chronicle is for sale inside a newspaper box on October 13, 2013 in San Francisco.
Discussion:
Talking New Media
Felix Gillette / Bloomberg:
The Hill is expanding into original programming, with plans to launch comedy, morning news, and nightly opinion shows — Publication to launch comedy show, 'Morning Joe'-type talkfest — Owner says moves part of reinvention, not faddish dalliance — The Hill, a news publication long known …
John Williams / New York Times:
Interview with Ian Buruma, new editor of The New York Review of Books, on maintaining quality, adding fresh eyes about ideology, and finding younger writers — Some shoes are harder to fill than others. Robert Silvers, the editor synonymous with The New York Review of Books …
Max Kutner / Newsweek:
RT says people associated with the US arm of its media network were asked to register as foreign agents by US Department of Justice — The United States Department of Justice has apparently asked people associated with the American arm of RT, formerly Russia Today, to register as foreign agents, the media outlet said on Monday.
Discussion:
RT and Washington Examiner
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