Mediagazer: 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 (John Williams/New York Times)

8:15 PM ET, September 12, 2017

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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:

Experts debate fallout if US government narrows the media carve-out under Foreign Agents Registration Act, after reports of targeting of Sputnik and RT America — There's little doubt that Kremlin-bankrolled media outlets RT America and Sputnik played an insidious role in last year's presidential campaign …

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RT says people associated with the US arm of its media network were asked to register as foreign agents by US Department of Justice

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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

Stewart Clarke / Variety: 21st Century Fox backs legal challenge to CBS' bid for Australia's Ten Network; opponents say alternative bid from Murdoch, and another company not considered

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.

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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 …

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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.

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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 …

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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 …

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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

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

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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

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