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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
As authoritarian tendencies rise in America, shutting down voices like Jemele Hill's is dangerous — I love words, but sometimes they just aren't up to the job. — Like the word “inappropriate,” which has been applied to certain tweets last week by Jemele Hill, the ESPN commentator …
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The Wrap, @timobrien, @poniewozik, The Daily Caller, SI.com and Deadspin
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes sues Fox News, accuses anchor Charles Payne, who just returned after suspension, of rape and network of retaliation — Fox News, which for more than a year has dealt with the fallout from an embarrassing sexual harassment scandal …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News and two of its employees moved to dismiss the lawsuit from Rod Wheeler on Tuesday, claiming it was “overloaded with sensationalistic allegations” — Fox News on Tuesday moved to dismiss a controversial lawsuit levying the wild allegation that employees …
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Washington Post, Mediaite and Business Insider
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
The Republican Governors Association has launched an online publication that looks like a legitimate news source, only added disclosure after query from AP — ATLANTA (AP) — Republican governors are getting into the “news” business. The Republican Governors Association has quietly launched …
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Washington Examiner, Salon, MSNBC, The Daily Dot, @mlcalderone, @cahnemily and @nickriccardi
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Google announces it is rolling out Natural Language API features tested with Hearst and Vice: classification of content and sentiment analysis of things — Google is launching new features within its free Cloud Natural Languages API (shared software technology) that will help newsrooms …
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The Keyword, Google Cloud Platform Blog, TechCrunch and VentureBeat
Lauren Duca / Teen Vogue:
Sean Spicer is an accessory to an ongoing attack on democracy; his appearance at the Emmys is the normalization of what authoritarianism looks like — It wasn't just a joke. — Thigh-High Politics is an Op-Ed column by Teen Vogue writer Lauren Duca that breaks down the news …
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Mediaite, @wfkars, @laurenduca, @laurenduca, @asarahlarson, @teenvogue, Vanity Fair and Washington Post
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
A look at Sean Spicer's sketch at the Emmys, which a source says was Stephen Colbert's idea, and the criticism it has been met with
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter launches Nuzzel-like Popular Articles feature, which shows articles shared by your network, located in Twitter's Explore tab on iOS and Android — Twitter released a new feature that shows you which articles your network is currently buzzing about.
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The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
YouTube discontinues paid channels initiative and makes $4.99 sponsorship model available to all YouTube Gaming creators and some others via main YouTube app — YouTube is getting rid of one of its first paid content models: The Google-owned video site announced Tuesday that it is discontinuing …
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Sources: Pentagon reporters say access to Defense Sec James Mattis is decreasing, with Reuters and the AP being excluded from some of his trips — Trump's war on the press may be spilling over into the Defense Department, journalists fear. — Pentagon reporters are complaining …
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@jacqklimas and The Week
Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:
Herb Scannell, ex-president of BBC Worldwide's North America division, joins Hispanic media company mitú as chief executive — Chalk up another coup for digital media hiring as the media company mitú,focused on digitally distributed content for Hispanic audiences …
Seth Abramovitch / Hollywood Reporter:
Pablo Escobar's brother says he will “close” Netflix's Narcos if the company does not meet his demand for $1B for alleged IP violations — The former “chief of the hitmen” says the streaming network sent him “a long letter to threaten us” over his demand of $1 billion for IP violations …
Simon Rogers / The Keyword:
Google News Lab releases data journalism study, reveals that 51% of all news organizations in the US and Europe have a dedicated data journalist — Data journalism has been a big focus for us at the Google News Lab over the past three years—in building tools, creating content and sharing data with the data journalism community.
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