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Washington Post:
Sources: on Nov. 19, 9 days after Zuckerberg downplayed fake news' role in election, Obama appealed to him to take threat of political disinformation seriously — Nine days after Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg dismissed as “crazy” the idea that fake news on his company's social network played …
Davis Winborne / Columbia Missourian:
The brutal treatment of journalists by St. Louis police was a direct attack on constitutionally protected work — Last weekend, I covered the protests in St. Louis along with Ellie Cherryhomes, one of my fellow photojournalism students at MU, and several other press photographers and videographers from news outlets across the country.
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@sethklamann, @blatchfordtr and @macloo
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Nielsen sues to block comScore from offering new audience measurement service, alleging it will use Nielsen's data in violation of an agreement between them — Nielsen Holdings filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to block rival ComScore from offering a new service, Extended TV, that will provide TV audience data.
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Hollywood Reporter
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Ariel Stulberg / Columbia Journalism Review:
Analysis of 25 top newspapers shows diversity in paywall strategy as owners seek balance between subscriptions and ad revenue; none adopt hard paywall — The majority of America's largest newspapers continue to employ digital subscription strategies that prioritize traffic, ad revenues …
Brent Lang / Variety:
Actor Casey Affleck's new production company, Sea Change Media, signs exclusive two-year first look deal for film and television products with Amazon Studios — Casey Affleck's newly launched production company Sea Change Media has signed an exclusive first look deal with Amazon Studios, Variety has learned.
New York Times:
How magazine publishers are diversifying from print to invest in events, podcasts, video, and brand partnerships — One evening in mid-September, a gaggle of writers and bon vivant editors gathered by the outdoor fireplace and ivy-covered trellis of a West Village tavern.
Discussion:
@rafat, @jimrutenberg and @deniselaw_
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Free Speech Project debuts with funding from Knight Foundation to track incidents challenging speech in US, amid rise in state laws curbing speech and dissent — What's the state of free speech in America? — Sanford Ungar, who teaches about it at Harvard and Georgetown, has a simple, depressing answer.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
How newsrooms in New Orleans and Clear Health Costs crowdsourced medical bills to reveal healthcare cost differences and shady billing practices by providers — “We think of this as a perfect use case for journalism — finding real, good information and displaying it back to the public."
Spenser Mestel / Longreads:
Inside the history of the Freedom of Information Act, funding and volume problems that lead to request backlogs, and bureaucratic maze of requests and appeals — On July 2, 1972, Angela Davis was sitting in the Plateau Seven restaurant in Santa Clara County, California …
Discussion:
@longreads
Tim Swanson / Great Wall of Numbers:
How shady exchange and ICO practices, conflicts of interest in journalism, and other serious issues in cryptocurrencies are largely ignored by the media — [Note: I neither own nor have any trading position on any cryptocurrency. I was not compensated by any party to write this.
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
How USA Today Network, with newsrooms across the US-Mexico border, reported its “The Wall” feature: a helicopter with LIDAR camera, teams of journalists, more — Last October, the editor of the Arizona Republic/azcentral stood in the press pit at a presidential rally for the Republican candidate.
Jeanine Poggi / Ad Age:
BuzzFeed launches AM to DM show on Twitter on Monday, echoing traditional morning TV shows, with 60 episodes planned through the end of the year — Megyn Kelly isn't the only one moving to mornings next week. BuzzFeed debuts its Twitter morning show on Monday—and it will all look a whole lot like TV, including the ads.
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Recode, @jenbenka, @am2dm, Vanity Fair and Hollywood Reporter
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