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Twitter says it will update public policies to include newsworthiness of tweets after Trump threatens North Korea — Twitter didn't act to remove President Donald Trump's tweet threatening North Korea in part because it is newsworthy, the company said today.
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Knight Foundation announces $2.5M in funding to support projects at seven organizations, new commission to tackle declining trust in media, with $2M in support — A lot more resources are going into addressing the problem of the American public's withering trust in media institutions.
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Fashion and street style photographers form an “unofficial union” to protest lack of pay from the commercial use of their pics by brands, influencers, bloggers — NO FREE PHOTOS: A bevy of photographers who cover fashion industry events as well as street style have formed an …
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China has broadly blocked WhatsApp, including basic text messages on the service, following its mid-July crackdown on WhatsApp video chats, multimedia messages — SHANGHAI — China has largely blocked the WhatsApp messaging app, the latest move by Beijing to step up surveillance ahead of a big Communist Party gathering next month.
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China says it has imposed maximum fines on Baidu, Tencent, and Weibo for not censoring banned content like porn and violence on their social media platforms — - Chinese internet watchdog said on Monday that it has imposed maximum fines on tech giants Baidu, Tencent and Sina Weibo for failing to adequately deal with online content


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 …
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A profile of Old Town Media, the new company from three ex-Politico executives which wants to build media platforms and help companies with projects — The company is a little difficult to describe, but its mission is less so: to help a wide variety of news organizations develop new ideas …
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In what's being described as a first-of-its-kind deal, Eminem's music catalog will go public, with investors and fans able to buy shares in it — Want to buy a piece of “Lose Yourself,” “Stan” and “The Real Slim Shady”? — In a potentially pioneering venture, shares in Eminem's entire hit catalog …
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Three contributors to Ain't It Cool News, the film, television, and comic book news site, step down over sexual assault allegations against its founder — Eric Vespe, known as “Quint” on Ain't It Cool News, announced Monday that he is stepping down from the site amid a sexual assault controversy.
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YouTube debuts new marketing tools, new ad tech that can target using Google Maps and app install data, and offline ad impact measurement tools with Nielsen — YouTube today introduced a series of new tools for marketers, one of the more notable being “Director Mix,” a technology that allows …
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Joe Biden and startup Ground Control launch daily audio show, Biden's Briefing, to share news articles, read by a voice actor and sourced from partner outlets — Amazon Echo is coming to Ford cars — Grab a cup of coffee. Joe Biden wants to discuss the news.


During the debut of her new morning show, Megyn Kelly Today, Megyn Kelly told viewers she was “kind of done with politics for now” — Megyn Kelly isn't playing politics anymore - at least not on camera. — The former Fox News anchor vowed to put aside the hard-edged interviewing …
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