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Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
Google had at top of search results a 4chan thread and related links wrongly identifying man as Las Vegas shooter, as some alt-right factions spread the misinfo — Geary Danley was not the gunman in Las Vegas who killed at least 50 people late Sunday. But for hours on the far-right Internet …
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Cale Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company:
Facebook's Safety Check page for Las Vegas shooting promoted sites giving misinformation like Alt-Right News and End Times Headlines; Google highlighted 4Chan — In the wake of the deadly shooting in Las Vegas last night that left more than 50 dead and hundreds injured …
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Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Google ends controversial “first click free” policy, won't demote paywalled news sites in search results, and will offer new tools to help sell subscriptions — Search engine drops controversial ‘first-click free’ program — Company won't demote paywalled news sites in search results
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Pew Research Center:
Study of 3K stories in 24 outlets: 17% of coverage focused on Trump's political skill, 14% immigration; orgs with right-leaning audiences cited fewer sources — During the early days of the administration, similar storylines covered across outlets, but types of sources heard from and the assessments of Trump's actions differed
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook to hire 1000 more ad reviewers and make all the ads each organization buys visible to users, not just the targeted ones, to fight election interference — Facebook today handed over to congressional investigators 3,000 ads that were bought by a Russian company to influence U.S. politics.
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Some publishers say Facebook mid-roll video ads lead to little income; one described making just $500 on 20M views, including non-monetized views — Six months in, Facebook's test of mid-roll ad breaks within live and on-demand videos is driving scant revenue for publishers.
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft discontinues Groove Music Pass service, effective December 31, partners with Spotify, which it will recommend to Windows users instead — Microsoft rebranded Xbox Music to Groove Music two years ago, in a bid to make its music streaming service more relevant to consumers.
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Graydon Carter / Vanity Fair:
Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter recalls his memories of working with S.I. Newhouse, Jr.: how he ran Condé Nast, his impact on Carter's career, and more — S.I. Newhouse, Jr., the Chairman Emeritus of Condé Nast, died today in New York, the city he was born in and the one that gave foundation to the empire he built.
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Jonathan Kandell / New York Times:
S.I. Newhouse Jr., Publishing Icon Who Ran Condé Nast, Dies at 89
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Some overseas publishers are increasingly targeting US readers via Facebook, making money in niches, using cheaper labor and sometimes plagiarized content — Thanks to the rise of platforms like Facebook and Google, a growing amount of information being created for Americans is coming from overseas.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
In the first few days of her new role at NBC as Today's host, Megyn Kelly struggled to move away from her past gig at Fox News, and alienated celeb guests — In one of Megyn Kelly's first episodes as the newest, brightest star on NBC's Today show, a crewman audibly swore as he accidentally wandered …
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
The New York Times is experimenting with customizing reader experience through geotargeting, past reader behavior — “Instead of thinking about having stories compete for limited space on the homepage, we're trying to shift the conversation to a different understanding of our distribution."
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Projects supporting local journalism are increasing, showing that funders, foundations, and news consumers are taking the crisis in local news seriously — The situation is sickeningly familiar to anyone who works on — or reads — a metropolitan daily newspaper, whether it's in New Orleans …
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