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Kelsey Sutton / Mic:
Amid a flurry of false news reports related to the Las Vegas shooting, Newsweek retracts a story about the shooter's girlfriend — Newsweek has retracted an article that made a number of claims about the female companion of Stephen Paddock, the man who shot and killed at least 58 people …
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Newsweek, The Wrap, New York Times, New York Post, Washington Post, iMediaEthics, Business Insider, Taste of Country and The Week
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Facebook and Google, both immensely wealthy, need to step up with serious solutions to weaponized disinformation — (Eugene Garcia/European Pressphoto Agency/EFE) — Well-intentioned warnings to journalists were circulating early this week as the news of the Las Vegas massacre broke.
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@harrymccracken, @zeynep, Business Insider, @canmediacouncil, Mashable and The Verge
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
BuzzFeed says its AM to DM Twitter show drew about 1M unique viewers each day after it launched last week — Twitter's making a big push into live video, with deals for pro sports, talk shows,network TV premieres and more. But what does a real newscast look like if you rethink it for Twitter?
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@mekosoff and @antheabutler
Crooked Media:
Crooked Media, the company behind podcast Pod Saved America, is launching a website, with The New Republic's Senior Editor Brian Beutler as editor-in-chief — Juggernaut start-up issues press release to get press about juggernaut start-up. — “Pride cometh before the fall,” said the company's founders.
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@heerjeet, @jonfavs, @brianbeutler, @tvietor08, @peterdaou, @oliverdarcy, @peterhamby, @crookedmedia, @jonlovett, @mattyglesias and @christinawilkie
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Newsroom employees at the LA Times are trying to form a union, a move which could aggravate relations with the paper's parent company Tronc — Newsroom employees at The Los Angeles Times are trying to form a union, setting up a potential clash with the newspaper's parent company, Tronc.
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The NewsGuild - CWA, @mayalau, @melbournecoal, Splinter, @danielmarans and @laura_nelson
BuzzFeed:
A look at the corporate war between the media and social media giants like Facebook; sources say Murdoch wants public to view FB, Google like Wall Street banks — Murdoch's bare-knuckle tactics are familiar to his many media enemies. Now his sights are set on Silicon Valley …
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The Daily Caller, @buzzfeedben, @emilybell, @jimvandehei, @digitalshields, @antheabutler, @davidfolkenflik and @perlberg
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Verizon announces that Marni Walden, EVP and president of global media, is leaving in February 2018 — Todd Spangler — Todd's Most Recent Stories — Marni Walden, Verizon's EVP and president of global media, plans to leave the company in February 2018, the telco announced Wednesday.
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Verizon Fios & Custom TV
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The News Integrity Initiative gives $1.8M to 10 projects focused on increasing trust in news — “The flip side of disinformation is trust.” — More community involvement in investigative reporting. New messaging tools to increase contact between journalists and readers. Better comments.
Discussion:
@dangillmor and Dan Gillmor
Benjamin Landy / Vanity Fair:
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson sidesteps question on whether CNN President Jeff Zucker will remain after AT&T-Time Warner deal — Amid rumors that CNN's leadership could be a sticking point in the Justice Department's approval of the AT&T-Time Warner merger, Zucker's future at the news network remains unclear.
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
TV trade group accuses Facebook of inflating number of young users throughout US; FB says counts may include visitors, tourists, and users who misreport age — As Facebook grapples with the cascading fake news issue, the company is also increasingly facing charges from advertising groups …
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Facebook's Watch videos are being viewed an average of 23 seconds — Early data suggests that Facebook's Watch is getting viewers to spend more time watching videos. But Facebook still has a long way to go to achieve the levels of retention that top video creators and publishers can get on YouTube.
David Cohen / Adweek:
Vox Media launching two Twitter shows: Circuit Breaker on Tuesdays, from staff of Verge's gadget blog, and game-focused Polygon Show on Thursdays — Vox Media is creating Twitter livestreamed shows out of a blog and a podcast — Vox Media is creating Twitter livestreamed shows out of a blog and a podcast.
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