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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook tests button to provide additional context on links in News Feed, such as the publisher's Wikipedia entry, trending information, and related articles — Facebook thinks showing Wikipedia entries about publishers and additional Related Articles will give users more context about the links they see.
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Facebook, BetaNews, The Daily Caller, Engadget, CNET, Mashable, @sameifling, @stevekovach, @joshconstine and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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Bloomberg:
Facebook requested blanket exemption from FEC over political ad disclosures for many years until changing course in 2017 — In 2011, company said FEC shouldn't stand in way of innovation — Russian meddling prompts calls for political ad transparency — Facebook Inc. is pledging greater …
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@ericgarland, more at Techmeme »
Axios:
Facebook steps up efforts to answer questions about its role in Russian election meddling, with print ads, lobbying, outreach by Campbell Brown and Liz Spayd — Facebook is stepping up its offensive to respond to questions about the role it played in Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
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@benioff, @jason_kint and BuzzFeed, more at Techmeme »
Benjamin Hoffman / New York Times:
Quarterback Cam Newton draws rebukes from NFL, Pro Football Writers of America, Association for Women in Sports Media after mocking female reporter's question — Jessica Mendoza is analyzing Major League Baseball games on ESPN, Beth Mowins is calling N.F.L. games for CBS …
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@jourdanrodrigue, The Charlotte Observer, Variety, Newser, @crisalexespn, @melissastark, @brookebcnn, @nwilborn19, @brittanyherself, @josephperson, @morganfogarty, @janashortal, BBC, @scott_fowler, USA Today, The Daily Caller, Deadspin, ABC News, The Daily Dot, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, CBS Dallas, The Wrap, The A.V. Club, Mashable, Mediaite, ProFootballTalk, The Ringer - All and The Guardian
Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
Netflix is raising prices in US starting today: standard $9.99 plan will be $10.99/month; premium $11.99 plan will be $13.99/month; $7.99 plan does not change — Netflix will raise prices for its US subscribers starting Thursday, the company confirmed to Business Insider.
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Mashable, TechCrunch, Fast Company, Q13 FOX News, MacRumors, FierceCable, The Verge, Polygon, AOL and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Harvey Weinstein has hired lawyers including Lisa Bloom and Charles Harder ahead of expected New York Times and New Yorker stories about his behavior — The Hollywood mogul has enlisted a team of attorneys to fight planned articles that are said to be about his personal behavior.
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The New York Observer, Mercury News, Variety, Newser, IndieWire, The A.V. Club, @becket, Mediaite, @raminsetoodeh, @mattdrange, @tylerkingkade and @brentalang
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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New York Times, Newsweek, iMediaEthics, The Wrap, Business Insider, Washington Post, Taste of Country, The Daily Caller, New York Post, The Week, Washington Post and NPR
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Nielsen ratings fall for TV premiere week as more viewers watch on delay: CBS down 15%, Fox down 14%, NBC down 11%, ABC down 1% — Even ABC's new hit “The Good Doctor” could not stem the bleeding of viewers during the broadcast networks' premiere week of the 2017-18 television season.
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VideoInk
Nilagia McCoy / Shorenstein Center:
Shorenstein Center will study best practices for news orgs that focus on specific topics, using a $683K grant from Knight Foundation — To provide news outlets that produce coverage on single topics with training and best practices on how to find, build and engage audiences …
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Nieman Lab, @rafat and @rafat
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
Variety:
Time Inc.'s Entertainment Weekly announces it is moving its headquarters from New York City to Los Angeles by March 2018 — Brent Lang — Senior Film and Media Editor @BrentALang FOLLOW — Brent's Most Recent Stories — Go west, venerable magazine.
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Ad Age, Ad Age, The Wrap, Crain's New York Business, TVWeek.com, WWD and MediaPost
Kris Cheng / Hong Kong Free Press HKFP:
Hong Kong-based anti-Communist magazines Cheng Ming and The Trend cease publication; source says closure due to recent death of founder Wen Hui at age 96 — Hong Kong-based anti-Communist magazine Cheng Ming has announced that it will cease publication after 40 years in print.