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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, Washington Post and Slate
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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 …
Discussion:
@ericgarland, more at Techmeme »
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook tests button to provide additional context on links in News Feed, such as the publisher's Wikipedia entry, trending information, related articles, more — Facebook thinks showing Wikipedia entries about publishers and additional Related Articles will give users more context about the links they see.
Discussion:
Facebook, CNET and @joshconstine
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.
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.
Discussion:
Variety, Newser, The A.V. Club, IndieWire, @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 …
Discussion:
Newsweek, New York Times, iMediaEthics, The Wrap, Business Insider, Washington Post, Taste of Country, The Daily Caller, New York Post, Washington Post, The Week, NPR and AOL
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?
Discussion:
@mekosoff and @antheabutler
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 …
Discussion:
@rafat, @rafat and Nieman Lab
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.
Discussion:
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.
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.
Discussion:
VideoInk
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 …
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