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Adam Mosseri / Facebook Media:
Facebook says its News Feed test is about emphasis of personal stories, no plans to expand to more countries or ask publishers to pay for all distribution — There have been a number of reports about a test we're running in Sri Lanka, Bolivia, Slovakia, Serbia, Guatemala, and Cambodia.
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Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Facebook testing News Feed change in six countries, moving non-promoted posts from Pages to a secondary feed, decreasing engagement for some media — New system could destroy smaller publishers if implemented, after journalists report drop in organic reach - but users will still see their friends' posts
Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Former assistant to Harvey Weinstein, Zelda Perkins, describes the grueling settlement process after harassment claim with Miramax, when it was owned by Disney — Nineteen years ago this month, Zelda Perkins walked out of Miramax's London offices on Brewer Street in Soho for the last time and went …
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Megan Twohey / New York Times:
NY AG Eric Schneiderman opens civil rights inquiry into Weinstein Company, examining allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment, subpoenas documents
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ESPN President John Skipper cancels Barstool Van Talk days after starting the program, says ESPN could not distance its efforts from Barstool site and content — ESPN launched “Barstool Van Talk” on ESPN2 in the hopes of harnessing the growing popularity of its backer, the raunchy Barstool Sports site, for its wee-hours schedule.
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Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
A look at the fallout from journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder, which was Malta's sixth car bombing case in two years, all of which remain unsolved — VALLETTA, Malta — The blast from the bomb planted in the rented Peugeot of Malta's best-known investigative journalist was so powerful …
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Greta Van Susteren is volunteering as a contributor on Voice of America, the government funded news outlet which covers US affairs for foreign audiences — Greta Van Susteren is back on TV, but not in the United States. Not exactly, anyway. — The former cable news host recently signed …
Andy Kroll / Mother Jones:
Profile of Sinclair Broadcasting, its ties to Trump and how it will increase its reach from 40% to 72% of US homes when its deal to acquire Tribune closes — One evening in July, David Smith, the executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, strolled into the newsroom at WJLA …
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Profile of three-year-old Adams Publishing Group, which has acquired 100+ small town community papers in at least 15 separate deals — As family owners of newspapers are deciding in waves to exit the difficult industry, many of them are finding a new and eager suitor — the secretive Adams Publishing Group.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
comScore: traffic to conservative digital media sites had declined in past year, with Breitbart and Drudge Report down 20%+, and Daily Caller down 48% — Some of the biggest names in conservative digital media are seeing big traffic declines over the past year, according to comScore data pulled by Activate and Axios.
Kimberly Pierceall / Virginian-Pilot:
Parent of Virginian-Pilot reducing staff of 543 by ~10% with buyouts, weighs outsourcing newsroom print design — In the face of a continuing decline in print revenue, the publisher of The Virginian-Pilot announced Monday that the company would offer voluntary buyouts to its most veteran employees …
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Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Sources: Breitbart's Bannon says he won't work with Milo Yiannopoulos again after documents showed white nationalist ties — Breitbart News executive chairman Steve Bannon has told multiple people that he will never work with Milo Yiannopoulos again in the aftermath of a BuzzFeed News …
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
As part of fake news inquiry, a UK MP has asked Facebook for info on ads, pages paid for by Russian-linked accounts around time of Brexit, general election vote — The Culture Committee chairman has written to Facebook asking for information on advertising and pages paid for by “Russian-linked” …
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