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Kate Stanhope / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix and MRC suspend production on House of Cards season 6 indefinitely, say they need time to review the situation following allegations against Spacey — The news comes one day after the streamer picked up the drama for a sixth and final season. — Production on House of Cards …
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Sources: Facebook, Google, Twitter to tell Congress that Russian election meddling wider than reported; source says 126M Facebook users may have seen content — The companies will reveal new data about the Kremlin's disinformation at congressional hearings this week.
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Facebook provided political advertisers 14 targeted categories from very liberal “youthful urbanites” to very conservative “great outdoors” during 2016 election
Facebook provided political advertisers 14 targeted categories from very liberal “youthful urbanites” to very conservative “great outdoors” during 2016 election
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
BBC Newsnight editor Ian Katz moving to Channel 4 as director of programmes — BBC Newsnight editor Ian Katz has been confirmed as Channel 4's director of programmes. — Katz will effectively replace Jay Hunt, who has stepped down as Channel 4's chief creative officer to move to Apple's video team, when he begins in January.
Jimmy Wales / Wikitribune Beta:
Jimmy Wales announces WikiTribune is open, says it will begin accepting people over the next few weeks — Welcome to WikiTribune, a pilot project for a new approach to journalism where the community is at the center. This is not a news service - yet. It'll only be the news service I envisage when you play a full role.
Austin American-Statesman:
Cox Media Group announces it is putting the Austin American-Statesman, the Palm Beach Post, and several other newspapers and websites up for sale — The Statesman, which employs more than 200 people, will be put on the market with its seven community newspapers and multiple websites.
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Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
UK regulator probing 21st Century Fox's proposed takeover of Sky heard testimony from liberal watchdog Media Matters' president, Angelo Carusone, on October 27 — The U.K. regulator investigating 21st Century Fox's proposed takeover of U.K. broadcaster Sky plc heard testimony last week …
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Sources detail Facebook's fact checking efforts: little room for nuance, slow pace of checks; source says some fact check publisher deals are worth ~$100K/year — Slow, cumbersome process hits only a fraction of hoax stories — Social network outsources decisions to avoid bias criticism
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Jess McIntosh / Shareblue Media:
Video shows Shareblue Media reporter being violently arrested by five police officers while covering GOP nominee for Virginia governor at a parade — After months of being harassed by Ed Gillespie's campaign for simply trying to ask the Republican gubernatorial nominee questions …
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
In countries like Myanmar, South Sudan, and India, misinformation on social networks like Facebook and WhatsApp has led to violence and widespread panic — For months, Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., has been in crisis mode, furiously attempting to contain the damage stemming …
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The Guardian:
Two UK Independence Party whistleblowers filed complaints with UK's Electoral Commission over Breitbart influence on Brexit — Sources tell Guardian that senior ‘volunteers’ in Ukip before EU referendum were paid by the rightwing US website — Two internal Ukip whistleblowers filed complaints …
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
PBS orders food series No Passport Required from Vox Entertainment, the studio arm of Recode and SB Nation publisher Vox Media — Host Marcus Samuelsson will travel America to explore the global cuisine cooked in local immigrant communities. — PBS' appetite for food programming is growing.
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Research by Brooklyn-based bloggers Katia Kelly, Matt Termine, and Julian Russo helped lead to Paul Manafort's indictment — President Donald Trump's indicted former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, owes his criminal legal troubles, in no small measure, to three ordinary Brooklynites.
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