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Disney declined to offer LA Times entertainment writers advance film screenings claiming unfair coverage of its ties with Anaheim — The Los Angeles Times has just published its 2017 Holiday Movie Preview. Prominently featured is this note warning readers about a rather large and unfortunate omission from the reviews:


Analysis: how US news orgs including Washington Post and Miami Herald cited tweets from Russian troll farm accounts, presenting them as authentic voices — Tweets from 2,752 fake Twitter accounts created by Russian government trolls found their way into U.S. news stories.


CNN plans to launch tiered subscriptions as early as Q2 of 2018, debuts e-commerce site, and weighs expanding CNN Go app outside the US for a fee — The as-yet-unpriced plans are part of effort to reach $1 billion in digital revenue by 2022 — Two years ago, an employee in CNN's digital news group …


Country Music Association apologizes and rescinds media restrictions on questions about Las Vegas shooting, gun rights, or politics at award show — https://apnews.com/136c4e7496614c78a862 1c2a646c80ae — Link copied! — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Country Music Association is apologizing …
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Former House of Cards production assistant says Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted him; other current and former workers call Spacey's behavior “predatory” — Spacey apologizes for alleged sex assault against a minor — Kevin Spacey made the set of Netflix's “House of Cards” …
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Twitter updates rules to clarify its enforcement approach on abusive behavior, self-harm, graphic violence, spam, and adult content — Online behavior continues to evolve and change, and at Twitter, we have to ensure those changes are reflected in our rules in a way that's easy to adhere to and understand.
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Alt-weekly Houston Press ceases print publication, continues online with single editor and freelancers — Print is dead. Long live digital. Long live the Houston Press. In dot com form. — As of today and going forward, there will be no more print copies of the Houston Press.
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@zachdespart, Houston Press, @crulge, @zachdespart, @zachdespart and @trevordebrauw

Two new formal harassment complaints filed against NPR's ousted top editor Michael Oreskes, from current staffers — NPR's employees unleashed their fury at the organization's top executive on Friday over his handling of a sexual harassment scandal that appears to have spread.
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CNNMoney, Splinter and www.wnyc.org


Mother Jones looked into allegations of inappropriate behavior by David Corn in 2014, will further investigate; Corn denies touching co-workers in a sexual way — Mother Jones magazine says it looked into allegations against its D.C. bureau chief in 2014 and believes they were remedied.
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, The Wrap, twitchy.com, @mlcalderone and Mediaite


New ESPN social media policy requires breaking news to first be reported on ESPN and OK from superiors for political posts; urges only sports-related politics — ESPN employees aren't allowed to break news on social media or take partisan positions. — In response to recent controversies …
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The Daily Caller and The Wrap


Media outlet approaches to covering their own sexual harassment scandals differ wildly: unsparing at NPR, quiet at NBC, and spare and mostly positive at Fox — Mike Oreskes sure isn't getting the Roger Ailes treatment. — On the air, Fox News handled Ailes's resignation amid sexual harassment allegations …
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Business Insider, Fox News and The Laurel

US court issues preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of a Canadian court order requiring Google to remove search results on a global basis — A U.S. federal court has issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of a Canadian court order requiring Google to remove search results on a global basis.
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Search Engine Land and Fortune, more at Techmeme »