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Disney says it has reversed its decision to bar the Los Angeles Times from movie press screenings amid backlash — Amid a growing backlash, the Walt Disney Company on Tuesday reversed its decision to bar The Los Angeles Times from press screenings of its movies following an investigation …
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Flavorwire won't review Disney films or cover studio news, and WaPo writer won't review films in advance after Disney studio locked out LA Times over reporting — The Times is currently barred from attending advance screenings of Disney movies. — On Monday, culture and entertainment …
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Zack Sharf / IndieWire:
Four critics groups, LAFCA, NYFCC, NSFC, and BSFC, ban Disney films from awards consideration, in response to its blacklist of LA Times — In response to Disney blacklisting the Los Angeles Times, four different critics' organizations — the Los Angeles Film Critics Association …
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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Sources: Weinstein hired private investigators to collect info on actresses and journalists, ahead of revelations, to stop publication of abuse allegations — The film executive hired private investigators, including ex-Mossad agents, to track actresses and journalists.
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Abid Rahman / Hollywood Reporter:
Report: Harvey Weinstein's lawyer was also representing the NYT at the same time in a separate matter, while working to stop the paper's story on the film mogul — David Boies and his Manhattan firm Boies, Schiller and Flexner were representing the newspaper at the same …
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Debra Birnbaum / Variety:
Television Academy Votes to Expel Harvey Weinstein For Life
Television Academy Votes to Expel Harvey Weinstein For Life
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Twitter is rolling out 280-character tweets around the world — Double trouble — In most of the world, the iconic 140-character tweet is now officially a thing of the past. Twitter said today that after a global test, 280-character tweets will roll out to users around the world.
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
BBC Director-General Tony Hall and other execs are questioned by UK lawmakers over the corporation's gender pay gap, competition from streaming services, more — Director general Tony Hall and others in the U.K. parliament also discussed the public broadcaster's efforts to combat harassment and bullying.
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Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Seven weeks after his death, most of Paul Horner's fake news sites are offline; his brother, JJ Horner, says he was unaware the sites had been shuttered — Seven weeks after his death, most of Paul Horner's fake news empire is offline. — Horner, who once boasted in The Washington Post …
Slate:
A look at push alerts sent by The New York Times and Washington Post since Trump was elected — It has been an exhausting, exasperating, anxious year. A year of relentless assault, as one news break after another pushed its way into our daily existence and found us where we live …
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Agence France-Presse:
Islamic State claims attack on Kabul TV station Shamshad, killing at least two and injuring 20+; Shamshad resumes broadcasting in defiance moments after rescue — Gunmen disguised as policemen stormed a television station in Kabul on Tuesday, killing at least two people and wounding several others …
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BBC:
Facebook promoted comments expressing disbelief underneath both fake and legitimate news stories, as part of an experiment to tackle fake news — A Facebook test that promoted comments containing the word fake to the top of news feeds has been criticised by users.
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Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Tencent's e-book publishing arm, China Literature, set to spin out and raise $1B+ in Hong Kong IPO — Tencent's China Literature, an Amazon-like e-book business, is continuing the trend of Asian tech IPOs after it announced its public listing in Hong Kong will raise $1.06 billion on Wednesday.
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