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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Kickstarter launches Drip, a new service that lets fans subscribe to their favorite creators, including Feminist Frequency's Anita Sarkeesian — The platform focuses on ongoing support rather than one-time projects. — National Observer is no stranger to successful crowdfunding campaigns.
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The Guardian:
Researchers at University of Edinburgh have identified 419 Russia-linked Twitter accounts which tweeted about Brexit and the Westminster Bridge terror attack — Researchers find that accounts run from a St Petersburg troll farm tried to sow discord between Britons over the referendum
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Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
Facebook issues statement saying it has not observed “significant coordination” by Russia-linked accounts targeting Brexit vote, amid UK MPs calls for more info
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Time Inc is launching Sports Illustrated TV, a $4.99 a month OTT subscription service, on Amazon Channels, with original docu-series, licensed movies, more — Time Inc. — in another big bet on pivoting its business toward video — is launching Sports Illustrated TV, its first over-the-top subscription-video service.
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Wall Street Journal and @alexweprin
Samuel P. Jacobs / TIME:
Interview with Tina Brown on the appeal of Trump, sexual harassment, what Facebook and Google owe journalists, and her new memoir, The Vanity Fair Diaries — In 1983, the British editor Tina Brown arrived in New York City at the age of 29. She had already led the British society chronicler Tatler …
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@page88, @bernardchickey, @davewiner and @brianstelter
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
How white men from Ivy League schools benefited from a form of affirmative action at The New Republic, and how it affected women and people of color — In 1991, the African American Yale Law School professor Stephen Carter wrote a book called Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby.
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Reuters:
Sources: Amazon has scrapped plans for a skinny bundle streaming service combining US broadcast and cable networks, as it believes it won't make enough money — NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has scrapped plans to launch an online streaming service bundling popular U.S. broadcast …
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TechCrunch, Axios, Cord Cutters News, 9to5Mac, Fast Company and AppAdvice.com, more at Techmeme »
Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Two journalists still face charges after arrests amid inauguration protests; one, Alexei Wood, goes to trial Wednesday and faces up to 61 years in prison — On Jan. 20, the day Donald J. Trump was being sworn in as president in front of the Capitol, a limousine was set on fire and storefront windows were smashed nearby.
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Daniel Funke / Poynter:
European Commission announces public consultation to work on strategy to fight misinformation, with a report due in spring — Today the European Commission announced a new strategy to combat misinformation and fake news online. It's asking for more help.
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Sputnik International
Ken Bensinger / BuzzFeed:
Witness in FIFA trial says that six media companies, including Fox Sports, bribed officials for soccer broadcasting rights; Fox denies claim — Alejandro Burzaco, a key witness for the prosecution in the case, testified in court on Tuesday that he was aware of six media companies aware …
Stevan Dojcinovic / New York Times:
Serbian journalist says Facebook testing a split News Feed for Pages and friends was ill-conceived in a fledging democracy as it stifles independent media — BELGRADE, Serbia — My country, Serbia, has become an unwilling laboratory for Facebook's experiments on user behavior …
Mike Farrell / Multichannel News:
Viacom and Charter have renewed their carriage agreement and signed a deal to co-produce original content and collaborate on advertising opportunities — Deal includes agreement to co-produce content, advanced advertising — Viacom said it has reached a multi-year carriage renewal agreement …
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Radio & Television … and Fortune
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The ugly echo chamber of Hannity and Breitbart is why women wait so long to report abuse — Leigh Corfman mustered her courage. — Although reluctant to go public with what she says happened to her at age 14, at the hands of Roy Moore, she decided it was important to tell her story.
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TVNewser, The Daily Caller, Mashable, Business Insider, The A.V. Club, Bustle, @travislylesnews, BuzzFeed, Religion News Service, @elaheizadi, @jake_bernstein, Gizmodo, AOL, Snopes.com, San Antonio Current, New York Magazine, Washingtonian, Media Matters for America, VICE and bookforum.com
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The Daily Beast:
How Twitter account @Umpire43 used the identity of a dead Navy SEAL and triggered false stories on The Gateway Pundit, InfoWars, and One America News Network
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@emptywheel, @noahshachtman, @peterwsinger, @lachlan, @jessefferguson, @briantashman, @nickconfessore, @woodruffbets, @clevertitletk, @ag_conservative, @clevertitletk, @anthony, @charlesarthur, @oneunderscore__, Mediaite, @mikeciandella, @joshsternberg, @timdonnelly, @dangillmor, @oneunderscore__, @kylegriffin1, @daveblend and Snopes.com
Ashley Rodriguez / Quartz:
Survey: 67% of customers watch Netflix on mobile devices in public, 26% watch at work, ~45% have caught others spying on their screens — We will watch it on a plane. And in the dark. And on a train. And in a car. And in a tree. Okay, maybe not that last one.
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