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Brandy Zadrozny / The Daily Beast:
More than a dozen current and former employees at Vice say the company has a culture of sexual harassment that management ignored — In the summer of 2015, Phoebe Barghouty was 23 years old and had a new master's degree in journalism from Stanford—but little other experience …
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Axios, The Daily Caller and Page Six
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 Verge, TechCrunch, @leolaporte, Variety, @ericajoy and @eringriffith, more at Techmeme »
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
The Guardian:
Edinburgh University study identifies 419 Russia-linked Twitter accounts that tweeted about Brexit, all from a list of 2,752 accounts Twitter supplied to US — Researchers find that accounts run from a St Petersburg troll farm tried to sow discord between Britons over the referendum
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, Home Media Magazine, @alexweprin, @grantwahl and @srabil
Stevan Dojcinovic / New York Times:
Serbian journalist says Facebook testing split News Feed for Pages and friends was ill-conceived and served to stifle the fledging democracy's independent media — BELGRADE, Serbia — My country, Serbia, has become an unwilling laboratory for Facebook's experiments on user behavior …
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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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
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, Media Matters for America, @noahshachtman, @lachlan, @jessefferguson, @briantashman, @nickconfessore, @woodruffbets, @peterwsinger, @clevertitletk, @ag_conservative, @clevertitletk, @anthony, @charlesarthur, @oneunderscore__, Mediaite, @mikeciandella, @joshsternberg, @timdonnelly, @dangillmor, @oneunderscore__, @kylegriffin1, @daveblend and Snopes.com
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, 9to5Mac, Cord Cutters News, 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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@seanmcelwee, @emilybazelon, News, San Antonio Current, @jwzack, @nnmeli and @jimrutenberg
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 …
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
Patrick Strudwick / BuzzFeed:
Newly-appointed Gay Times Editor Josh Rivers has been suspended after his old racist, anti-semitic, and transphobic tweets were uncovered — Josh Rivers apologised after BuzzFeed News asked him to square a series of old racist, misogynistic, and ableist tweets with his new public support for diversity.
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