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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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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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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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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 — The rightwing blog The Gateway Pundit pushed a single-sourced rumor from the anonymous Twitter account @Umpire43 that claimed …
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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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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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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
NBC News fires Matt Zimmerman, senior vice president for booking, news, and entertainment, after allegations of inappropriate conduct with female colleagues — The allegations of inappropriate conduct were brought to the attention of human resources recently.
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TVNewser, The Wrap, Fox News, @thr, The Daily Caller, TVWeek.com, Variety and Deadline
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube partners with Ticketmaster to sell concert tickets on artists' video pages, starting from today in the US — YouTube today announced a partnership with Ticketmaster that will see the Google-owned video network connecting fans with concert tickets and tour information directly on artists' YouTube video pages.
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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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Wired, Netflix Media Center, Bustle, Tubefilter, The Verge and Business Insider
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Voice of America reporter Josh Fatzick identified as Reddit user UncleSam4200, who posted racist, sexist, homophobic slurs during work hours — While posting on his Reddit account UncleSam4200, Voice of America reporter Josh Fatzick bragged on the infamous pro-Trump subreddit r/TheDonald …
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Dani Deahl / The Verge:
Amazon says it has “no plans to create a free, ad-supported version of Prime Video” following AdAge report — An alternate to the $99 subscription — Update November 14th, 11:06AM ET: This article was updated to include a statement from Amazon denying the claims.
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BGR, The Playlist, Tubefilter, Fortune, Multichannel News and FierceCable
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Bloomberg's new Twitter network will launch Dec 18; sources say it has already secured eight-figures in ad revenue for its first year — Bloomberg's new Twitter network will launch on Dec. 18 with six founding partners: Goldman Sachs, Infiniti, TD Ameritrade, CA Technologies, AT&T and CME Group — and more are in the works.
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