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Kelsey Sutton / Mic:
Six sites, including Slate, Refinery29, Mic, end paid promotion partnerships with George Takei to share their content on Takei's Facebook page — Cracks are beginning to appear in George Takei's lucrative social media influencing platform as publishers distance themselves from the former Star Trek star …
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The Guardian, @daviduberti, @rafat, @elongreen, @pjvogt, @ckrewson and @clarajeffery
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Ajit Pai's proposal to kill net neutrality argues the FCC should not have tried to stop Comcast from blocking BitTorrent in 2008 — This is what happens when you're honest about killing net neutrality — FCC Chairman Ajit Pai released his proposal to kill net neutrality today …
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Los Angeles Times, Adweek, @drpsybuffy, Bustle, The Next Web, TorrentFreak, Variety, Mashable, ResetEra, @dangillmor, @spacekatgal, @sivavaid, @stevesi, @reckless, @riley_bruce, @davidearle and @bokmann, more at Techmeme »
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David Gelles / New York Times:
DoJ and FCC's separate rulings on the AT&T-Time Warner merger and net neutrality show mixed messages from the government on market power of big companies
DoJ and FCC's separate rulings on the AT&T-Time Warner merger and net neutrality show mixed messages from the government on market power of big companies
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Forbes, Washington Post, Fortune and Bustle
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
As the FCC seeks to kill net neutrality, Comcast, Charter, and cable trade group NCTA vow not to block, throttle, or interfere with lawful sites or activities
As the FCC seeks to kill net neutrality, Comcast, Charter, and cable trade group NCTA vow not to block, throttle, or interfere with lawful sites or activities
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Fortune, Fast Company, @rsingel, @binarybits, @rsingel, @mattyglesias, The Verge, @samgustin and @maxtemkin, more at Techmeme »
Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Profile of Makan Delrahim, the DoJ's antitrust chief, confirmed on Sept. 27, who is leading the lawsuit against AT&T over its proposed merger with Time Warner
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
Lawyers for Peter Thiel file a motion to block efforts that have prevented him from bidding on Gawker.com assets during bankruptcy proceeding — In a federal bankruptcy court filing on Wednesday, lawyers for venture capitalist Peter Thiel objected to the ongoing sale process of Gawker.com …
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Wall Street Journal, @dhh, @joshseefried, The Wrap, @ryanlcooper, Fast Company, @anildash, @mattyglesias, @laurenduca, @karaswisher, AOL, Mediaite, Mashable, Fortune, @rmac18, Axios, @olivianiland, @mattdpearce and @rmac18, more at Techmeme »
David Beard / Poynter:
Profile of NOWCastSA, a news and information project at San Antonio's library that trains interns, teaches digital media literacy, and covers hyperlocal news — It begins with fun: Playing with the green screen, experimenting with microphones and cameras. Then the San Antonio teenagers move …
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Former editor at Russia's Rossiya says censorship in Russia relies on newsroom self-censorship and journalists were instructed to portray Trump positively — On a recent Saturday in November, Dimitri Skorobutov, a former editor at Russia's largest state media company, sat in a bar in Maastricht …
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@ryanlizza
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
YouTube details steps it's taking in ongoing effort to clamp down on videos that exploit children, will ramp up removal of offensive material, halt monetization — Across YouTube, an unsettling trend has emerged: Accounts are publishing disturbing and exploitative videos aimed …
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The Guardian, @mikeisaac, The Hill, Financial Times, AOL, BloombergQuint, Tubefilter, Business Insider, Gizmodo, BetaNews, YouTube Blog, TechCrunch, Mashable, The Verge, @tomgara, @cwarzel, @jguynn and @cwarzel
Shaya Tayefe Mohajer / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the LA Times' long history of anti-labor owners, as uncertainty at the paper fuels a newsroom effort to unionize with NewsGuild-CWA — Union signs adorn the newsroom. Photo by Matt Pearce, via Twitter. — The successful formation of a union at the Los Angeles Times …
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Vanity Fair
Tony Romm / Recode:
Facebook plans to roll out tool to show users if they liked or followed a Russia-linked account on Facebook or Instagram but not if they saw Russia-linked ads — So far, Google and Twitter have not detailed their plans. — Facebook is trying to alert some U.S. users that they fell victim …
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Snapchat debuts new ad formats allowing advertisers to post Promoted Stories in Stories tab and AR Trial Ads for placing interactive objects in a camera view — Snap Inc's stock tanked after missing revenue expectations by $30 million last quarter, so Snapchat is looking to win over businesses with immersive new ads formats.
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Ad Age, 9to5Mac, Metro.co.uk, campaignlive.co.uk, Marketing Land, The Drum, Business Insider, Recode and Variety
Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
IPSO ruling: Sun's “Muslim Problem” article does not breach discrimination standards since it doesn't target individuals but says it does echo Nazi-era language — British Muslim and Jewish groups are scathing of IPSO's decision regarding board member Trevor Kavanagh's “Nazi-like” language.
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@willblackwriter, Press Gazette and Guido Fawkes
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
AJ+ looks to serialized content on YouTube to increase retention; average video view duration has increased by about 3 minutes in the last three months — Al Jazeera's AJ+ was one of the first distributed media brands to quickly build an audience off the back of Facebook with short …
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism:
The Bureau of Investigation Journalism hires a community organizer, first role of its kind in British journalism, to manage its network of local contributors — As the Bureau's local reporter network reaches over 430 members, we introduce a revolutionary new role
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One Man & His Blog and @jayrosen_nyu