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Indrani Sen / Quartz:
A NYT profile of a Nazi in Ohio failed to explain why the story exists or why the subject became a fascist activist, and thus the story became a puff piece — Criticizing the New York Times has become something of a national sport in recent years—whether it's over the ludicrous suggestion …
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Marc Lacey / New York Times:
National editor on NYT's Ohio Nazi profile: extreme corners need more light, not less, but “we regret the degree to which the piece offended so many readers” — The Reader Center is a newsroom initiative that is helping The Times build deeper ties with our audience.
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Media Nation, @ddale8, @ddale8 and Splinter
Tim Wu / New York Times:
Net neutrality supporters have strong legal arguments to overturn Ajit Pai's proposed rules repeal in court — Back in 2005, a small phone company based in North Carolina named Madison River began preventing its subscribers from making phone calls using the internet application Vonage.
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Jeff Kao / Hacker Noon:
Analysis of FCC net neutrality comments finds over 1M pro-repeal were likely faked and 99% of organic comments were in favor of keeping rules — I used natural language processing techniques to analyze net neutrality comments submitted to the FCC from April-October 2017, and the results were disturbing.
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Putin signs law that allows government to designate media outlets as “foreign agents”, imposing content labeling and detailed financial-reporting requirements — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed legislation that empowers the government to designate media outlets receiving funding …
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Mediaite, CNN, Quartz, RT, Reuters, Splinter, @susan_hennessey, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine, RAPPLER, @mollymckew, Axios, The Hill, Associated Press, RAPPLER and euronews
Louis Lucero II / New York Times:
Charlie Rose's journalism awards rescinded by Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and University of Kansas journalism school — Two journalism schools on Friday rescinded honors they had previously awarded to the news broadcaster Charlie Rose after allegations of sexual misconduct were leveled against him.
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cronkite.asu.edu, Arizona Republic, @alyssanewcomb, @amyjbrittain, @cronkite_asu, TVNewser, Code Words, Mediaite, Mediaite and New York Post
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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@sunny_hundal, @elongreen, @pjvogt, @daviduberti, @ckrewson, @clarajeffery, @brandonorselli, @rafat and The Guardian
Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:
How government owned Zimbabwe Herald is adjusting to newly found freedom to publish uncensored stories after the downfall of Robert Mugabe — Reporters and editors plan the daily coverage of the Zimbabwe Herald. The state-owned newspaper was forced this month to cover the downfall of Robert Mugabe, whose rule it had long applauded.
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Schibsted report: European millennials are concerned about how their online info is used but will give personal info for better targeted products and services — 'Tis the season for trend reports. — The Scandinavian media giant Schibsted's annual trends report — part predictions …
Thuy Ong / The Verge:
Dish and CBS reach deal after Thanksgiving NFL blackout — Terms were undisclosed — For some satellite subscribers, a standoff between Dish and CBS over a carriage agreement meant no traditional NFL on Thanksgiving, an unforgivable slight to some. But both companies have now reached …
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Deadline, CNBC, Digital Trends, CNNMoney and Fast Company
Louise Matsakis / Motherboard:
Yandex, Russia's main search engine, now mostly uses state licensed sources for news after law made big news aggregators responsible for content they link to — Google said it would demote Russia Today and Sputnik, but the Russian government has tried to control what news appears on Yandex for years.
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@wi1lwright, more at Techmeme »
Graham Ruddick / The Guardian:
UK ex-minister urges CMA to reject Sky takeover citing Murdoch's excessive political influence and how News Int'l CEO Brooks spoke of “partnership” with Cameron — Former minister suggests deal involved appointment by prime minister David Cameron of Andy Coulson, former News of the World editor, to position at No 10
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