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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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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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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Meredith agrees to buy Time Inc. for $1.85B, at a ~46% premium to Nov. 15's closing price, with $650M coming from Koch brothers, will assume ~$1B in Time's debt — Deal valuing publisher at more than $1.8 billion would be significant bet on future of magazine industry
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Greg Evans / Deadline:
Journalists push back against a Trump tweet criticizing CNN International; CNN's Stelter said the tweet reads like an invitation to harass CNN journalists — President Donald Trump's disparagement of CNN International yesterday might not have been just his usual anti-media disdain, says CNN's Brian Stelter.
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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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John Hilliard / BostonGlobe.com:
Tufts cancels event with Anthony Scaramucci, former White House communications director, after he threatens to sue a student and school newspaper for defamation — Tufts University postponed a Monday event featuring Anthony Scaramucci, a former Trump White House spokesman …
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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
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
SCOTUS to hear a case this week that could decide whether law enforcement can get phone location data without a warrant, a key issue for journalists and sources — That cellphone in your pocket? — Nathan Freed Wessler sees it as a dangerous time machine as well as a communication device.
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
YouTube's search autofill found to surface disturbing results like “how to have s*x with your kids”, which YouTube says it quickly removed and is investigating — Dozens of users have reported that a YouTube search for “how to have” is auto-completing with pedophiliac phrases.
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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Jason Zengerle / New York Times:
Inside Crooked Media and their unapologetically liberal and partisan podcast Pod Save America that generated nearly 120M downloads since January — For years, liberals have tried, and failed, to create their own version of conservative talk radio. Has Crooked Media finally figured it out?
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Murray Carpenter / New York Times:
A profile of Reade Brower, whose consolidated ownership of 18 weeklies and 4 dailies in Maine keeps focus on local news coverage and gets politicians' attention — On a drizzly October day here, he could be found tucking into a grilled cheese sandwich with bacon at the Home Kitchen Café …
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