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ESPN President John Skipper has resigned, citing a substance addiction; George Bodenheimer is taking over as acting chairman of the company — John Skipper resigned as president of ESPN and co-chairman of the Disney Media Networks on Monday. — George Bodenheimer, ESPN's president …
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Thuy Ong / The Verge:
Twitter's new policies on violence, abuse, and hateful conduct do not apply to military or govt entities, appearing to provide a loophole for Trump's tweets — Policies now extend to hateful imagery and to conduct both on platform and off — Twitter says it will now begin enforcing …
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Shona Ghosh / Business Insider:
Twitter suspends Britain First leader who was retweeted by Trump, amid enforcement of new policies that's led to a purge of accounts affiliated with hate groups — - Twitter has begun purging xenophobic, racist, and other accounts affiliated with hate groups and hate speech on- or offline.
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Facebook:
Facebook is clamping down on posts with “engagement bait”, which ask people for Likes or shares, by demoting them in the News Feed — People have told us that they dislike spammy posts on Facebook that goad them into interacting with likes, shares, comments, and other actions.
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
MSNBC confirms it investigated, reprimanded Chris Matthews over inappropriate comments in 1999, and made a “separation-related payment” to an employee — A former NBC employee who worked on Chris Matthews' show and complained that the cable news star made inappropriate jokes …
Martin Belam / The Guardian:
Twitter is facing criticism after suspending the account of prominent Egyptian journalist and campaigner Wael Abbas for unspecified reasons — Account of blogger and campaigner who has won awards for documenting human rights abuses shut down — Twitter has faced criticism after the account …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
How Fox News commentators including Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, and Jeanine Pirro create a feedback loop with President Trump to cast doubt on Mueller probe — Bernstein: Fox hosts are abetting a cover-up — An anti-Robert Mueller, anti-FBI fervor is intensifying among Trump supporters …
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Maya Kosoff / Vanity Fair:
A look at the campaign to buy Gawker with the help of Kickstarter, an effort many ex-Gawker employees - including Nick Denton - say they were unaware of — As many of the stories Gawker first helped break (Harvey Weinstein, Louis C.K., James Toback, Kevin Spacey) are exploding …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube's subscription service, YouTube Red, has cancelled the release of Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me sequel following his sexual abuse confessions — YouTube's subscription service, YouTube Red, is losing another of its bigger names. Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock's “Super Size Me” …
The Guardian:
Appleby, the firm at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal, has launched legal proceedings against the BBC and The Guardian and demanded docs — Offshore firm at heart of story, Appleby, is seeking damages and has demanded Guardian and BBC hand over documents
Eliot Nelson / HuffPost:
In Flint, Michigan, the local Fox, NBC, and CW affiliate stations are all run by Sinclair Broadcasting Group, with its coverage frustrating residents, activists — The conservative media giant dominates local TV in the troubled city, where people say the press hasn't raked nearly enough muck.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Comments by Iger and Murdoch following the announcement of Disney-Fox merger show that the deal is all about streaming and battling Silicon Valley giants — Disney buying 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion — Odds are, if you're reading this story, you're a subscriber to Netflix.
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