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Felipe Villamor / New York Times:
Philippines government orders independent news site Rappler, which has been critical of President Rodrigo Duterte, to shut down — MANILA — The Philippines ordered the closing on Monday of an independent online news site that has been critical of President Rodrigo Duterte's administration …
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Frederic Filloux / Monday Note:
Facebook exits from news after killing notions of the brand, authorship, business model; publishers should focus on products that directly impact their company — For Facebook, journalism has been a pain in the neck from day one. Now, bogged down with the insoluble problems of fake news and bad PR …
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Fred Vogelstein / Wired:
Facebook's head of News Feed Adam Mosseri says the recently announced overhaul, designed to help people better connect, will result in less video appearing — Facebook on Thursday announced sweeping changes to the way it plans to manage the newsfeed, the front door to the service for its 2 billion monthly users.
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Richard Branson orders Virgin Trains to restock the Daily Mail, saying the decision to stop selling it amounted to censorship — Branson says decision was taken without his knowledge and company should not be seen to be ‘censoring’ or ‘moralising’ — Sir Richard Branson has ordered Virgin Trains …
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Katharine Viner / The Guardian:
The Guardian has redesigned its website and mobile apps to coincide with the launch of the newspaper's new tabloid format on Monday — oday, our newspaper is being printed in a new tabloid format for the first time, a decision we took seven months ago. We decided then that we also wanted …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Profile of Zig, an Instagram-like news app which has attracted investors including ex-Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter and music producer Quincy Jones — Graydon Carter, the former editor of Vanity Fair, was preparing coq au vin in Provence, France, the other day when he picked up a telephone call from back home.
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@sophiekleeman, @bendreyfuss, PR Newswire and Joshua James
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Los Angeles Times editor-in-chief Lewis D'Vorkin, formerly of Forbes, brings in new hires and prepares for a newsroom reorganization — New hires from The New York Times and The Washington Post bring new faces to a news organization that has been in flux under Tronc management.
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Twitter again disputes claims from a Project Veritas undercover video aimed at the company, saying “We do not proactively review DMs. Period.” — “We do not proactively review DMs. Period.” — On Monday, conservative activist and filmmaker James O'Keefe published undercover footage …
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@johnpaczkowski, BetaNews, TechCrunch, @passantino, @cwarzel and The Next Web, more at Techmeme »
James Walker / Press Gazette:
The EU's newly established group on fake news and disinformation met for the first time as it seeks to define and develop a strategy for tackling fake news — The European Union's newly established fake news body met for the first time today, but revealed that it has yet to establish a working definition for “fake news”.
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Stephen Kalin / Reuters:
Saudi Arabia began screening feature-length films after a 35-year ban on cinemas; authorities hope to have 300 cinemas and 2K screens by 2030 — JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia began screening feature-length animated children's films this weekend in a makeshift theater …
Wall Street Journal:
US government lawyers have subpoenaed approximately 30 third parties for information on AT&T's $85B takeover of Time Warner with trial set to start March 19 — Justice Department has sought information from Dish, CBS, Starz and other media firms on $85 billion takeover of Time Warner
Todd Spangler / Variety:
The Young Turks Network Hires Deanna Brown as President — Deanna Brown, a 30-year media and digital-content veteran, has joined TYT Network as the company's first president. — Brown, along with TYT Network founder and CEO Cenk Uygur, will lead the strategic direction for all business initiatives …
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