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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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Some Facebook ex-staffers think Twitter-inspired 2013 shift to display more news was a failed experiment, as time spent on FB has declined the past two years — When news broke on Thursday evening of Facebook's dramatic overhaul of its News Feed, the worlds of media and publishing erupted.
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New York Times, @mattmittenthal, @mosseri, @stevesi and @cwarzel, more at Techmeme »

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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RAPPLER, RAPPLER, TechCrunch, @carloshconde, @cesdrilon, @natashya_g, @jerometaylor, @jamelaaisha, Patricia Evangelista, Franco Mabanta and The Drum

Condé Nast to issue a code of conduct this month and stop working with photographers Bruce Weber and Mario Testino, who were accused of sexual harassment — Condé Nast, publisher of some of the glossiest magazines in the world, is changing the way it does business.
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New York Times, BBC, thecut, @bevysmith, @zlistsibbley, PAPERMAG, @vabvox, @nomoreorg, @jowrotethis, @pagesix, @edwardsiddons, @rwitherspoon, @carocor5, @rswfire, @buildastarpromo, @traceyspicer, @vogueaustralia, @alyssarosenberg, Newser, @jodikantor, @dereonjean, @stevekopack, @katierosman, @matthewschneier, AOL, The Week, Cindy Gallop, Refinery29 and Fashionista

While most media handled the use of “shithole” with professionalism, fewer were successful in exploring the racist thinking behind it — From Harry Truman's “dumb son of a b— " assessment of General Douglas MacArthur to Richard B. Cheney's rude suggestion about what Sen. Patrick J. Leahy …
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New York Times and Media Matters for America

Sir 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 …

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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Press Gazette, @zoesqwilliams and New York Times

Press freedom groups have written to Theresa May asking her to repeal law forcing papers to pay all court costs, win or lose, unless signed up with regulator — Two press freedom groups have written to the Prime Minister calling for the urgent repeal of legislation that would make newspapers pay …

How the Pentagon's Africa Command shunned one journalist after his reporting on tough issues like torture by local forces at a drone base used by the US — Conversations with military spokespeople can be curt, even confrontational, but they are not supposed to go this way.
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@forensicarchi, @shane_bauer, @sandra_cuffe, @alicesperi, @nickturse, @aaschapiro and @samueloakford

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

Interview with NPR Fresh Air host Terry Gross on the art of the Q&A, the guest that most surprised her, and how she salvages a tanking interview — “I wouldn't be able to keep doing my job,” says Fresh Air host Terry Gross, sitting in her book-lined office at Philadelphia's WHYY radio station …
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@nprfreshair
Mia Shuang Li / Columbia Journalism Review:
In China, influencers posting news catering to readers' interests on WeChat are replacing distrusted legacy media, though they are also subject to censorship — Editor's note: This article is the first of two in a series on WeChat. The second, “WeChat reaches audiences conventional media in China cannot” can be found here.
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@blakestonebanks and @claydube