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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
The Editor-in-Chief of Babe's parent company Tab Media, Joshi Herrmann, has defended the site's decision to publish the allegations against Aziz Ansari — Aziz Ansari responds to sexual assault accusation — Amid all the debate over an anonymous woman's account of a sexual encounter with Aziz Ansari …
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
HBO fights streaming rivals like Netflix and Hulu with heavy marketing and a focus on quality over quantity with its original programming — As other channels stockpile content, HBO is trimming its development pipeline; 'More is not better. Only better is better.'
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Forbes
Tracey Lien / Los Angeles Times:
Digital First Media announces layoffs will hit its newspapers across California, including the Mercury News and Orange County Register — Southern California News Group, which includes newspapers such as the Orange County Register and the Los Angeles Daily News, will be hit with “significant” …
Ad Age:
Sources: multiple brands are reviewing their relationship with Vice following December's NYT story, with one, Ally Financial, meeting the company this month — By Garett Sloane and Adrianne Pasquarelli. — Vice could be at risk of going from cool to creepy for brands concerned …
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, Project Veritas, Daily Mail, BetaNews, MacRumors, TechCrunch, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, @cwarzel and @passantino, more at Techmeme »
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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Vanity Fair, VideoNuze Analysis, The Ringer, Recode, The Verge, @jason_pontin, @profcarroll, The Guardian, @borzou, @bgrueskin and Wired, more at Techmeme »
Alex Ritman / Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon Studios signs Sharon Horgan, creator of hit TV show Catastrophe, to a two-year overall deal alongside a separate deal with her production company — Amazon Studios has also set up a first-look deal with Horgan's Merman banner. — With the British comedy show Catastrophe having proven …
BBC:
A man who has harassed BBC presenter Emily Maitlis for more than 20 years has been jailed for 45 months — A former friend of Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis, who has harassed the BBC journalist for more than 20 years, has been further jailed. — Edward Vines, 47, inflicted …
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@kristianawrixon, @jewishwomensaid, The Guardian and Press Gazette
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 …
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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Associated Press, DW.COM and euronews
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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LA Observed and @jbenton
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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Columbia Journalism Review, Committee to Protect …, RAPPLER, @natashya_g, TechCrunch, Amnesty International, Reuters, BBC, The Times & The Sunday Times, DW.COM, South China Morning Post, @nytimesworld, @carloshconde, @cesdrilon, @jerometaylor, @jamelaaisha, Patricia Evangelista and Franco Mabanta
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