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8:25 AM ET, January 23, 2018

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Samidh Chakrabarti / Facebook:
Facebook says social media has mixed effect on democracies: it gives many a voice but paves way for false news, foreign interference, echo chambers, harassment  —  Around the world, social media is making it easier for people to have a voice in government — to discuss issues, organize around causes, and hold leaders accountable.
Variety:
In a provisional decision, UK regulators say 21st Century Fox's bid to take over Sky would not be in the public interest “due to media plurality concerns”  —  In a blow to 21st Century Fox, Britain's competition watchdog has provisionally concluded that the company's proposed takeover …
News Corp:
Rupert Murdoch suggests Facebook pay carriage fees similar to the cable TV model to recognize trusted publishers  —  News Corp today issued the following statement from Executive Chairman, Rupert Murdoch:  —  “Facebook and Google have popularized scurrilous news sources through algorithms …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Netflix says it recorded a $39M non-cash charge in Q4 over unreleased material with at least some related to Hollywood's sexual harassment scandal  —  Netflix Inc. is lifting the curtain on just how much the sexual harassment controversy is going to cost Hollywood.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix beats in Q4 with 8.3M new worldwide subs, vs 5M est., and almost 2M in US, vs 1.28M est.; revenue of $3.29B meets expectations; stock up 8%+ after hours  —  Netflix reeled in 8.3 million new streaming subscribers — including almost 2 million in the U.S. — handily beating Wall Street estimates for the fourth quarter of 2017.
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Infowars host Alex Jones has partnered with NYT-bestselling author Neil Strauss to write a book, according to a proposal sent to several publishers  —  Alex Jones, the far-right conspiracy theorist, is working on a book with New York Times bestselling author Neil Strauss …
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Howard Kurtz, host of Fox News show “Media Buzz”, is releasing a tell-all book on chaos inside the White House, to hit stores January 29  —  In late July, the White House had just finished an official policy review on transgender individuals serving in the military and President Trump …
Chris Buckley / New York Times:
Hong Kong book publisher Gui Minhai taken by police while on Beijing-bound train and accompanied by Swedish diplomats, months after his 2-year detainment ended  —  BEIJING — A Hong Kong-based book publisher with Swedish citizenship who was secretly spirited to China and held in custody for two years …
Jesse David Fox / Vulture:
Netflix Will Release a Series of 15-Minute Stand-up Specials in 2018  —  A few months ago, New York and L.A.'s comedy communities were abuzz.  It seemed like every stand-up was putting themselves on tape.  Sure, every once in a while you might see a couple of folks taping for late-night submissions …
Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
Canada's Rogers Communications has terminated a $100M joint venture with Vice Media, which includes a Viceland Canada 24-hour cable channel  —  The Canadianized TV channel from New York City-based Vice Media has been bleeding revenue and subscribers.  —  Canadian cable and mobile giant …
 
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Vice Media will investigate allegations by ex-TV host Billie Porter that her then boss at Vice gave her alcohol and drugs as a minor, requested sexual act
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Google's decision to use page speed to rank sites in mobile search results is likely to negatively impact the WSJ, Mail Online, Reuters, CNN, and NBC News
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: YouTube Live has ~300,000 subs, and Hulu's Live TV service has ~450,000; both services trail DirecTV Now and Dish Sling, which have millions of subs
Sridhar Pappu / New York Times:
Profile of Nicolle Wallace, anchor of MSNBC's 4pm show “Deadline: White House” and an ex-aide of George W. Bush's White House
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Casey Michel / ThinkProgress:
A look at the rise and fall of Louise Mensch, Eric Garland, and other members of the citizen-journalist platoon that promoted Trump-Russian conspiracy theories
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki pledge to closely monitor each service for fake news, ahead of US midterm elections
Pavlena Todorova / Press Gazette:
Journalist James O'Brien steps down from role at BBC Newsnight, citing reluctance to stop criticizing Brexit and Trump
 

 
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
A US judge finds NSO Group liable for exploiting a bug in WhatsApp to spy on 1,400 users and that WhatsApp is entitled to sanctions against NSO

Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: OpenAI's GPT-5, codenamed Orion, is behind schedule and faces technical hurdles, including high computing costs and limited high-quality training data
 
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