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8:25 AM ET, January 30, 2018

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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Facebook to show more stories from local news sources in News Feed; will identify local publishers by looking at clicks in tight geographic areas  —  It's the third big change Facebook has announced in the last month.  And at least one more is coming.  —  Facebook says it will bring …
BBC:
PwC review of BBC pay structure found no gender bias in decision making, but identified anomalies, recommends clear pay framework, narrower pay ranges  —  Today the BBC has published a review of on-air pay carried out by PwC, and set out a five-point plan to help create a fairer and more equal BBC.
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Celeste Katz / Newsweek:
Newsweek Media's chief content officer Dayan Candappa takes immediate leave following report of his 2016 dismissal from Reuters over sexual harassment complaint  —  The chief content officer of Newsweek Media Group, which publishes Newsweek and a suite of other digital properties …
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Sam Charles / Chicago Sun Times:
Chicago Sun-Times EIC Chris Fusco says Times will not publish anything by Richard Roeper as it investigates allegations he paid to boost his Twitter followers  —  The Chicago Sun-Times will not publish columns or reviews authored by Richard Roeper as the newspaper investigates the legitimacy of Roeper's sizable Twitter following.
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman opens investigation into Devumi, the company that sells millions of fake followers to celebs, journalists, others
Charleston Gazette-Mail:
West Virginia's Charleston Gazette-Mail declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy, with Wheeling Newspapers the likely high bidder to assume ownership; layoffs possible  —  The owners of the Charleston Gazette-Mail agreed Monday to take the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
Profile of Mark Ein, Washington City Paper's new VC owner, who calls himself a centrist, isn't much of a reader, and says journalists help save our world  —  Mark Ein, the venture capitalist who recently bought the Washington City Paper, could never be confused for the counterculture contrarians …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN's Jeffrey Toobin: ‘I regret my role’ in Hillary Clinton false equivalence  —  So long as President Trump continues disgracing the Oval Office, thoughtful people will probe their own role in helping him get there.  —  Such appeared to be the motivation behind a mea culpa issued …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
The Trump administration has both boosted political journalists, with print reporters receiving cable TV contracts, and endangered them  —  WASHINGTON — Asked to reflect on the relationship between President Trump and the news media — an abusive yet symbiotic union, if there ever was one …
A.J. Chavar / Vox:
National Geographic's Deputy Director of Photography, Patrick Witty, was fired from the magazine after an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment  —  But human resources had already launched an investigation in mid-October, according to a source at National Geographic familiar with the internal review.
 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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