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10:40 AM ET, January 31, 2018

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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Facebook says it's banning all ads for cryptocurrencies, ICOs, and binary options to avoid “misleading or deceptive promotional practices”  —  It's an “intentionally broad” policy aimed at stopping scammers.  —  Facebook is banning all ads that promote cryptocurrencies …
Columbia Journalism Review:
When CJR asked readers to tell their stories of harassment in the newsroom, 300+ responded - and the magazine has published each one  —  What's come to be known as the #MeToo movement gained momentum through a series of celebrity takedowns, starting with Harvey Weinstein, then ricocheted throughout the media and entertainment worlds.
Miranda Katz / Wired:
Podcasters first look at Apple's Podcast Analytics data shows listeners are highly engaged, with many listening to 80-90% of shows, and prefer longer formats  —  The public radio producer had started a podcast as a side project in early 2017, and the exploration of her experience …
Discussion: RAIN News, Fast Company and Nieman Lab
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Study: Twitter cuts into Facebook's lead on traffic sent to publishers; this month FB sent 2.5 visitors for each one Twitter sent, down from 4.7:1 in Oct. 2017  —  Publishers are freaking out about Facebook's plan to show 20% less news in the News Feed.  But over the past four months …
Henry C. Jackson / Politico:
On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton criticized the NYT over its handling of Glenn Thrush's case, while responding to a story about an aide accused of sexual misconduct  —  Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said she didn't think that firing an aide accused of sexual harassment in 2008 was the …
Chad Bray / New York Times:
Private equity firm Blackstone buys 55% stake in Thomson Reuters financial and risk division, valuing the unit at $20B including debt  —  LONDON — What is now Thomson Reuters came to life a decade ago in a $17 billion merger of the Thomson financial information business and the Reuters news service.
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Q&A with Dipayan Ghosh, former Facebook advisor, on how political disinformation is succeeding because of the digital advertising market  —  What privacy can do for democracy  —  As a privacy and public policy adviser, Dipayan Ghosh once worked to improve Facebook from the inside.
Discussion: The Guardian, Fast Company and Recode
Kathy E. Gill / WiredPen:
Creators of FactStream app for iOS tested curation of live fact checks of State of the Union speech, sourced from Washington Post, PolitiFact, FactCheck.org  —  On January 9, 2018, less than year after being sworn in as president of the United States, Donald Trump told his 2,000th lie.
Agence France-Presse:
Foreign correspondents in China are increasingly facing interference from officials, with 1 in 12 of those surveyed claiming they were manhandled or punched  —  One in 12 correspondents claims to have been manhandled or beaten in 2017, BBC reporter says he was punched
Discussion: @wang_maya
Patrick Frater / Variety:
HBO will launch in Japan on Amazon Prime Video on April 1, with the first six seasons of Game of Thrones and ~50 other past and current shows available  —  Largely absent from Japan until now, U.S. pay-TV giant HBO is to license its catalog and streaming rights in Asia's second largest market via Amazon Prime Video.
 
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Vice Media has fired Chief Digital Officer Mike Germano following two separate allegations of sexual misconduct against him
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
 

 
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