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1:45 AM ET, February 11, 2018

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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Leaked recording: in a meeting with editors Newsweek exec blamed journalists for magazine's turmoil, didn't answer whether company committed financial crimes  —  During a private meeting with editors this week, a top Newsweek executive blamed his own journalists for the magazine's recent turmoil …
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Kelsey Sutton / Mic:
At least 14 Newsweek journalists and three International Business Times staffers have resigned since the firing of senior Newsweek staffers on Monday
Rossalyn Warren / BuzzFeed:
Newsweek Media Group's Dayan Candappa to remain chief content officer after investigation following a report of sexual harassment at his previous job
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Sinclair Broadcast Group solicits its news directors for its political fundraising efforts  —  The nation's largest TV station owner is gearing up to fight for deregulation, and it wants some of its own newsroom managers to join the effort.  —  Sinclair Broadcast Group is asking its executives …
Richard Deitsch / Sports Illustrated:
Interview with five reporters working the Nassar case on their sources, reporting on sexual abuse, why Nassar didn't get national coverage earlier, and more  —  - For more than a year, journalists at various outlets devoted their reporting to coverage of Larry Nassar, USA Gymnastics and Michigan State.
Discussion: @richarddeitsch and @thetightends
David Westphal / Columbia Journalism Review:
Charleston Gazette-Mail sees hope after charitable subsidy from Report for America and ProPublica that should cover about 15% of its news reporting salaries  —  Image via Pexels.  —  Within the span of a few weeks, the award-winning staff of the Charleston Gazette-Mail has witnessed …
Discussion: Journalism News
Graham Vyse / New Republic:
The New York Times faces more criticism from the left, even as its investigations get praise, as some fear staffers are overcompensating for attacks from right  —  The paper has been accused of everything from electing Trump to normalizing neo-Nazis.  Are its liberal critics right or unreasonable?
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
YouTube says creators posting videos harmful to users may lose their monetization options and eligibility to be recommended on the platform  —  After barring Logan Paul earlier today from serving ads on his video channel, YouTube has now announced a more formal and wider set of sanctions it's prepared …
John Koblin / New York Times:
Amazon names NBC Entertainment President Jennifer Salke as new head of Amazon Studios; Salke succeeds Roy Price, who resigned amid sexual harassment allegations  —  The NBC Entertainment executive Jennifer Salke was named the new head of Amazon Studios on Friday, ending a nearly four-month search …
Carolyn Twersky / thecut:
Hanya Yanagihara, EIC of NYT's T Magazine, to launch refreshed print and online edition that embraces a sense of urgency in “a moment of crisis” on Feb. 18  —  In a moment when New York is about to be flushed with the glow of Fashion Week — when stories of politics and news …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Yale study finds crowdsourced trustworthiness ratings are less effective when they exclude ratings from people who are unfamiliar with a given site  —  A new study finds asking Facebook users about publishers could “be quite effective in decreasing the amount of misinformation …
Discussion: The Outline and Slate
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News removes column criticizing US Olympic team diversity by Executive VP and Executive Editor John Moody  —  Three gay rights organizations had criticized the piece.  —  Fox News has removed a column by executive vp and executive editor John Moody following intense criticism online …
 
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Journalists mock Fox News media analyst Howard Kurtz' new book, Media Madness: “the running joke is that the book was actually written by Kellyanne”
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Facebook will count organic reach impressions only when a Page post actually appears on a person's screen starting next week
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
NBC adopts a new approach to Olympics advertising as TV audiences fall: ad sales are based on total viewership, both streaming and TV
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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