Mediagazer: Polk Awards: shared award to Jodi Kantor, Meghan Twohey, and Ronan Farrow for Weinstein stories, a special award for NYT and WaPo for Trump-Russia stories, more (Emily Cochrane/New York Times)

3:30 PM ET, February 20, 2018

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Nicholas Thompson / Wired:

Sources: Rob Goldman apologized internally at Facebook for his tweetstorm about Russian interference, saying “I conveyed my view poorly” — ON FRIDAY MORNING, just before 10am on the West Coast, the office of special counsel Robert Mueller published his indictment of 13 Russian operatives …

Discussion: New York Times, Gizmodo, The Hill, Business Insider, Recode, @om, @boztank, @mosseri, @karaswisher, Digiday, The Drum and Washington Post, more at Techmeme »

Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:

Fact-checking the tweetstorm by Facebook VP of ads Rob Goldman on the Mueller indictment and Facebook's role in election interference by Russia — Rob Goldman, Facebook vice president for ads, tweeted about Russia's disinformation effort. President Trump then cited him. We fact-checked Mr. Goldman.

Discussion: NPR, Washington Post, RT, New York Magazine, The Week, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, @codinghorror, The Daily Caller, The Stranger …, @raju, @nytpolitics, The Drum, AOL and @conordougherty, more at Techmeme »

Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

Fox News working on Fox Nation, a standalone streaming subscription service with original shows and right-leaning commentary, expected to debut by year's end — Thanks to a relentless news cycle — and a dedicated fan in the Oval Office — Fox News has defied the downward trends in the television business …

Emily Cochrane / New York Times:

Polk Awards: shared award to Jodi Kantor, Meghan Twohey, and Ronan Farrow for Weinstein stories, a special award for NYT and WaPo for Trump-Russia stories, more — WASHINGTON — Reporters from The Washington Post and The New York Times who uncovered ties between the Trump campaign and Russia …

Discussion: PR Newswire, Orlando Sentinel, Phoenix New Times, @john_diedrich, @attackerman, @buzzfeedben, @schoofsfeed, @wmbrangham and ProPublica

Hillel Italie / Associated Press:

Milo Yiannopoulos drops lawsuit against his former publisher Simon & Schuster over the cancellation of his memoir — NEW YORK (AP) — Milo Yiannopoulos is dropping his lawsuit against his former publisher. In papers filed Tuesday in New York State Supreme Court, Yiannopoulos …

Discussion: Milo Yiannopoulos and Fast Company

New York Times:

One hour after news broke about the Florida school shooting, hundreds of suspected Russian-linked Twitter bots released divisive posts on the gun control debate — SAN FRANCISCO — One hour after news broke about the school shooting in Florida last week, Twitter accounts suspected of having links …

Discussion: Forbes, Fortune, Washington Post, Slate, The Hill and The Week, more at Techmeme »

Peter Walker / The Guardian:

UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn bashes and vaguely threatens four print newspapers while responding to stories claiming he gave info to Czech spy in the 1980s — Labour leader denies he was Czech informant and issues warning to newspaper owners … Play Video

Discussion: The Independent, HuffPost UK and The Independent

Beatrice Verhoeven / The Wrap:

Producer of Oscar-nominated documentary “Last Men in Aleppo”, Kareem Abeed, cannot attend the awards ceremony after the US rejected his visa application — “The Last Men in Aleppo” producer Kareem Abeed will not attend this year's Oscars because his visa has been officially rejected by the U.S. government.

Discussion: Variety and Business Insider

Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:

New York Times foreign correspondent Steven Myers was detained in police custody for nearly 17 hours in China, alongside photographer Gilles Sabrié — DZONGSAR MONASTERY, China — The monks, dressed in crimson robes and wielding blue plastic swords, were rehearsing a dance …

Robert Mitchell / Variety:

21st Century Fox has offered to commit to a Sky-branded news service for 10 years, up from 5, to persuade UK regulator CMA to approve takeover bid — 21st Century Fox has offered “revised undertakings” in its commitment to a Sky-branded news service. In a latest attempt to help smooth …

Discussion: Radio & Television …, Ad Age and Press Gazette

Adeshina Emmanuel / Columbia Journalism Review:

Black writer Adeshina Emmanuel's work for Chicago Reader was anchored by a racist front cover, leading him to criticize it and since-fired editor Mark Konkol — The Chicago Reader fired Executive Editor Mark Konkol on Saturday night, 17 days into his tenure.

Discussion: @tislaurapearson, @rogersparkman, @cjr, @ourmaninchicago, @public_ade and @moorehn

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

NewsMatch's October-December drive raised $4.8M from participating donors and foundations; donors gave $33M total, including gifts not covered under match terms — The non-profit news sector has been a favorite of foundation journalism philanthropy for more than a decade.

Discussion: PR Newswire

Ben Sisario / New York Times:

Sexual misconduct allegations at public radio may risk souring listener relationships, which means financial contributions may be in danger — Of all the realms of media that have been shaken by the #MeToo movement, perhaps the most surprising has been public radio, the home of virtuous journalism …

HuffPost UK:

Hindustan Times Associate Editor Aman Sethi named Editor-in-Chief of HuffPost India and will begin his new role in April — HuffPost is focused on building a unified newsroom across its 17 editions, India being one of them. — HuffPost today announced the appointment of Aman Sethi as Editor-in-Chief of HuffPost India.