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Associated Press:
Father of Florida shooting survivor admits altering an email from CNN that was sent to other news outlets amid controversy but says it wasn't on purpose — Last week's televised town hall on guns and school safety has led to finger-pointing by the father of a Florida school shooting survivor and CNN.
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Mike Shields / Business Insider:
Little Things, a publisher with 12M Facebook followers that focused on feel-good news and videos, is shutting down, says algorithm changes cut traffic by 75%+ — - The digital publisher LittleThings is shutting down. — The company was one of a group of media company that had quickly amassed a big following on Facebook.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Infowars says YouTube gave it a second strike for Florida shooting videos, says it can't post new content for 2 weeks; 3 strikes in 3 months would close account — Conspiracy theory outlet Infowars is one strike away from being banned from YouTube. — The channel said it received an alert …
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@moorehn, Jezebel, @willsommer, @willsommer, @willsommer, Axios, The Daily Beast, Mashable, Gizmodo and @willsommer
John Schwartz / New York Times:
Inside the 10-month partnership between NYT and Times-Picayune covering coastal erosion and sea-level rise, NYT's first collaboration with a local news outlet — Just before the 2016 presidential election, Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The New York Times, gave an interview that touched …
John Shinal / CNBC:
Facebook VP Andrew Bosworth shares chart that shows the Trump campaign paid slightly higher CPM prices compared to Clinton in 2016 election, disputing reports — - Facebook executive Andrew Bosworth shared a tweet showing that President Trump paid more than Hillary Clinton did to reach users on the platform during the 2016 election.
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Alex Ritman / Hollywood Reporter:
London police are investigating a complaint of sexual assault against Harvey Weinstein from a 10th alleged victim; the incident reportedly happened in mid-1990s — London's Scotland Yard now has 15 accusations of sexual assault lodged against the disgraced producer dating back to the early '80s.
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
India-based music streaming service Gaana raises $115M led by Tencent for creating more personalized services and features for listeners using AI — Chinese internet giant Tencent is continuing to put its money in India and in music streaming services after it agreed to lead a $115 million investment in India's Gaana.
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MediaNama, Livemint, Yourstory and The Economic Times, more at Techmeme »
The Wrap:
Roku rejects protesters' demand that it drop NRAtv, says it does not “curate or censor based on viewpoint” — #DumpNRATV campaign also targets Apple, Google and Amazon — A groundswell of online supporters are pushing several major tech companies, including Apple and Google …
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Hollywood Reporter, Business Insider and Techdirt
Quinn Norton / The Atlantic:
How social media created and attacked a version of myself that lacked context after The New York Times hired, and then fired, me for its editorial board — The day before Valentine's Day, social media created a bizarro-world version of me. I have seen strange ideas about me online before …
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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Twitter DMs show Trump confidant Roger Stone and WikiLeaks communicated directly in October and November 2016, contrary to their denials in 2017 — On March 17, 2017, WikiLeaks tweeted that it had never communicated with Roger Stone, a longtime confidante and informal adviser to President Donald Trump.
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@natashabertrand, @natashabertrand, @neeratanden, Mediaite and @kpoulsen
Bloomberg:
Baidu's video streaming service iQiyi files for US IPO with $1.5B placeholder target, reports suggest it's aiming for a public market valuation of ~$10B — IQiyi is working with Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, BofA — Chinese IPOs expected for 2018 include Xiaomi, Tencent Music
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CNNMoney, BBC, Hollywood Reporter, Channel NewsAsia, Reuters, NASDAQ.com and South China Morning Post
Cliff Kuang / Co.Design:
Knight study of 45M tweets examines how Asian Americans, African Americans, and feminists interact with media, with “hate-tweeting” often fueling sharing — Not only is hate-tweeting articles a real thing, it may be the dominant mode for how minorities talk about media coverage …
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@fastcodesign, @ftrain, Adweek, @jdesmondharris, The Root, @dfreelon, @dfreelon, Informed and Engaged, Knight Foundation and Digital Trends
Sonam Rai / Reuters:
Discovery Communications had a net loss of $1.14B in Q4, says it expects to close $14.6B acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive by end of Q1 2018 — (Reuters) - Discovery Communications Inc's (DISCA.O) revenue topped analysts' forecasts in the fourth quarter as the owner of Discovery Channel …
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