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New York Times obituaries now feature Overlooked, a series on women and people of color who hadn't received obituaries when they died, starting with 15 women — The poet Sylvia Plath and the novelist Charlotte Brontë. Ida B. Wells, the anti-lynching activist.
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Iron Man director Jon Favreau to write and produce a live-action Star Wars series for Disney's new streaming service — The director of Iron Man and The Jungle Book will helm the series for Disney's new direct-to-consumer platform. — Lucasfilm is excited to announce that Emmy-nominated producer …
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Maria Temming / Science News:
Study of 4.5M+ tweets from 2006 to 2017 confirms inaccurate news spreads faster and further than true stories, and humans, not bots, are primarily to blame — An analysis of 4.5 million tweets shows falsehoods are 70 percent more likely to get shared — There's been a lot of talk …
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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Google says it is taking the lessons it has learned from AMP and is applying them to web standards that could allow instant loading for non-AMP web content — Can the most contentious piece of the web form the basis of a new standard? — In a blog post today, Google is announcing …
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Wall Street Journal:
Analysis shows that IRA-backed trolls flooded social media to oppose Romney as a possible secretary of state, following claims that Russia was opposed to him — Online campaign targeted the ex-GOP nominee as Donald Trump considered him in late 2016 — Weeks after Donald Trump was elected president …
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Reporters Without Borders:
Egyptian prosecutors seek death sentence for photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, who was arrested in 2013 during an anti-government protest while on assignment — Organisation — RSF_en — Prosecutors have requested a death sentence for Mahmoud Abou Zeid, an Egyptian photojournalist known …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube TV renews MLB marketing deal and adds MLB Network to channel lineup, will sponsor 2018 and 2019 World Series — YouTube TV adds MLB Network to channel lineup under expanded deal — YouTube is back in Major League Baseball's clubhouse with an expanded marketing deal that makes YouTube TV …
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The Guardian:
Sri Lankan authorities block access to Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other social media services in an attempt to curb anti-Muslim violence — Reports of attack on Buddhist temple sparks anti-Muslim riots in Kandy district — Michael Safi in Colombo and Amantha Perera
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sources: local TV anchors at Sinclair stations are concerned about mandatory on-air corporate promos that claim national media outlets publish fake news — “This is so manipulative.” — That's an anchor at a local TV station owned by Sinclair, describing the company's latest mandate …
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David Beard / Poynter:
Brandy Zadrozny, a librarian and researcher at The Daily Beast who uncovered Russia's troll farm, Eric Trump's charity, moves to NBC News as a national reporter — Earlier in this decade, Brandy Zadrozny had been happy in Vermont, baking pies, cross-country skiing, working at the Burlington Public Library …
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David McCabe / Axios:
Lobbying group that includes Twitter, Reddit, and Automattic asks for changes to anti-sex-trafficking bill to make it easier for smaller companies to implement — A group of web companies including Twitter, Reddit and Yelp are mounting a last-ditch effort to modify an anti-trafficking bill …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Lester Holt on changes to news broadcasts: focus is on scoops, exclusive interviews, and on-site reporting, given that viewers already know the day's news — Even as NBC News takes a moment to celebrate the history of its flagship evening newscast, Lester Holt says he's ready to keep covering the history of the modern world.
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Netflix data shows that while only 25% of users sign up on TVs, most viewing, ~45% after one month and 70% after six months, happens on TVs — Most Netflix subscribers sign up on phones or computers. But 70 percent of viewing happens on TVs. — You can watch Netflix in almost every country in the world, on any device you want.
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