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Sources: Barack and Michelle Obama are in advanced talks with Netflix to produce a series of exclusive shows, possibly highlighting inspirational stories — WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama is in advanced negotiations with Netflix to produce a series of high-profile shows …
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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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Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Netflix buys rights to Extreme Universe comics from Rob Liefeld, creator of Deadpool, in a seven-figure deal — EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has bet big on the Extreme Universe of graphic novel characters hatched by Rob Liefeld, whose disruptive Deadpool creation was the blockbuster movie surprise of 2016.
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Sources: Jared Kushner talked to David Brock and Univision chair Haim Saban about buying New York Observer in January 2017; source says $20M price ended talks — Just days before heading to a West Wing job, Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was secretly engaged in talks to sell …
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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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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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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Fox News settles suit with Diana Falzone, who said she was demoted after writing about her medical disorder; lawyer says she has left the company — Diana Falzone, a reporter who covered entertainment and issues related to sexual harassment, has settled a lawsuit with Fox News and left the company …
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
How WGBH uses volunteers and gamification to transcribe and tag metadata on thousands of hours of public radio and television to secure a reliable archive — It might not be the sexiest journalism innovation, but WGBH is hoping to keep public radio and public television's massive archives alive …
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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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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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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Reuters:
Turkish court sentences 25 journalists to prison on charges of aiding or being members of an armed terrorist organization, linking them to a failed 2016 coup — ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced 25 journalists to jail for allegedly aiding the network that Turkey accuses …
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