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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Sinclair uses banner ads on affiliates' websites to point to a YouTube video criticizing Brian Stelter and CNN for a “hypocritical attack on Sinclair” — The nation's largest owner of TV stations has mounted an unusual video attack on CNN for what it calls “dishonesty and hypocrisy” …
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TV stations bought by Sinclair reduce local political coverage, increase national political coverage, and shift rightward, according to Emory researchers — In recent weeks, news anchors at local TV stations across the country have warned Americans about the “sharing of biased and false news” …
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Deadline, @carolinemcorbin, @niemanlab, @joshmccrain, AOL and Slate
Todd Spangler / Variety:
European Commission investigators raid London offices of 21st Century Fox's Fox Networks Group in broad probe of anti-competitive practices around sports rights — The London offices of 21st Century Fox's Fox Networks Group were raided by European Commission investigators Tuesday …
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Telegraph, Fortune, Bloomberg, NPR, CNBC, New York Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, Mediaite, The Wrap and Politico
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The Washington Post to test subscriber-only features, including cleaner article pages with infinite scroll, midterm elections newsletter, and an audio series — With help from Jeff Bezos' money, The Washington Post has shown the ability to hit big audience gains and grow digital subscriptions …
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@maxslaterrobins
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Joseph Otterson / Variety:
Apple is developing a TV series based on Isaac Asimov's “Foundation” book trilogy; HBO previously attempted to adapt it for screen with Westworld's co-creator — Apple is developing a drama series based on the “Foundation” book trilogy by Isaac Asimov, Variety has confirmed.
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Deadline, @jonrosenberg, TechCrunch, /Film, The A.V. Club, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Wrap and Seeking Alpha
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Twitter endorses the Honest Ads Act, a bill introduced last year to promote political ad transparency, following Facebook's endorsement of it last week — Just hours before social media companies face a regulatory reckoning with Facebook's appearance on the Hill, Twitter is taking a step to get right with Congress.
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CBS News, Sunlight Foundation, @policy, VentureBeat, CNN, Engadget, @sunfoundation, @martyswant, @steveespaulding, @loopemma, @sarafischer, @markwarner, Axios, @policy, Seeking Alpha and @aabramson, more at Techmeme »
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Sen. Ted Cruz cited Diamond and Silk, two Trump fans with 1.4M followers whose videos were deemed unsafe, as an example of Facebook's anti-conservative bias — Two sisters famous for praising President Trump say Facebook has deemed their videos dangerous. — Lynette Hardaway …
Matt Weinberger / Business Insider:
In his Congress testimony on Tues, Mark Zuckerberg rejected a conventional piece of Silicon Valley wisdom: that platforms aren't responsible for content posted — - Mark Zuckerberg told US Congress that “I agree we are responsible for the content” on Facebook.
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U.S. Senator Ed Markey …, The Drum and AOL, more at Techmeme »
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Sinclair CEO David Smith says he told Trump “we are here to deliver your message” during campaign but that he made a similar offer to the Clinton camp — The rightwing broadcaster met Trump at the White House to pitch a potentially lucrative new product to officials
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Wall Street Journal, Variety, HuffPost, @emilybell, @edpilkington, The Wrap and CNNMoney
Leonard Pitts Jr / Miami Herald:
Activist and journalist Shaun King was detained at JFK airport by US Customs and Border Patrol, in what appears to have been an act of political intimidation — Shaun King is a controversial guy. — As an activist and journalist, he's been prominent in the Black Lives Matter movement …
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@leonardpittsjr1 and @marcacaputo
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Bloomberg's TicToc, its Twitter video news service, will launch a podcast, audio news digest, and a newsletter next month — Now that Bloomberg's new live Twitter network TicToc has taken off, it's expanding its brand into more direct-to-consumer offerings, like podcasts, audio digests and a newsletter, launching later this month.
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TVNewser
Jeff Beer / Fast Company:
Ad companies team up to create the Advertising Protection Bureau to have more leverage in demanding accountability from media platforms for ad placement — IPG Mediabrands' UM appoints its first chief brand safety officer and teams with others in the industry to launch the Advertiser Protection Bureau.
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