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Cindy Chang / Los Angeles Times:
Judge orders LA Times to remove details from a story about a sealed plea agreement made public by mistake on PACER; LAT does so but plans to contest order — A federal judge on Saturday ordered the Los Angeles Times to remove information from an article that described a plea agreement between prosecutors …
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Sacha Baron Cohen's Who Is America? aims to be a foil to the extremes in US politics and media, which traditional outlets struggle to cover because of trolls — Sacha Baron Cohen — a consummate troll himself — is a perfect foil to the current political climate of grift and trolling.
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Christine Emba / Washington Post:
The removal of Daniella Greenbaum's article from Business Insider doesn't mean mobs are threatening free speech; cultural sensitivity is just common courtesy — Which beleaguered free-speech champion is being silenced today? — As it happens, it's writer Daniella Greenbaum, a former columnist for the website Business Insider.
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Daniella Greenbaum / Washington Post:
As the policing of speech, largely by mobs on social media, becomes normalized, the would-be targets of censorship must reject the notion of “acceptable” views — Daniella Greenbaum is a writer living in New York. — As an opinion columnist for Business Insider until my resignation Thursday …
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Aaron Hicklin / Out Magazine:
After intense criticism for accepting a role as a transgender man in the move Rub & Tug, Scarlett Johansson withdraws from the role
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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Profile of UK Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham, who gave Facebook a £500K fine over Cambridge Analytica and is investigating data misuse during Brexit — With the publication of an interim report on her investigation into the Brexit referendum, the information commissioner …
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Pew Research Center:
Overview of public databases and studies details continued growth of online radio and podcasting, shows that audience and economics of AM/FM radio remain steady — MORE FACT SHEETS: STATE OF THE NEWS MEDIA — The audio news sector in the United States is split by modes of delivery …
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
White House cancels CNN interview with National Security Advisor John Bolton after interaction between Trump and CNN's Jim Acosta at UK press conference — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Saturday that the White House decided to cancel an interview between CNN …
Emily Dreyfuss / Wired:
ThinkProgress founder and EIC Judd Legum explains why he is leaving his current job to launch a paid political newsletter Popular Information — ONE OF THE few things people agree on in 2018 is that the news industry is broken. The old business models don't work.
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Judd Slivka / Nieman Lab:
A proposed law would make it a civil offense to fly drones over private property below 200 feet without permission, even if newsworthy events are occurring — Imagine if a news photographer at a football game had to get permission from every single person in the stadium before taking a single shot …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
China Internet Report: Tencent News and Toutiao have the most monthly active users among news apps, with an average user spending 73 minutes per day on Toutiao — Internet penetration in China is at around just under 56 percent, according to a report released this year by the Chinese internet …
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The Verge:
DOJ's appeal against AT&T-Time Warner merger probably won't succeed but the appeal itself could have a chilling effect on vertical merger bids in the short term — It probably won't succeed, but it could still put companies on notice — Yesterday, the Department of Justice appealed …
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Sources: Billboard CEO John Amato was forced to resign after sexual harassment and other misconduct complaints by several employees against him personally — The CEO of Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter was pushed out earlier this week after a private internal investigation raised concerns …
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