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At a meeting with Facebook, HuffPost EIC Lydia Polgreen and BuzzFeed News EIC Ben Smith criticized the social network's one-sided deference to conservatives — Critique comes just before social-media executives are to appear before House committee — At a private meeting late last week …
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
In a hearing, Facebook, Alphabet, and Twitter tell House Judiciary Committee that they are not discriminating against content for political reasons — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O), Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) told a U.S. House panel on Tuesday …
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Nick Statt / The Verge:
A reporter posing as a Dublin Facebook moderator found that pages from far-right groups face looser content standards; Facebook vows to improve its training — A new documentary details how third-party Facebook moderators ignore the company's rules — An investigative journalist …
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Victoria Kim / Los Angeles Times:
Judge lifts order he had imposed forcing LA Times to delete information it had published from a sealed plea deal that was made public by mistake — A federal judge Tuesday lifted a controversial order requiring the Los Angeles Times to remove information in an article about a former Glendale …
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
FCC opposition to Sinclair-Tribune deal is another regulatory win for Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox, also boosted by DOJ antipathy to AT&T-Time Warner deal — - FCC questions legality of Tribune purchase, calls for hearing — Fox chairman has benefited from Trump administration moves
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Sean Burch / The Wrap:
In internal email, Tribune Media CEO Peter Kern expresses disappointment at decision by FCC's Pai, says it creates “more uncertainty” about merger — Tribune Media chief executive Peter Kern said he is “disappointed” the FCC is looking into stopping its $3.9 billion merger …
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Margaret Harding McGill / Politico:
Sources: Sinclair largely lost the good will of FCC Commissioner Pai by refusing to listen to the agency's concerns about station spin-offs
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Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Sources: Walmart is considering launching a subscription streaming video service that would undercut Netflix and Amazon Prime Video on price — Walmart is considering launching a subscription streaming video service to compete with Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, people familiar with the situation told The Information.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Snap partners with NewsWhip, Storyful, SAM Desk, and TagBoard to help journalists better mine the billions of public videos and photos shared on its app — Snapchat is launching a news partnership initiative with the goal of helping journalists and news organizations better mine the billions …
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Anna Marie de la Fuente / Variety:
Univision's Chief Content Officer Isaac Lee is leaving the company to set up his own TV production business — In another shakeup at Univision, Isaac Lee, chief content officer of the Spanish-language giant and its longtime programming supplier and shareholder, Televisa, is leaving the company as of today.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCUniversal relaunches its Craftsy network as Bluprint, a streaming subscription service with how-to videos, costing $14.99 per month — NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment is rebranding its Craftsy learning video network as “Bluprint,” a subscription VOD service expanding beyond crafting how-tos to multiple lifestyle categories.
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Kristen Chick / Columbia Journalism Review:
Photojournalists say a male-dominated industry, reliance on freelancers, as well as feelings of shame allow sexual harassment to proliferate — When Vox revealed in late January that Patrick Witty left National Geographic, where he was deputy director of photography, after an investigation …
Reuters:
Egypt's new law allows state to block social media accounts and blogs with 5K+ followers on sites like Facebook and Twitter, requires licenses for new websites — CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's parliament has passed a law giving the state powers to block social media accounts and penalize journalists held to be publishing fake news.
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