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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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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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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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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 …


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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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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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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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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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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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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Ofcom report: UK subscribers to Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Sky's Now TV hit 15.4M in Q1, overtaking the 15.1M traditional pay-TV subscribers for the first time — The level to which Netflix and Amazon are redefining the TV picture has hit home in the U.K. as new data from media regulator …
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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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Sources: Condé Nast is considering shutting W magazine as part of cost-reductions, with rumors of further cuts to come — Condé Nast's restructuring is still carrying on and it sounds like even more big changes are on the way. — W Magazine June/July 2016 cover featuring Cara Delevingne.