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Richard Martin / Reuters:
Facebook buys exclusive rights to show major Spanish soccer league La Liga in the Indian subcontinent for the next three seasons for free — BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain's top flight soccer division La Liga announced on Tuesday a landmark deal with Facebook which will allow viewers …
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Profile of Josh Russell, an amateur troll hunter who has helped journalists and social networks identify Russian disinformation online — Bloomington, Indiana (CNN)When it comes to hobbies, Josh Russell concedes he gets a little obsessive. No matter his interest, be it videogames …
AAJA Voices:
An overview of seven pay studies from unions at US media organizations: on average, men and white people make significantly more than women and people of color — The tumult would spread to every newspaper in the industry, but it began with whispers within the confined spaces of the women's bathrooms …
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Washington Post
Graeme Mcmillan / The Verge:
Comcast's Xfinity X1 partnership with Netflix and Amazon presages a future of streaming bundles, which would be similar to the cable TV subscription model — As Xfinity's distribution deals expand, disruptors are taking up the same models as past cable companies
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@umanoid and @thinkhero
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
White House counsel Don McGahn granted new communications chief Bill Shine an ethics waiver to meet with former colleagues at Fox News — It is “in the public interest” for the White House's top communicator to be excused from federal ethics laws so he can meet with Fox News, according to President Donald Trump's top lawyer.
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Washington Post:
Sources: when Trump expressed worries that Bill Shine could be at risk because of investigation into Ailes conduct, Rupert Murdoch rang Trump to reassure him
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
A look at the clash between journalist Barrett Brown and WikiLeaks' Julian Assange which has led to a split in whistleblowers advocacy group Courage — A botched power play by Julian Assange has led to a split within a key organization supporting whistleblowers and leaves the WikiLeaks founder …
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@barryeisler, @thedailybeast and @thedailybeast
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Cale Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company:
Thrillist staff on strike today have had their work Slack accounts and email addresses deactivated, in apparent act of retaliation by Group Nine Media — Today, staff at the website Thrillist didn't go to work. This planned action was a protest over the company's failed collective bargaining attempts …
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David Beard / Poynter:
A look at LA Times' efforts to revamp its food section after beloved critic Jonathan Gold's death: recruiting permanent food editor, new voices, more — The Poynter Institute's Morning Mediawire breaks down and delivers the most important stories you need to start your day.
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LA Observed and WANE-TV
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook acquires the seven-person team and tech from startup Vidpresso to make its video more interactive — Zombie-like passive consumption of static video is both unhealthy for viewers and undifferentiated for the tech giants that power it. That's set Facebook on a mission to make video interactive …
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Vidpresso, Business Insider, The Economic Times, MSPoweruser, Engadget, VentureBeat and Variety, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
Despite complaints from a Sandy Hook parent, Automattic has not taken down content from conspiracy theorists, citing Wordpress.com's content policy — Leonard Pozner says he spends hours every day trying to erase online conspiracy theories that the death of his 6-year-old son Noah at the Sandy Hook Elementary School was a hoax.
Ren LaForme / Poynter:
Study: after Google's switch to mobile-first indexing, 71% of 10K publishers saw increased traffic, with desktop referrals falling 8%, mobile rising 10% — A shift in the way Google views and ranks web pages may be sending more traffic to news publishers in a continuation of a trend that started early last year.
Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio says Trump would not have won election if it was not for Murdoch-run businesses like Fox News and The New York Post — Bill de Blasio speaks out against Murdoch — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio thinks America would be better off if Rupert Murdoch left the news business.
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Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Outgoing UN human rights commissioner Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein says Trump's anti-press rhetoric is “very close to incitement to violence” — Exclusive: Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, who steps down this month, says US president's rhetoric echoes that of the worst eras of the 20th century
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New York Post, Politico and Contemptor
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