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Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing:
Readers object after The New York Times drops bylines from stories on its homepage amid a redesign — They're still on the stories' own URLs, but are gone from the homepage. Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter at the Times, points out: “But names of OP-ED writers still there.”
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
In a divided, disbelieving nation, Trump's years-long campaign to undermine the media and truth itself could pay off now amid the Manafort and Cohen cases — Don't believe your eyes and ears. Believe only me. — That has been President Trump's message to the public for the past two years …
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Variety:
John Lithgow will play Roger Ailes in movie about the ex-Fox News chief while Russell Crowe takes on same role in Showtime's adaptation of Gabe Sherman's book — John Lithgow will play Roger Ailes, the Fox News chief who masterfully exploited the country's political divisions to rise …
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Facebook removes 652 Pages, groups, and accounts on Facebook and Instagram after a FireEye tip led it to investigate inauthentic behavior out of Iran and Russia — Today we removed multiple Pages, groups and accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram.
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Bros. TV has poached Jessica Jones creator and showrunner Melissa Rosenberg from Netflix with an eight-figure deal — Melissa Rosenberg will depart the Netflix Marvel drama after season three to create and develop new projects for the indie studio. — Melissa Rosenberg is on the move.
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Shirley Halperin / Variety:
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith tells Trump to stop playing his songs at rallies, citing the Lanham Act affecting trademarks; he first told Trump to stop in 2015 — Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler is demanding President Donald Trump stop using the band's songs at rallies, like the one held …
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
From 2010 to 2018, The Seattle Times raised $4M+ through a mix of funding and donations from foundations, corporations, and non-profits — This piece originally appeared in Local Edition, our newsletter following the digital transformation of local news. Want to be part of the conversation?
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Memo: Business Insider's politics, news, and military/defense teams being moved to Insider team, as Business Insider refocuses on business beat — Business Insider has over the past three years expanded outside of its core business coverage to general interest news, and now it's reorganizing to reflect that shift.
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Eric Johnson / Recode:
Senator Ron Wyden says there should be “consequences” for social networks that fail to remove people like Alex Jones — Jones and his conspiracy-minded site Infowars have long since “blown past the bounds of common decency,” Wyden says. — Since 2016, everything …
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Mic forms Mic Productions, focused on developing and selling longer-form video projects to streaming platforms and TV networks — Starting with Facebook Watch, millennial-focused news publisher Mic is going long by producing exclusive and licensed shows for streaming video platforms.
Charisse Jones / USA Today:
Walmart partners with Rakuten Kobo to launch Walmart eBooks, with a catalog of 6M+ titles and a $9.99/month Audible-like subscription service for audiobooks — Walmart ratcheted up its battle with Amazon, planting a stake on the e-commerce giant's turf by selling e-books for the first time.
Michael Barthel / Pew Research Center:
Pew Research says audiences for nearly every major section of the US news media fell in 2017, with radio the only exception — Every year since 2004, Pew Research Center has issued an annual assessment of the state of the news media that tracks key audience and economic indicators for a variety …
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