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Daniel Victor / New York Times:
NBC cancelled comedian Norm Macdonald's appearance on “The Tonight Show” following comments he made defending Louis C.K., others — NBC canceled Norm Macdonald's appearance on “The Tonight Show” Tuesday after he made comments defending several entertainers accused of wrongdoing …
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Hollywood Reporter, @sarahclapp, Consequence of Sound and Slate
James Vincent / The Verge:
EU Parliament approves controversial internet copyright law, including Articles 11 and 13, dubbed the “link tax” and “upload filter” — Key provisions were amended to reduce potential harm, but critics say vote is ‘catastrophic’ — The European Parliament has voted …
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Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
Under the EU's new copyright directive, streaming services like Amazon and Netflix will be forced to pay higher copyright fees to filmmakers — The European Parliament passed a wide-ranging digital copyright directive Wednesday that will give film and TV writers and directors the possibility …
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VentureBeat and Fortune
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Before EU's top court, the EU's executive arm joined Google in opposing expanding “right to be forgotten” beyond EU; a non-binding court opinion expected Dec 11 — European Commission argued that a global application would stretch privacy laws beyond their intended scope
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
ThinkProgress alleges censorship after its story on Kavanaugh's approach to abortion was deemed “false” by the Weekly Standard, a Facebook fact-checking partner — Last year, Facebook announced that it would partner with The Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine, to “fact check” …
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Rani Molla / Recode:
A look at the rising prevalence of Amazon ads, as report suggests share of Amazon product page views that came from sponsored ads has roughly doubled YoY to 8% — And they seem to be working. — If it feels as though Amazon's site is increasingly stuffed with ads, that's because it is.
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Fast Company, @ranimolla, @sub8u and @carnage4life, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
US political candidates, especially those running against better-financed rivals and first time candidates, turn to viral videos over expensive advertising — These are not the stories that candidates usually turn to the camera and open up about in ads. — One talked about her father's …
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Broadly and The Daily Beast
Melissa Rafferty / KAJ-TV:
Staff at Missoula's weekly independent newspaper, Missoula Independent, have been told the paper is being shut down by Lee Enterprises as of September 11 — MISSOULA - The presses shuttered to a halt Tuesday morning at Missoula's weekly independent newspaper.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Bustle owner Bryan Goldberg has hired Amanda Hale, former chief revenue officer of The Outline, as publisher of the relaunched Gawker, likely coming early 2019 — Amanda Hale hired as publisher for new iteration of the media gossip blog — Gawker will rise from the ashes in a new iteration …
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Alex Ritman / Hollywood Reporter:
The BBC is launching a weekly news show on Facebook Watch, “Cut Through the Noise”, in the US in late 2018, presented mainly from its DC bureau — ‘Cut Through the Noise’ will be the first news program on Facebook's on-demand service from a non-U.S publisher. — BBC News is heading to Facebook Watch.
Matt Tullis / The Daily Beast:
How journalism school professors are changing classes in response to Trump: focus on variety of stories, ensure student safety, and focus on accuracy — We—and when I say we, I mean the pros, the students, the professors—are here for a reason. — When I worked as a features reporter …
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@matttullis, @michaelkruse and @jimlaporta
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
EU proposes massive fines for online tech firms of up to 4% of worldwide revenue for the previous year, if they fail to remove terrorist content within one hour — Proposed legislation would require tech firms to remove terrorist content within one hour — The European Union …
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