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Jeff Fager warned CBS correspondent Jericka Duncan in a text about reporting on claims against him: “There are people who lost their jobs trying to harm me” — NEW YORK — Jeff Fager, the longtime executive producer of “60 Minutes” who was fired on Wednesday …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Memo: 60 Minutes Executive Producer Jeff Fager is leaving CBS amid allegations of inappropriate conduct; CBS News president says Fager violated company policy
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Comparing The News & Observer's coverage of Hurricane Floyd in 1999 with staff of 250 to its coverage of Florence with staff of 65 and 7 nearby sister papers — The last time a hurricane took direct aim at North Carolina, back in 1999, the Raleigh News & Observer mobilized most of the 250 people …
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Nicholas Quah / Hot Pod News:
Panoply won't produce new podcasts and is laying off its editorial staff, though some existing shows will move to Slate, as it focuses on ad tech and hosting — (1) Panoply appears to be out of the content business. Several sources in the company inform me that, earlier this afternoon …
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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Jacob Weisberg, the chairman and editor in chief of the Slate Group, announces he is leaving the company to start an audio venture with Malcolm Gladwell — Jacob Weisberg, the chairman and editor in chief of the Slate Group, announced in a Twitter post on Wednesday that he was leaving …
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
For Curated Our Stories, Snapchat enlists 20 news partners, including CNN, Cosmopolitan, and NBC, to aggregate user-generated content in the Discover section — Snap is launching a new feature that will let media companies access public posts made by Snapchat users and package …
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Wall Street Journal:
iHeartMedia buys Stuff Media, which produces podcasts like “How Stuff Works” and “Atlanta Monster”; sources say the acquisition cost $55M — The radio giant is ramping up its investment in the fast-growing podcasting business — iHeartMedia Inc. IHRTQ -16.27% …
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Antonia Woodford / Facebook:
Facebook expands fact-checking efforts to photos and videos, targeting those that are manipulated, out of context, or presented with false audio or text — We know that people want to see accurate information on Facebook, so for the last two years, we've made fighting misinformation a priority.
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Wall Street Journal:
In interview, AT&T's Randall Stephenson says he wants to shift resources to HBO and that consumer data should help inform content decisions — Randall Stephenson wants to use customer data to help WarnerMedia pick projects, challenge internet giants — AT&T Inc.'s T 2.30% boss …
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Rob Wijnberg / The Correspondent:
Co-founder and editor in chief of De Correspondent Rob Wijnberg on the problems surrounding “real news”, as his team prepares to expand to the US — Forget fake news, a poisonous term. Real news is an even bigger problem. — This realization is what inspired me to found …
BBC:
Pussy Riot activist Pyotr Verzilov is in intensive care after falling ill following a court hearing; friends say he may have been poisoned — Pyotr Verzilov, an activist with Russian protest group Pussy Riot, is reported to have been taken to hospital in a serious condition.
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asne.org:
American Society of News Editors and Associated Press Media Editors merge to form the News Leaders Association; merger to be completed within the year — At this pivotal moment for journalism and freedom of the press, two of the most significant organizations in journalism have voted to merge and become one voice for the industry.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube Kids app adds an “older” filter for profiles of kids 8-12 and adds ability for parents to select and whitelist videos on Android, with iOS coming soon — YouTube Kids' latest update is giving parents more control over what their kids watch.
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Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Reddit says EU's copyright law is “a significant blow to the open Internet”; Wikimedia says it's disappointed by “the missed opportunity to modernize copyright” — Google declined to directly criticize the directive — Today, the European Partliament voted in favor …
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James Vincent / The Verge:
EU Parliament approves controversial internet copyright law, including Articles 11 and 13, dubbed the “link tax” and “upload filter”
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
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Instagram COO Marne Levine is moving to Facebook to become VP of global partnerships, following Dan Rose's departure — Levine is taking over all of Facebook's global partnerships. — One of Instagram's top executives is taking over one of Facebook's biggest jobs: Instagram COO Marne Levine …
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