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Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Inside an investigation of an execution video by the BBC's Eye on Africa, which used a Twitter thread with video, images, and animations to tell the story — Digital media has made it easier than ever for malicious actors to distribute fake news, including video, but at the same time …
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@bbcafrica, @jamiejbartlett, @risj_oxford, @cjr, @ifjglobal, @jane__bradley, @ruliharahap, @jane__bradley, @ms_zamandlovu, ModernGhana News, CBC News and BBC
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Janice Min, the former co-president of The Hollywood Reporter, is joining Jeffrey Katzenberg's mobile video startup NewTV — Janice Min, the former co-president of The Hollywood Reporter, is joining Jeffrey Katzenberg's mobile video startup NewTV. — Min, the former US Weekly editor …
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@janicemin, The Wrap, Variety, New York Post, @megwhitman and @dylanbyers
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
The New Yorker has faced criticism, mainly from Fox News and other conservative news outlets, over its story on Judge Kavanaugh's latest accuser — The magazine faced questions from conservative and mainstream outlets about the lack of corroborating eye-witnesses to support a new claim about Kavanaugh's college behavior.
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The Intercept, Mediaite, New York Times, The Week, KXAN-TV, Media Matters for America, @janemayernyer and KUT Austin
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Amazon taps Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer as the first all-female team to call NFL games, as one of four audio options for games streamed to Prime subscribers — Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer will become the first female announcing team to cover an NFL game this Thursday …
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Variety, Business Wire, MediaPost, Los Angeles Times, Sports Illustrated and The Week
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Facebook removes 12+ partisan pages used by fake accounts to spam 30M+ fans with links to LifeZette.com, founded and still partially owned by Laura Ingraham — Facebook has removed over a dozen American hyperpartisan liberal and conservative pages with more than 30 million combined fans …
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Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Cara Buckley / @caranyt:
110 New York Review of Books contributors sign letter protesting firing of Editor Ian Buruma, claiming it was an “abandonment” of NYRB's central mission — 1/ Just received email of letter from 110 NYRB contributors protesting firing of Ian Buruma “His dismissal in these circumstances strikes us as an abandonment of the central mission of the Review, which is the free exploration of ideas.” pic.twitter.com/XI84Fkwrob
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The Guardian, New York Times, The Atlantic, Gothamist, @jamessurowiecki, Jezebel, @sarahw, @jeffvandermeer, @andreagrimes, @katja_thieme, @atrios, @indrapramitdas, @gwenbenaway, @coldwarscience, @rwetzler, @davidklion, @blackamazon, @juliacarriew, @onlxn, @king_kaufman, @biblioracle, @maura, @bentarnoff and @egabbert
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Nicholas Quah / Vulture:
Over 1.4M people downloaded each of the first two episodes of Serial Season 3 within 14 hours of them going online, making it the podcast's biggest debut yet — When Serial returned with its highly anticipated third season last Thursday, dropping two episodes to kick off an ambitious journey …
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Nieman Lab, Fortune and The A.V. Club
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Amazon, which uses Wikipedia as a source for answers on Alexa, donates $1M to the Wikimedia Endowment — Back in March, we asked the question “Are corporations that use Wikipedia giving back?” The answer was kind of, sort of, with one key exception, noting, “Apple, Facebook …
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Wikimedia Foundation, @timbray, @davezatz and CNET
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The News Media Association, which represents British newspapers including The Guardian, has called on the UK govt to levy a tax on tech giants to fund the press — News Media Association says Google and Facebook should fund the journalism from which they profit
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@netopiaforum, @jayrosen_nyu, @davidshepardson, @redlightvoices, @justinhendrix, @nikhewitt, @jimwaterson, Mashable and Engadget
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Ken Werner, president of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, will retire from his role at the end of the year — by , Nellie Andreeva tip and , Denise Petski — Ken Werner, a TV veteran and one of the most seasoned syndication executives in the business, will retire at the end …
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Broadcasting & Cable, Broadcasting & Cable and Variety
Bryn Elise Sandberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Hollywood producers have complained to the Producers Guild against Netflix, over its practice of giving its execs EP credits on films and shows — With frustrations building in the creative community, the streaming service has quietly softened its unusual crediting practice …
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@thrmattbelloni and TV Tattle
Anne Davies / The Guardian:
How the culture of News Corp might change under Lachlan Murdoch, who is said to be more conservative than his father but has a different management style — In the final part of this series, we examine the forces likely to shape Australia's Murdoch news empire post-Rupert
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