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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Fox Business condemns rhetoric of Chris Farrell, who referred to the “Soros-occupied State Department” on Lou Dobbs' show, says it won't book Farrell in future — Fox Business Network will no longer book a guest who blamed the latest migrant caravan on the “Soros-occupied State Department.”
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Andrew Liptak / The Verge:
After Pittsburgh shooting, Gab has been suspended by PayPal, Stripe, and hosting provider Joyent; Microsoft had terminated Azure agreement with Gab last month — Stripe and cloud host Joyent have indicated that they will suspend Gab's accounts — Hours after Paypal confirmed …
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Sam Byford / The Verge:
Gab.com takes its service offline after GoDaddy informed the company they had violated terms of service and had 24 hours to move the domain to another provider — Gab, the controversial social network with a far-right following, has pulled its website offline after domain provider GoDaddy gave it 24 hours to move to another service.
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Molly de Aguiar:
A look back at 15 months of projects supported by News Integrity Initiative, including work on civic dialogue, building trust, and fighting disinformation — Notes from 15 Months of Leading the News Integrity Initiative — In one of the many notebooks I filled since joining the News Integrity Initiative …
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News:
The toxic political news cycle in the US is not “broken”; it is a feature of the system that participants and online platforms have helped build — It's become routine these days to hear people describe the churning cycle of politics and news, tossed back and forth between Twitter …
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@realdonaldtrump, Washington Monthly, New York Times and Bloomberg
Noreen Malone / The Cut:
A look at how theSkimm, the daily newsletter for millennial women, went from a small two-woman operation to being delivered to 7M readers a day — In early September, the whole staff of the Skimm, a current-events newsletter aimed at millennial women, gathered on gray couches for an all-hands meeting.
Jordan Pearson / Motherboard:
A look at the tough anti-piracy approach taken by powerful companies in Canada, who are suing TVAddons, a site hosting unofficial apps for the Kodi media player — Adam Lackman ran TVAddons, a site hosting unofficial addons for Kodi media player. A legal team representing powerful telecom …
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@motherboard and @lorenzofb
Desmond Butler / Associated Press:
As a grad student, alleged Russian agent Maria Butina worked on an assignment on the cyberdefenses of non-profits championing press freedom and human rights — WASHINGTON (AP) — A year before federal prosecutors accused Maria Butina of operating as a secret agent for the Russian government …
Vincenzo La Torre / South China Morning Post:
Condé Nast International is launching Vogue in Hong Kong in spring 2019, the 26th international edition of the magazine; Desiree Au named as publisher — - Publisher says it is attracted by Hong Kong's highly educated, sophisticated readership, and scale of the city's luxury business
Andrew Gruen / Nieman Lab:
Study: of 8 nonprofit news orgs, 3 saw 20%+ decline in Facebook referrals, 2 went slightly down, 2 slightly up, and 1 up 40%+ after January's News Feed changes — On January 11, in the midst of a deepening crisis of public trust for the company, Facebook's Adam Mosseri (now head of Instagram) …
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Shorenstein Center
Rachel Abrams / New York Times:
A look at the challenges facing the CBS inquiry that will determine Moonves' severance: nondisclosure agreements, distrust, and a potential conflict of interest — The #MeToo movement may have affected the CBS Corporation more than any other mass media company over the past year.
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@nytmedia and @jimwindolf
Ofcom:
Ofcom BBC report: despite wide reach and audience satisfaction, it must work on transparency, appeal to 16-34 year olds, and maintain representative programming — This is Ofcom's first Annual Report on the BBC, covering April 2017 to March 2018. The Royal Charter requires Ofcom to publish …
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