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3:25 PM ET, November 26, 2018

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MP leading UK ‘fake news’ inquiry seizes internal Facebook documents using parliamentary legal powers — A cache of internal Facebook documents has been seized using Parliament's legal powers as MPs probe the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. — The documents are said to shed light …

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Inbox: Fox News has hired Diamond & Silk to star in a weekly commentary program for its streaming service Fox Nation. — Inbox: Fox News has hired Diamond & Silk to star in a weekly commentary program for its streaming service Fox Nation.

Max Willens / Digiday:

The Washington Post is launching a new 20-minute daily news podcast, “Post Reports”, on December 3, with the goal of reaching 1M downloads per episode — The Washington Post is rolling out its most ambitious effort in podcasting yet, joining the battle for the daily news podcast of record.

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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:

AT&T veteran Brad Bentley has been named general manager of WarnerMedia's forthcoming streaming service, while Turner's CTO takes over HBO's tech operations — Brad Bentley has been named general manager of WarnerMedia's forthcoming direct-to-consumer streaming service …

New York Times:

How Origo, a Hungarian site famous for corruption investigations, turned pro-government after its telecom parent was pushed to sell it to allies of Hungary's PM — BUDAPEST — Hungary's leading news website, Origo, had a juicy scoop: A top aide to the far-right prime minister, Viktor Orban …

Nieman Lab:

Study: fake news is rife across the developing world, with South Africans, Kenyans, and Nigerians exposed to it more than US news consumers — Concerns about “fake news” have dominated discussions about the relationship between the media and politics in the developed world in recent years.

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CNN:

Syrian radio host Raed Al Fares, who satirized President Bashar al-Assad and groups including ISIS, was shot dead on Friday alongside journalist Hamoud Junaid — (CNN)A Syrian radio host who satirized both President Bashar al-Assad and opposition insurgents including ISIS has been shot dead …

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Bryan Marquard / The Boston Globe:

Loretta McLaughlin, the Boston Globe reporter who broke the story on the Boston Strangler, has died aged 90 — It was the fourth murder “that galvanized my attention,” Loretta McLaughlin would later recall while writing about Boston's stifling summer of 1962.

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Michelle Castillo / CNBC:

Facebook's YouTube competitor Watch is pivoting to older audiences as teens tune out and the company pares down the number of shows it purchases — - Facebook's Watch, a hub for shows and premium video content, was intended to be its big competitor to YouTube.

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David Voreacos / Bloomberg:

US Department of Justice says the press has no legal right to learn whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was charged in a sealed proceeding — The news media has no legal right to learn whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was charged in a sealed proceeding, despite an inadvertent filing …

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Manhattan DA's office has decided not to charge Harvey Weinstein with financial crimes, will no longer pursue whether he used company assets to pay settlements — As Harvey Weinstein's legal woes continue, the Manhattan district attorney's office decided to not charge the disgraced producer …

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Patrick Kulp / Adweek:

NBCUniversal debuts a machine learning tool to help brands place ads around scenes relevant to their product, by analyzing scripts, CC data, visual descriptors — The tool identifies places for brands to buy spots in more opportune times — The next time you see, say …

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