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Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed News:
Fox Broadcasting Company and National Geographic are investigating Cosmos series host Neil deGrasse Tyson over allegations of sexual misconduct by three women — Fox Broadcasting Company and National Geographic are investigating astrophysicist and Cosmos host Neil deGrasse Tyson …
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Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Ahead of elections in 2019, First Draft launches CrossCheck Nigeria, a collaborative effort with 16 media orgs to debunk misinformation on WhatsApp and Facebook — With elections over in the United States and Brazil, eyes are turning toward misinformation in Nigeria.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
As Sinclair seemed to waver briefly on support of Boris Epshteyn's views, a look at some other political segments that have aired on its 191 stations — For months, Sinclair Broadcast Group fed a steady stream of news stories and commentaries favorable to conservatives and critical …
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Carl Meyer / National Observer:
Vice reporter Ben Makuch loses his case at the Supreme Court of Canada, which upholds an order to turn over his conversations with a source to the police — #87 of 87 articles from the Special Report: — Vice Media reporter Ben Makuch has lost his case at the Supreme Court of Canada …
Tavi Gevinson / Rookie:
Rookie magazine is folding, writes Editor-in-Chief Tavi Gevinson, though the site will remain up for a few more months — It is with a very full heart that I write that this is the last post on Rookie. The site will stay up for at least a few months, the shop will stay up until the end of the year, but the publication is folding.
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Sheila Dang / Reuters:
AT&T says it's considering selling its Hulu stake to help reduce its $183B debt and that WarnerMedia's streaming service will have three price tiers — (Reuters) - AT&T Inc (T.N) said on Thursday it has committed to cutting its heavy debt load next year through a variety of measures …
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Max Read / New York Magazine:
How the “Content Cycle” mirrors the infinite and sustaining water cycle, as content moves from social networks to bloggers to cable TV, and then back to social — On Thursday night, Tucker Carlson, his brow furrowed in a perfect imitation of a human facial expression …
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@max_read, @frankpasquale, @adamgurri, @paulblu, @selectall, @max_read, @sternbergh, New York Post, The Daily Caller and Fox News Insider
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Facebook is streaming Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly for free starting today in the US in an effort to drive adoption of its Watch Party feature — Facebook is playing the nostalgia card in its latest bid to drive up video viewing — and video ad sales.
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Day One: The Amazon Blog:
Apple Music will be available on Amazon Echo devices beginning the week of December 17 — Apple Music is coming to Echo devices in the coming weeks. — Music has always been one of Alexa's most popular features and today we're excited to announce that Apple Music will be available on Echo devices beginning the week of December 17.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
State-controlled outlets in autocratic countries find scapegoats other than Trump or avoid mentioning him knowing Trump's sensitivity to bad coverage — Even countries angry at the U.S. avoid insulting the volatile president. — When a tell-all book infuriated President Donald Trump last winter …
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David Bixenspan / Gizmodo:
How the risk of costly copyright litigation affects Internet Archive and lets webmasters remove archived sites without DMCA notices simply by using robots.txt — On the internet, there are certain institutions we have come to rely on daily to keep truth from becoming nebulous or elastic.
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@john_overholt, @ali and @codepo8, more at Techmeme »
The Citizen Lab:
Two Mexican journalists at a newspaper investigating cartels seem to have been targeted by the government via NSO Group's spyware after their colleague's murder — Mexican Journalists Investigating Cartels Targeted with NSO Spyware Following Assassination of Colleague
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