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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed News:
Sources: Bloomberg reporters express concern after Michael Bloomberg said his company might not cover politics if he ran for president — Reporters at Bloomberg News are on edge after their boss announced that if he chooses to run for president in 2020 — a decision he will have to finalize relatively soon …
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A draft report for CBS board says separation between 60 Minutes and CBS News permitted misconduct by some employees and that Jeff Fager's firing was justified — For decades, “60 Minutes” has reigned at the top of television news, bringing in hundreds of journalistic awards …
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Nicole Chavez / CNN:
NYPD is investigating a bomb threat near CNN's NYC offices in the Time Warner Center, which were evacuated after a phoned bomb threat — (CNN)CNN's New York offices and studios have been evacuated due to a phoned bomb threat, the company said. — Several fire alarm bells rang inside CNN's …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Google launches a personalized audio news feed on Google Assistant using Google News in the US and releases specs for publishers for single-topic audio stories — People like smart speakers, but there are a lot of things they don't like about news on smart speakers.
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Robin Emmott / Reuters:
European Union proposes a plan to help EU member states recognize disinformation campaigns and increases budget for disinformation detection to €5M from €1.9M — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive proposed on Wednesday spending more money to counter fake news on the Internet …
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Reddit says it now gets 1.4B native video views per month and serves 13M+ hours of video monthly, up 38% since the beginning of 2018 — Community highlights, best-of's and the top trends for the year ahead — This time of year, there are recaps and best-ofs a-plenty …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Weekly Standard is dying so its patron, Philip Anschutz, can strengthen his other conservative political publication, the Washington Examiner — Its Never-Trump crusade violated the first commandment of political magazines: Keep your rich owner happy. — Political magazines depend …
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Sarah Clark Schiff / Facebook:
Facebook to launch political ad library for India in early 2019, requiring political advertisers to confirm identity/location, exempts eligible news publishers — It's important that people know more about the ads they see — especially those that reference political figures, political parties, elections, and legislation.
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BuzzFeed News:
An imposter Facebook account spread early misinformation about the Honduran migrant caravan; Facebook has deactivated it, declines to give account details — Days before the migrant caravan left Honduras, a fake Facebook account was used to try to bolster its numbers.
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Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Poynter's International Fact-Checking Network launches a three episode podcast, (Mis)informed, about fact-checking and fake news — Who is fact-checking for? How can reporters avoid amplifying bogus claims? And is fact-checking even the best way to fight online fakery?
Lux Alptraum / The Verge:
Tumblr's initial embrace of pornography helped it grow users, but it has since been phased out following Yahoo acquisition — When censoring sex becomes preferable to acknowledging its existence — About a decade ago, I met up with Tumblr founder David Karp at a SoHo coffee shop.
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
MoviePass is introducing three new plans offering three movies/month, but with restrictions, in Jan, as subscribers decline and cash flow remains problematic — LOS ANGELES — The last year has been a roller coaster with 20 loops for MoviePass and its customers.
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