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Senate report: Instagram dwarfs all social networks in Russia's IRA posts and engagements, yet Facebook execs have not been upfront about this — - Document prepared for Senate Intelligence evaluates posts — Instagram tops Facebook in IRA posts and unique engagements
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Report prepared for the Senate analyzes Russian disinformation that supported Trump across millions of posts on YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, and more
Report prepared for the Senate analyzes Russian disinformation that supported Trump across millions of posts on YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, and more
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Trump adviser Roger Stone settles $100M defamation lawsuit brought by Chinese businessman over claims he made on InfoWars, admits making false statements — Trump adviser made the admission in settling a defamation suit brought against him by an exiled Chinese businessman
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
It's time for the media to stop amplifying lies from Kellyanne Conway and to quit repeating falsehoods in tweets and alerts just because the president said them — Lies are coming at the American public in torrents — raining down on them everywhere they turn.
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Tampa Bay Times:
The charitable trust of Nelson Poynter's 92-year-old widow is suing Tampa Bay Times parent company Times Publishing Co., claiming it's owed millions — The charitable trust benefitting the 92-year-old widow of Nelson Poynter has sued Times Publishing Co. in federal court, claiming it is owed millions of dollars.
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:
A former Wisconsin police sergeant is suing Netflix and the filmmakers behind the “Making A Murderer” series over his portrayal in it — Andrew Colburn, a former police sergeant in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, has sued the filmmakers of “Making a Murderer” as well as Netflix …
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Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
CBS board completes investigation of Les Moonves, says grounds to terminate exist, and he will not receive his $120M severance pay — Former CBS CEO Les Moonves will not receive severance pay following a sexual misconduct probe, the company's board of directors announced Monday evening.
Stewart Clarke / Variety:
BBC Names Fiona Campbell as New Head of Online Channel BBC Three — The BBC has named Fiona Campbell the new boss of its youth-skewing online channel, BBC Three, replacing outgoing controller Damian Kavanagh, who is leaving in the new year to run Endemol Shine-owned producer Tiger Aspect.
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
NPR's podcast measurement technology RAD has sparked debate within the industry, with Overcast's Marco Arment expressing concerns about tracking and privacy — Until recently, it hasn't been easy to measure the success of podcasts, beyond how many people download them …
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Ancestry.com becomes the sixth company to pull ads from Tucker Carlson's Fox News show, following comments he made about immigrants last week — The host claimed on Monday night that he is “not intimidated” by the backlash and stands by what he said last week.
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
To drive subscribers to Fox Nation, its new streaming service, Fox is adding membership-type benefits like access to life events, discount on merchandise, more — Fox News is taking a membership approach to its new subscription video product, Fox Nation. — Launched in late November …
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed the league is interested in acquiring Fox's regional sports networks, which Disney is required to divest after 21CF deal — MLB commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed the league's interest in acquiring the regional sports networks (RSN) …
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Reporters Without Borders:
RSF: number of journalists killed increased 15% YoY in 2018 to 63, with the US joining the list of the deadliest countries for the press — Organisation — RSF_en — A total of 80 journalists were killed this year, 348 are currently in prison, and 60 are being held hostage …
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Max Read / New York Magazine:
PewDiePie has used YouTube to promote anti-Semitic content and uttered racist slurs but the site's culture means he will remain popular, with 75M+ subscribers — Last week, the Swedish YouTube star Felix Kjellberg, known to his fans as PewDiePie, uploaded an edition of “Pew News,” …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
A branded content section of WSJ's website was hacked on Monday, with a message posted praising YouTuber PewDiePie; he later tweeted a link to the page himself
A branded content section of WSJ's website was hacked on Monday, with a message posted praising YouTuber PewDiePie; he later tweeted a link to the page himself
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