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Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter:
District court judge rules in BuzzFeed's favor in lawsuit from tech exec Aleksej Gubarev after publication of Steele dossier, citing the fair report privilege — The outlet can't evade a defamation claim from Aleksej Gubarev by arguing he must show actual malice.
Medium:
Two residents of Fergus Falls, MN, detail what Claas Relotius of Der Spiegel fabricated or got wrong when he visited to write about US rural support of Trump — In February 2017, my husband and I attended a concert at our local theater, and were sipping some wine in the lobby before the show started.
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Spiegel Online:
Der Spiegel says editor and reporter Claas Relotius partially or wholly fabricated at least 14 articles, including some that were nominated for or won awards — In recent years, DER SPIEGEL published just under 60 articles by reporter and editor Claas Relotius.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Bloomberg is expanding TicToc beyond Twitter, adding the general news video service to airport screens in the US and Canada and planning its own platform for Q1 — Bloomberg Media thinks its one-year-old TicToc news brand has cracked the code on delivering bite-size chunks of news and analysis …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Ad boycotts of Tucker Carlson Tonight were inevitable after people publicly objected to racist messages and Fox News abdicated its role of supervising a host — In October, Tucker Carlson boasted about how he could say anything he wants to say on his prime-time Fox News program …
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Ime Archibong / Facebook:
Facebook confirms Spotify, Netflix, Dropbox, and RBC had read/write/delete access for messaging integrations, says it was experimental and ended three years ago — In the past day, we've been accused of disclosing people's private messages to partners without their knowledge.
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Konstantinos Papamiltiadis / Facebook:
Facebook says it shared data with integration partners only when users signed in with their Facebook accounts to access features on other platforms, devices
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New York Times:
Documents show Facebook gave ~150 companies, including NYT, Yahoo, and other media access to more user data than disclosed; FB says it didn't violate FTC decree
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Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:
Sources: T-Mobile is delaying the launch of its TV service, which was planned for this year, after the project proved more complex than expected — - Carrier has been touting project as a way to disrupt cable TV — Delay comes at awkward time for Sprint deal's regulatory push
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Eliza Dushku / The Boston Globe:
Eliza Dushku says Michael Weatherly bragged about ties with Les Moonves and says her manager was told Dushku would be “out of the business” if she sued CBS — The narrative propagated by CBS, actor Michael Weatherly, and writer-producer Glenn Gordon Caron is deceptive …
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WNYC News:
Laura Walker, New York Public Radio president since 1996, is stepping down when her contract expires in June after a tumultuous year for the organization — Longtime New York Public Radio President Laura R. Walker will step down next year. In a letter emailed to staff, Walker said she and the Board …
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Ofcom:
Britain's Ofcom finds RT guilty of seven breaches of broadcasting rules by failing to preserve impartiality and is considering sanctions — Ofcom has today found that the RT news channel broke broadcasting rules by failing to preserve due impartiality in seven news and current affairs programmes over a six-week period.
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Zach Baron / GQ:
A look at how The Fresno Bee newspaper and its reporters are coping as Rep. Devin Nunes wages a public campaign against them — Local newspapers like The Fresno Bee have long been an endangered institution in America, and that was before California Rep. Devin Nunes began waging a public campaign against his hometown paper.
Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Pinterest is planning an IPO that could come as soon as April 2019, expecting a $12B+ valuation, and is on track for $700M+ revenue in 2018, up 50% YoY — Social-media company could choose bankers for the offering as early as January — Pinterest Inc. is actively preparing …
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