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Agence France-Press:
Der Spiegel to file criminal complaint against Claas Relotius after it emerged the reporter may have embezzled donations for subjects of one of his articles — Bookmark — BERLIN: Influential German news weekly Der Spiegel said Sunday (Dec 23) it would file a criminal complaint …
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Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Joel Kaplan's growing sway at Facebook as he pushed against News Feed changes designed to reduce polarization, promoted The Daily Caller partnership — Joel Kaplan, a former White House aide to a Republican president, has emerged as Facebook's protector against allegations of political bias …
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Craig Newmark / Nieman Lab:
In 2019, news outlets will institute tactics to debunk lies like a “truth sandwich” in which the truth is presented before the lie, which is then fact-checked — Dan Gillmor has pointed out that some news outlets give considerable air time and print space to people who they know are lying …
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Glenn Fleishman / Smithsonian:
On January 1, copyrighted works from 1923 will enter the public domain, 21 years after the last mass expiration of copyright in the US, which predated Google — A beloved Robert Frost poem is among the many creations that are (finally) losing their protections in 2019 — “Whose woods these are, I think I”—whoa!
Zoe Sullivan / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the threats facing Brazil's media: more violence against journalists, an at-times hostile president-elect, accelerating digital disruption, and more — The day after he captured Brazil's presidency in a run-off, Jair Bolsonaro spoke with Globo News, Brazil's largest television network.
Sophie Nicholson / Poynter:
In a year, Agence France Presse went from having one staffer on its fact-checking team to employing 20+ globally — In the above image, an unidentified woman takes a phone call at the headquarters of French news agency Agence France Presse (AFP), in Paris Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003.
Will Oremus / Slate:
Facebook has forfeited our trust to the point that we see nefarious motives in any misstep, as some overblown reactions to Spotify and Netflix integrations show — Facebook may or may not have lost its handle on our data. But it has definitely lost its handle on the public narrative—and the benefit of the doubt.
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John Saroff / Nieman Lab:
As media outlets turn to subscribers for revenue, satisfying them will make it hard to challenge their views, forcing publishers to adopt consistent viewpoints — This pivot is real. In 2018 countless creators, ranging from market leaders like The New York Times and Fox News …
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Association of National Advertisers urges FTC to push for a federal law on data use for ads to pre-empt state laws that could be non-uniform and confusing — ANA proposes new guidelines for data privacy legislation, enforced by the FTC, to avoid state-run regulation
Mark Mulligan / MIDiA Research:
Midia Research estimates that music industry revenue grew about 8% in 2018, down slightly from 2017's growth rate of 9%, and streaming revenue will rise 29% — With less than two weeks of 2018 left, the die is largely cast for the year, but we'll have to wait at least a couple more months …
Washington Post:
Deep dive into why Saudis murdered Jamal Khashoggi, a moderate and patriot dissident journalist of Saudi Arabia, after failing to woo him back with promises — Jamal Khashoggi had been in the United States for only a few months when the forces he had fled in Saudi Arabia made clear that he would never fully escape.
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Zia Weise / Politico:
A look at fact-checking efforts in Turkey, where little independent media remains and the government itself is often the source of false information — Misinformation has become inescapable in Turkey, but a handful of people are determined to stem the tide. — ISTANBUL — The truth is having a hard time in Turkey these days.
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