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Gavin de Becker / The Daily Beast:
Bezos' security chief says AMI demanded he claim Bezos story didn't result from hacking or external forces, and says he's confident Saudis accessed Bezos' phone — The National Enquirer's lawyer tried to get me to say there was no hacking. — For 40 years, I've advised at-risk public figures …
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Alex Jones of InfoWars, in a deposition, denies he had intentionally spread lies about Sandy Hook and rejects responsibility for Sandy Hook parents' pain — For all his dangerous talk about the Sandy Hook school shooting, Alex Jones couldn't even recall the date it happened.
Rob Price / Business Insider:
Facebook says it “mistakenly deleted” some of Zuckerberg's old Facebook posts that were public and reported on, including a post about the Instagram acquisition — - Some old Facebook posts by CEO Mark Zuckerberg have disappeared, and the company says it “mistakenly deleted” them.
Discussion:
CNET, @zeynep, @vincemancini, @robaeprice, @kevinroose, @robaeprice, Engadget and Newser
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Interview with Norm Pearlstine, LA Times executive editor with a new multiyear contract, on expanding staff, cross-functional teams, food coverage, and more — “With a traditional media company, you can have well-defined lines as long as you're doing the same thing every day.
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, @palewire, @jacquib, @bertrandp, @benmullin, @jbenton, @anthonyjpesce and @mattdpearce
Blake Droesch / eMarketer:
eMarketer expects Amazon Music will pass 35M MAUs in the US this year, up 17.7% YoY, growing faster than any other digital audio service in its forecast — Amazon Music will cross 35 million monthly listeners in the US this year. At a growth rate of 17.7% year over year …
Discussion:
RAIN News, more at Techmeme »
Cristina Tardáguila / Poynter:
Inside FactCheckEU, a collaboration between 19 EU media outlets from 13 countries that fact checks articles and debunks rumors ahead of upcoming EU elections — It's been more than a week since 19 European media outlets from 13 countries started collaborating to separate facts from fiction ahead …
Laura Wagner / Deadspin:
Current and former MLB Advanced Media employees say the company has fostered a toxic and overly demanding work environment for years under poor leadership — On the second Tuesday of February, at 3:00 in the afternoon, around 40 employees of MLB Advanced Media—one arm of MLB's media empire …
Discussion:
@timmarchman, @dannyoneil, @timmarchman, @megreenwell, @bubbaprog, @bittergiantsfan, @tobins, @spaldingballs, @mikevorkunov, @tobins and @spencerfordin
MediaPowerMonitor:
Google gives a €50K grant to media company running Origo, a Hungarian pro-government news portal, baffling free expression activists and independent journalists — Google joins the Hungarian government of Viktor Orban and its allies in funding the company that runs Origo, a Hungarian pro-government news portal.
Discussion:
Media1 and Digital News Initiative
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
BBC says it wants to improve public perception around its news impartiality and will make fact-checking service Reality Check a more visible part of news output — Improving public perception around its news impartiality is one of the BBC's four priorities for the year ahead, according to its latest annual plan.
Nina Lakhani / The Guardian:
United Mexican Journalists survey of ~400 women in media: 73% suffered sexual harassment, 50% by their bosses, 43% by sources; only 20% made official complaints — Mexican wave of the movement erupted in creative industries and media where 73% of female workers have faced sexual harassment
Discussion:
@nobelwomen
New York Times:
As Ukraine preps for Sunday's election, officials and candidates say Facebook, despite recent improvements, has been slow to respond to Russian disinformation — Campaigning for Ukraine's presidential election had just begun to heat up when the authorities announced they had thwarted …
Discussion:
@caseynewton, @rprose, @mollyjongfast and @amprog
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: Ze Frank, BuzzFeed's chief research and development officer and a key architect of its video business, is leaving the company, will serve as an adviser — Frank, who has been serving as the head of research and development at BuzzFeed since 2018, will remain an adviser to the company.
Discussion:
@natjarv and @heyyyella
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Interview with YouTube Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan about its recommendation algorithms, radicalization, violent extremism, and the rabbit-hole effect — Neal Mohan discusses the streaming site's recommendation engine, which has become a growing liability amid accusations that it steers users to increasingly extreme content.
Discussion:
@kevinroose, @gchaslot, @brandyzadrozny, @dellcam, @kevinroose, @kevinroose, @tayhatmaker, @patrickclaybon, @oneunderscore__, @goldman, @lam_barrett, @zeynep, @profcarroll, @brandyzadrozny, @cwarzel, @oneunderscore__, @nealmohan, @bro_pair, @fraying, @timcast, @lib_crusher, @cwarzel, @cwarzel, The Wrap and VICE News
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