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Alex Hern / The Guardian:
UK proposes plans to put media regulator Ofcom in charge of regulating social media, with a focus on removing illegal content and minimizing “harmful” content — Ministers unveil plans to block harmful content, while guaranteeing free speech — Ofcom will be put in charge …
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Ofcom appoints senior civil servant Melanie Dawes as chief executive, who will take up her new position in early March — The Ofcom Board has today announced the appointment of Dame Melanie Dawes as Chief Executive. — Dame Melanie has been Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government since 2015.
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@marksweney and @benedictevans
Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Profile of Dan Peres, who edited the men's magazine Details for 15 years and whose new memoir gives a first-person account of Condé Nast culture in the aughts — The memoirs of Dan Peres and other ex-employees of the magazine company reveal mess behind the gloss of the aughts.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Reuters launches a new Reuters Fact Check business unit and blog and partners with Facebook to review news headlines, deepfakes, and user generated content — Eye-witness photos and videos distributed by news wire Reuters already go through an exhaustive media verification process.
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Reuters, Adweek, Variety, Breitbart, @joshconstine and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Profile of Makan Delrahim, the DOJ antitrust chief and former movie producer who is shaping the content industry's future, critics say guided by politics — As Hollywood scales up to battle big tech, Makan Delrahim, the nation's top antitrust regulator (and a former movie producer) …
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@alexweprin, @alexweprin, @thrmattbelloni, @larryschweikart and @eriqgardner, more at Techmeme »
Sara Guaglione / MediaPost:
The New Republic is launching a redesign in March alongside a $20/year metered paywall for digital subscriptions and $30/year print and digital bundle — The New Republicis debuting a new look, coinciding with the launch of a politics-focused podcast and a metered paywall.
Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Quibi says it plans to spend $400M-$500M on marketing this year, which some media execs say differentiates it from failed short-form services like Go90, Vessel — This article is part of the Digiday Video Briefing, which features must-reads, confessionals and key market stats.
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@sizpatel, @kerrymflynn and @whatthebit
Alexandra Ilyashov / Daily Front Row:
Interview with Vogue.com's new editor Stuart Emmrich about his vision for it, taking up the job because it's digital, how he never used a CMS before, and more — Stuart Emmrich spent 16 years at The New York Times, then decamped to L.A. for a few months to reinvent the fraught local paper's lifestyle section.
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Andrew Morse / CNET:
Flipboard launches Flipboard TV, an in-app feature that offers professional short-form video, for $2.99/mo; will be a Galaxy S20 exclusive for first 3 months — Flipboard , the popular news aggregator app, is introducing a new subscription video service. Called Flipboard TV …
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Wired, @thekenyeung, Adweek, @harrymccracken, @schandur, @markham, Digital Trends, The Verge, Engadget and Fast Company, more at Techmeme »
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Spotify launches Songwriter Pages and says it saw a 60% increase in labels and distributors crediting songwriters after it started displaying credits in 2018 — Spotify today launched its Songwriter Pages, which it describes as “a new way for fans, collaborators and industry partners …
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TechCrunch, Spotify for Artists, Engadget and The Verge
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK's Jewish Chronicle and Jewish News agree to merge under a charitable trust to keep both titles running amid financial challenges — The Jewish Chronicle and Jewish News have agreed to merge into one news operation in a bid to keep both titles running amid financial challenges.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Police Service of Northern Ireland says a 52-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Lyra McKee — A man has been charged with the murder of journalist Lyra McKeee. — The Police Service of Northern Ireland said a 52-year-old man has been charged with murder …
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