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10:45 AM ET, February 12, 2020

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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.
Discussion: @marksweney and @benedictevans
Keri Blakinger / The Marshall Project:
Faced with questions about the lasting impact of online mugshot galleries, media outlets including the Houston Chronicle are increasingly doing away with them  —  Some are red-eyed from crying, others visibly drunk.  Some sport black eyes or jarring face tattoos.  Occasionally, one offers an addled grin.
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) …
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.
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Bonnier, which publishes magazines like Popular Science, is exploring options including sale of the unit that holds most of its magazines  —  Publisher of such magazines as Field & Stream, Saveur and Yachting, has been meeting with bankers to explore its options
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 …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
BBC's chairman warns that replacing the license fee with a Netflix-style subscription service would result in big cuts to its children's output and local TV  —  Subscription service would lead to ‘big cuts’ to children's and local TV, says David Clementi  —  The BBC's chairman will warn …
Freddy Mayhew / Reuters:
Reuters has created a virtual sports journalist prototype that reads out game summaries and reports using AI and footage of a human presenter  —  Reuters has created a virtual sports journalist using artificial intelligence technology and video footage of a human presenter.
Marty Johnson / The Hill:
Twitter launches new tool to combat misinformation on the US Census; a prompt will point users searching for Census-related keywords to the official Census site  —  Twitter on Tuesday unveiled its plan aimed at minimizing the spread of misinformation about the 2020 census.
Discussion: Adweek and Twitter, more at Techmeme »
 
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Association:
UK-based PA Media Group buys stock image company Alamy for an undisclosed sum
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Sources close to Elisabeth Murdoch say she has no interest in the job of BBC director and is focused on launching a production company
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Sirius XM invests $75M in SoundCloud in exchange for a minority stake and two seats on the board
Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
Nielsen: streaming makes up 19% of US TV watching, with Netflix comprising 31% of streaming on TVs, followed by 21% on YouTube, 12% on Hulu, and 8% on Amazon
 

 
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David Pierce / The Verge:
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Jennifer A. Kingson / Axios:
Meta plans to launch a new education product for Quest that will let teachers access education apps for students ages 13+ and manage multiple headsets at once
 
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