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8:20 AM ET, January 19, 2021

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 Top News: 
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Fox stipulated that its settlement for hyping rumors about Seth Rich be kept secret until Nov. 3, showing how Fox is entwined with Trump-camp disinfo efforts  —  Why did the network insist an agreement with the family of a murdered young man remain undisclosed until after the election?
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Fox News launches a new 7PM opinion show tonight with six hosts in rotation: Bartiromo, Kilmeade, Trey Gowdy, Katie Pavlich, Rachel Campos-Duffy, and Mark Steyn  —  Fox News has lined up six rotating hosts for its new 7 p.m. opinion program aimed at feeding the appetite of conservative viewers in the hour.
New York Times:
A look at the incentives, like guaranteed auction win percentages, that Facebook got from Google in the ad partnership that is now a focus of an antitrust suit  —  Facebook was going to compete with Google for some advertising sales but backed away from the plan after the companies cut a preferential deal, according to court documents.
Calla Wahlquist / The Guardian:
US, in a submission to an Australian parliamentary inquiry, urges the country to ditch its “extraordinary” plans to make Google and Facebook pay for news  —  The US in a submission to a Senate inquiry favours a voluntary code rather than government regulation
David Cohen / Adweek:
Content discovery platform Taboola rolls out Stories in beta, letting publishers add the format directly to their websites or mobile articles  —  Content can be added directly to publishers' websites or mobile articles  —  Content discovery platform Taboola became the latest platform …
Paul Hammel / Omaha World-Herald:
Joe Ricketts says he will launch an online national news outlet based in Omaha, called Straight Arrow News, to provide news without a political slant  —  LINCOLN — Billionaire businessman and philanthropist Joe Ricketts is preparing another venture into the news business, and he's chosen Omaha as his launching pad.
Elle:
An oral history of covering Trump from 2016 onwards by 23 women journalists, some of whom unwillingly became the story themselves  —  The country's best female political reporters go on the record about what it was really like covering Trump's America.  —  Savannah Guthrie was in downward dog when it hit her: QAnon.
Reuters:
Turkey bans ads on Twitter and Pinterest for not appointing local representatives as mandated by social media law, says their bandwidth will be cut 50% in April  —  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Ankara has imposed advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest after they failed …
Discussion: Al Jazeera and The Indian Express
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
To counter Trump's lingering lies, reporters should stop using shorthand like “baseless claims”, study the science of how people absorb truths, and more  —  His administration is down to its last hours, but you can bet that the false belief held by millions of Americans …
 
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Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Newsrooms are distributing protective equipment, like body armor and gas masks, and holding safety trainings to prepare reporters for Inauguration Day
Jenny Gross / New York Times:
Conservative publisher Regnery picks up a book by Sen. Josh Hawley after Simon & Schuster ended its contract to publish it in the wake of the Capitol attack
Lionel Barber / Persuasion:
Journalists' desire for moral clarity in the face of Trump's dishonesty is understandable, but abandoning “bothsidesism” risks further polarizing people
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Andrew Pulver / The Guardian:
UK reimposes 10-day COVID-19 quarantine for film and TV crews but those working for the BBC are exempt
Discussion: GOV.UK, /Film and The Wrap
Eric Boodman / STAT:
Sharon Begley, an award winning science journalist who worked at Newsweek, WSJ, and STAT over 43 years, died at 64 due to cancer complications
Sportico.com:
A look at the next decade in live sports streaming: fans likely to subscribe to 3-4 services, switching them out in off-seasons rather than buy a single bundle
 

 
From Techmeme:

David Pierce / The Verge:
Google releases a free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions, chat via text, voice, or their camera, and use the conversational mode Gemini Live

Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Sources: the CFPB moves to place Google under formal federal supervision, an extraordinary move that may lead to regular inspections; Google fiercely resisted

John Voorhees / MacStories:
Apple updates Final Cut Pro for macOS and iPadOS, adding AI closed captions and Vision Pro spatial video editing on macOS, and Logic Pro for macOS and iPadOS

 
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