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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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Elle Hunt / The Guardian:
Less than a year after Bauer Media's abrupt closure, New Zealand's magazine industry is being reborn under new ownership and new titles sparked by the pandemic — After the withdrawal of Bauer Media last year, the industry appeared to be on its death bed - but not for long
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Twitter has partnered with Dailyhunt to bring Moments to the Indian news app to showcase curated tweets pertaining to news and other events in India — Five years after its launch, Twitter Moments is growing beyond the American social networking platform. — On Monday, Twitter …
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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.
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
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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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Lionel Barber / Persuasion:
Journalists' desire for moral clarity in the face of Trump's dishonesty is understandable, but abandoning “bothsidesism” risks further polarizing people — Facing a dishonest president, journalists sought “moral clarity.” But the press must now resurrect a much-maligned principle: hearing both sides.
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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 — New York (CNN Business)At the end of December, Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau Chief Kimbriell Kelly was looking at getting Moleskine notebooks as gifts for her staff.
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