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Two sites named on blacklist of news sites peddling Russian propaganda featured by WaPo demand retraction; one, Naked Capitalism, threatens to sue the newspaper — The Washington Post—whose coverage of Watergate four decades ago angered the powers that be, toppled a president …
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Facebook discloses more engagement measurement errors; some of the faulty stats were used by The New York Times and BuzzFeed in their stories about fake news — Facebook misreported engagement numbers for links and live videos and is refining the ad reach estimates it shows advertisers.
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LA entertainment attorney says Trump's EP title on Celebrity Apprentice is likely credit for past work, other presidents have derived income from media products — I know next to nothing about how the entertainment world works. Like many Americans, I assume, the blur of names that I ignore …
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Trump's denunciation of individuals on Twitter, which often leads to harassment by his followers, tests the limits of Twitter's rules against incitement — Twitter declined BuzzFeed News' request for comment. — Last night President-elect Donald Trump used his Twitter account to criticize Chuck Jones …

As media faces more criticism and fake news causes real trouble, it's tempting to tune out, but this moment requires keen awareness and critical thinking — In another strange time in American history, the counterculture guru Timothy Leary urged people to “turn on, tune in, drop out.”
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Public Policy Polling surveyed 1000+ registered voters this week, found nearly 50% of Trump voters believe Pizzagate theory is true or could be true — Especially if they're Trump voters. — Here's a question I never thought I'd ask: Do you think Hillary Clinton is connected to a child sex ring …
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The Blaze suspends reporter Jason Buttrill over claim he shot at ISIS fighters, recalls him to the US, after initially publishing a story detailing the incident — The Blaze has recalled and suspended a researcher who while in Iraq said he fired shots at ISIS fighters, and later proudly publicized his actions.
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The Blaze reporter Jason Buttrill criticized after posing with sniper rifle and shooting at ISIS combatants in Mosul — Journalists in warzones are supposed to be non-combatants, but Jason Buttrill of The Blaze recently tweeted a picture of himself with a sniper rifle along with the message: “Major bucket list completed.
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Online news may never reach print's revenue and readership, meaning publishers must rethink digital vs. paper assumptions, including reader willingness to pay — Roger Fidler is a forefather of digital journalism. In the early 1980s, he wrote and illustrated an essay on the future of news.

Sunday Times television and restaurant critic AA Gill dies at 62, weeks after revealing he had cancer — Sunday Times journalist dies three weeks after revealing he had been diagnosed with ‘an embarrassment of cancer, the full English’ — The award-winning journalist and restaurant critic AA Gill …
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Sources: Annapurna Pictures is developing a film about the Roger Ailes scandal which will focus on Megyn Kelly and other alleged victims — Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures has scooped up a pitch from Charles Randolph about the former Fox News chairman. — First, there was a miniseries …
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How vintage picture agency Magnum Photos is reinventing itself for the Instagram age at 70, with a new online shop, a relaunched website, photo projects, more — The Instagram page of Magnum Photos, the world's most famous photographic agency, is the point where the old and new worlds of still imagery collide.

Sources: Spotify testing new feature, Jump In, that lets free users play songs on-demand in certain playlists, but negotiations with labels may delay release — But will the labels go for it? — Spotify is testing a new feature called Jump In that would let its free mobile users …