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4:45 PM ET, February 6, 2017

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Reuters:
Kremlin demands apology from Fox News after host Bill O'Reilly calls President Vladimir Putin a killer, during interview with Donald Trump  —  The Kremlin said on Monday it wanted an apology from Fox News over what it said were “unacceptable” comments one of the channel's presenters …
First Draft News:
First Draft, Facebook, Google, and news organizations including AFP and Le Monde launch verification project CrossCheck, to tackle fake news in France  —  Today, we are proud to announce the launch of CrossCheck with Google News Lab.  CrossCheck is a collaborative journalism verification project …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Ahead of the French election, Google and Facebook team up with Agence France-Presse, Le Monde, others on CrossCheck, a countrywide fact-checking initiative  —  In France, Google and Facebook are hoping to get ahead of the “fake news” fury that exploded in the U.S. shortly after the November presidential election.
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Vox Media names Trei Brundrett, architect of its Chorus CMS, as its first COO as its focus turns to video and native ads with video views in 2016 exceeding 2.5B  —  Trei Brundrett led team that built web publishing platform  —  Owner of the Verge, Recode has beefed up management, board
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Gizmodo Media Group CEO Raju Narisetti, on layoffs at Fusion, the future of Gawker, and potential expansion into TV  —  “Think of all these sites as the digital, non-linear television arm of Univision.”  —  What exactly is Fusion? is a question many asked when the Univision …
Philly.com:
Sources: Philadelphia freelance journalist Emily Guendelsberger identified as the woman who infiltrated and may have secretly recorded a GOP retreat  —  Federal authorities have identified a Philadelphia journalist as the woman who infiltrated and might have secretly recorded a closed-door discussion …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Speaking to the US Central Command, Donald Trump claims that the media intentionally covers up reports of terrorist attacks  —  Speaking to the United States' Central Command on Monday, President Trump went off his prepared remarks to make a truly stunning claim: The media was intentionally covering up reports of terrorist attacks.
Kristen Mascia / Cosmopolitan:
Despite claiming that she'd misspoken when referring to the “Bowling Green Massacre” on MSNBC, Kellyanne Conway also referred to it in an interview on Jan 29  —  Conway used the same wording in a conversation with Cosmopolitan.com on Jan. 29.  —  Kellyanne Conway took to Twitter …
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Janice Min is leaving The Hollywood Reporter to join Eldridge Industries in a media investment strategy role, a move that may foreshadow the Reporter's sale  —  LOS ANGELES — Janice Min, who has orchestrated a stunning turnaround at The Hollywood Reporter over the last seven years …
 
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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
The US Senate reauthorizes FISA's Section 702; some communication service providers had threatened to stop cooperating with the US government in case of a lapse

Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
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