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Kate Stanhope / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix and MRC suspend production on House of Cards season 6 indefinitely, say they need time to review the situation following allegations against Spacey — The news comes one day after the streamer picked up the drama for a sixth and final season. — Production on House of Cards …
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Sources: Facebook, Google, Twitter to tell Congress that Russian election meddling wider than reported; source says 126M Facebook users may have seen content — The companies will reveal new data about the Kremlin's disinformation at congressional hearings this week.
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Facebook provided political advertisers 14 targeted categories from very liberal “youthful urbanites” to very conservative “great outdoors” during 2016 election
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
BBC Newsnight editor Ian Katz moving to Channel 4 as director of programmes — BBC Newsnight editor Ian Katz has been confirmed as Channel 4's director of programmes. — Katz will effectively replace Jay Hunt, who has stepped down as Channel 4's chief creative officer to move to Apple's video team, when he begins in January.
Jimmy Wales / Wikitribune Beta:
Jimmy Wales announces WikiTribune is open, says it will begin accepting people over the next few weeks — Welcome to WikiTribune, a pilot project for a new approach to journalism where the community is at the center. This is not a news service - yet. It'll only be the news service I envisage when you play a full role.
Austin American-Statesman:
Cox Media Group announces it is putting the Austin American-Statesman, the Palm Beach Post, and several other newspapers and websites up for sale — The Statesman, which employs more than 200 people, will be put on the market with its seven community newspapers and multiple websites.
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Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
UK regulator probing 21st Century Fox's proposed takeover of Sky heard testimony from liberal watchdog Media Matters' president, Angelo Carusone, on October 27 — The U.K. regulator investigating 21st Century Fox's proposed takeover of U.K. broadcaster Sky plc heard testimony last week …
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Sources detail Facebook's fact checking efforts: little room for nuance, slow pace of checks; source says some fact check publisher deals are worth ~$100K/year — Slow, cumbersome process hits only a fraction of hoax stories — Social network outsources decisions to avoid bias criticism
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Jess McIntosh / Shareblue Media:
Video shows Shareblue Media reporter being violently arrested by five police officers while covering GOP nominee for Virginia governor at a parade — After months of being harassed by Ed Gillespie's campaign for simply trying to ask the Republican gubernatorial nominee questions …
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
In countries like Myanmar, South Sudan, and India, misinformation on social networks like Facebook and WhatsApp has led to violence and widespread panic — For months, Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., has been in crisis mode, furiously attempting to contain the damage stemming …
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The Guardian:
Two UK Independence Party whistleblowers filed complaints with UK's Electoral Commission over Breitbart influence on Brexit — Sources tell Guardian that senior ‘volunteers’ in Ukip before EU referendum were paid by the rightwing US website — Two internal Ukip whistleblowers filed complaints …
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
PBS orders food series No Passport Required from Vox Entertainment, the studio arm of Recode and SB Nation publisher Vox Media — Host Marcus Samuelsson will travel America to explore the global cuisine cooked in local immigrant communities. — PBS' appetite for food programming is growing.
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Research by Brooklyn-based bloggers Katia Kelly, Matt Termine, and Julian Russo helped lead to Paul Manafort's indictment — President Donald Trump's indicted former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, owes his criminal legal troubles, in no small measure, to three ordinary Brooklynites.
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