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Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix says it will not be involved in any further production of House of Cards with Kevin Spacey, scraps Gore Vidal biopic featuring actor — The streamer is “evaluating” the future of political drama House of Cards and is no longer moving forward with a planned Gore Vidal biopic that the two-time Oscar winner was set to star in.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Disney declined to offer LA Times entertainment writers advance film screenings claiming unfair coverage of its ties with Anaheim — The Los Angeles Times has just published its 2017 Holiday Movie Preview. Prominently featured is this note warning readers about a rather large and unfortunate omission from the reviews:
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Recode:
Analysis: how US news orgs including Washington Post and Miami Herald cited tweets from Russian troll farm accounts, presenting them as authentic voices — Tweets from 2,752 fake Twitter accounts created by Russian government trolls found their way into U.S. news stories.
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
CNN plans to launch tiered subscriptions as early as Q2 of 2018, debuts e-commerce site, and weighs expanding CNN Go app outside the US for a fee — The as-yet-unpriced plans are part of effort to reach $1 billion in digital revenue by 2022 — Two years ago, an employee in CNN's digital news group …
Kristin M. Hall / Associated Press:
Country Music Association apologizes and rescinds media restrictions on questions about Las Vegas shooting, gun rights, or politics at award show — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Country Music Association is apologizing after trying to impose restrictions on any questions by the media …
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
How the Establishment's focus on simultaneous membership and audience growth has led to 900 new paying members since January and a million monthly page views — “It's obviously a crowded media sphere right now. A lot of people at the outset were dubious that we need another website."
Twitter:
Twitter updates rules to clarify its enforcement approach on abusive behavior, self-harm, graphic violence, spam, and adult content — Online behavior continues to evolve and change, and at Twitter, we have to ensure those changes are reflected in our rules in a way that's easy to adhere to and understand.
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Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:
Spirited Media lays off staffers from its three hyperlocal news sites, seeks new revenue streams — Photo of the Denverite office in October 2016 by Corey Hutchins — SPIRITED MEDIA LAID OFF STAFF at each of its three local news sites this week, undercutting hopes that the company …
David Uberti / Splinter:
New Republic president and publisher Hamilton Fish resigns amid sexual harassment investigation, effective immediately — The president and publisher of The New Republic has resigned as the magazine continues an inquiry into harassment allegations by female employees, according to a memo obtained by Splinter.
Margaret Downing / Houston Press:
Alt-weekly Houston Press ceases print publication, continues online with single editor and freelancers — Print is dead. Long live digital. Long live the Houston Press. In dot com form. — As of today and going forward, there will be no more print copies of the Houston Press.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Two new formal harassment complaints filed against NPR's ousted top editor Michael Oreskes, from current staffers — NPR's employees unleashed their fury at the organization's top executive on Friday over his handling of a sexual harassment scandal that appears to have spread.
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Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Internet Association, representing Facebook, Amazon, Google, others, says it now backs Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act, after Congress made requested changes — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major U.S. internet firms on Friday said they would support legislation to make it easier to penalize operators …
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