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ESPN:
ESPN President John Skipper has resigned, citing a substance addiction; George Bodenheimer is taking over as acting chairman of the company — John Skipper resigned as president of ESPN and co-chairman of the Disney Media Networks on Monday. — George Bodenheimer, ESPN's president …
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Thuy Ong / The Verge:
Twitter's new policies on violence, abuse, and hateful conduct do not apply to military or govt entities, appearing to provide a loophole for Trump's tweets — Policies now extend to hateful imagery and to conduct both on platform and off — Twitter says it will now begin enforcing …
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Facebook:
Facebook is clamping down on posts with “engagement bait”, which ask people for Likes or shares, by demoting them in the News Feed — People have told us that they dislike spammy posts on Facebook that goad them into interacting with likes, shares, comments, and other actions.
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Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat:
Bloomberg launches TicToc, a 24-hour news channel only on Twitter that combines live video, reported segments, and a curated Twitter stream — For for the first time in several years, we can say without irony that Twitter appears to have a slight wind at its back.
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Condé Nast representative confirms more layoffs are coming to the company but would not confirm the exact number — The rumor mill is churning furiously regarding the future of Condé Nast in light of two magazine consolidations this year. — Recently, Hearst Magazines swallowed …
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The Guardian:
Appleby, the firm at the heart of the Paradise Papers scandal, has launched legal proceedings against the BBC and The Guardian and demanded docs — Offshore firm at heart of story, Appleby, is seeking damages and has demanded Guardian and BBC hand over documents
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic to launch a metered paywall in January, which will let readers access 10 free articles per month — By putting up a metered paywall in January, the Atlantic joins a raft of publications that are launching paid products online — Nearly 10 years ago, the Atlantic tore …
Martin Belam / The Guardian:
Twitter is facing criticism after suspending the account of prominent Egyptian journalist and campaigner Wael Abbas for unspecified reasons — Account of blogger and campaigner who has won awards for documenting human rights abuses shut down — Twitter has faced criticism after the account …
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Maya Kosoff / Vanity Fair:
A look at the campaign to buy Gawker with the help of Kickstarter, an effort many ex-Gawker employees - including Nick Denton - say they were unaware of — As many of the stories Gawker first helped break (Harvey Weinstein, Louis C.K., James Toback, Kevin Spacey) are exploding …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS will expand its video streaming hub, CBSN, in 2018, following a 17% increase in viewers watching the network via streaming over the past year — CBS intends to give more attention to CBSN, the video-streaming hub devoted to news, in 2018, as a younger generation of news aficionados finds …
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Reuters:
Myanmar government says case against Reuters journalists accused of violating Official Secrets Act can proceed — YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's civilian President Htin Kyaw, a close ally of government leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has authorized the police to proceed with a case …
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
NBC Will Stream ‘Sunday Night Football’ To Mobile Phones Starting In 2018 — NBCUniversal has acquired rights from the NFL to stream Sunday Night Football through NBC's “TV Everywhere” offering to mobile phones for the first time, beginning with the 2018 season.
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