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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
NYT's Baquet responds to criticism over 2016 story that said the FBI saw no clear link between Trump and Russia, saying they would cast story differently now — It was a week before the 2016 presidential election that the New York Times wrote this headline: “Investigating Donald Trump, F.B.I. Sees No Clear Link to Russia.”
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New York Times, @talkingnewmedia, @mlcalderone, @mlcalderone and The Guardian
Cara Buckley / New York Times:
Network of 300 prominent Hollywood women, including Shonda Rhimes, launch initiative to tackle sexual harassment in Hollywood and blue collar workplaces — Driven by outrage and a resolve to correct a power imbalance that seemed intractable just months ago, 300 prominent actresses and female agents …
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Business Insider, Fast Company, PR Newswire, The Wrap, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, The FADER, IndieWire, Refinery29, Mashable, @emilyjashinsky, @carmenejogo, @laurelrosenhall, @annetdonahue, @shanellelittle, @kristapley, @rtraister, Variety, @markharrisnyc, @jenbrockie, @ananavarro, @mariateresa1, @jodikantor, @amandamarcotte, @marcgunther, @vellalovell, @brianstelter, Consequence of Sound, @jensimmons, Beth Bell and Axios
Ben Kentish / The Independent:
Iran blocks access to Instagram and Telegram apps amid anti-government protests — Authorities respond after demonstrations leave at least two dead — Live: New Year's Eve celebrations kick off around the world — Coutinho move from Liverpool to Barca accidentally confirmed by Nike
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Theodore Schleifer / Recode:
Telegram, citing ToS, suspends public channel that incited violent anti-government protests in Iran; Telegram is a major platform with ~40M users in Iran — “There are lines one shouldn't cross,” says the CEO of the popular messaging app. — The executives of Telegram …
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New York Times, @azarijahromi, @durov, @durov, @twittermoments, Twitter, @snowden, @snowden, Axios and @mosharrafzaidi, more at Techmeme »
BBC:
Germany starts enforcing law under which social networks will face fines of up to €50M if they fail to remove hate speech, fake news, and illegal material — Germany is set to start enforcing a law that demands social media sites move quickly to remove hate speech, fake news and illegal material.
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Yahoo! Finance, Newsweek, Engadget, @jeffjarvis and @neilclark66
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
BuzzFeed News' Media Editor Craig Silverman helped popularize the term “fake news” and watched as it became politicized by Trump and the alt right — After a yearlong battle for its meaning and ownership, “fake news” is now both an empty slogan and a deeply troubling warning sign.
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@buzzfeednews, @craigsilverman, @moorehn, @craigsilverman, @jayrosen_nyu, @lwvmiamidade, @craigsilverman, @jason_kint and @orskov
Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Damian Collins, the chair of the UK's fake news inquiry, has given Facebook and Twitter until Jan. 18 to hand over info about Russian disinformation campaigns — Chair of parliamentary committee gives firms a deadline to hand over information about Russian misinformation campaigns
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@thattimwalker, @ericgarland and Press Association, more at Techmeme »
Megan Specia / New York Times:
Facebook says it removed Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov's accounts due to US sanctions, prompting questions on why others, like Venezuela's Maduro, are still active — The strongman leader of the Chechen Republic has long been a prolific social media user, filling his accounts with photos …
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The Intercept, @matthewstoller, @nytimesworld, @nytimesworld and Forbes
Mary Ann Georgantopoulos / BuzzFeed:
Book editor says Jann Wenner sexually assaulted him, then gave him Rolling Stone job in '83 and fired him in '85 after editor didn't sustain sexual relationship — Jonathan Wells says it took years for him to fully process what happened between him and the publisher.
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@mattmittenthal, AOL, The FADER, The A.V. Club, thecut, Consequence of Sound and The Wrap
Melody Kramer / Poynter:
A look at good explanatory Twitter threads for journalism, based on interviews with Byard Duncan of Reveal and Eric Umansky and Terry Parris Jr. of ProPublica — Throughout the year, I've been collecting tweetstorms from journalists and news organizations explaining how they do what they do.
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@mkramer
Todd Spangler / Variety:
SEC filing: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings will receive $28.7M in stock options for 2018, a $7M+ increase, while his salary will decrease from $850K to $700K — Reed Hastings, Netflix's chairman and CEO, is set to receive $28.7 million in company stock options for 2018 in addition to an annual salary of $700,000.
Discussion:
Hollywood Reporter, Blog Network and Broadcasting & Cable
Lara Hamdan / St. Louis Public Radio:
Interview with 16-year-old Gabe Fleisher, who has grown his nonpartisan political newsletter Wake Up to Politics to 48K subscribers — Politics can be overwhelming at times with all its nuances. But 16-year-old Gabe Fleisher makes it a goal to take the confusion out of politics.
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