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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook is holding a meeting at 10am PT on Tuesday to allow employees to ask questions about the Cambridge Analytica scandal — It's set for Tuesday morning — Facebook has scheduled an open meeting to all employees Tuesday to let them ask questions about the unfolding Cambridge Analytica …
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Sources: Facebook CSO Alex Stamos to leave amid disagreements with top execs over disinformation, will stay until August; his team is down from 120 to 3 people — As Facebook grapples with a backlash over its role in spreading disinformation, an internal dispute over how to handle the threat …
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Bloomberg:
Source: US FTC is investigating Facebook's use of personal data and whether it violated policies by letting Cambridge Analytica receive some user information — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is probing Facebook over whether it violated terms of a consent decree over its use of personal data …
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Channel 4 News:
Cambridge Analytica execs filmed boasting of entrapping politicians with sex and bribes, explaining how to spread info online without it looking like propaganda — Senior executives at Cambridge Analytica - the data company that credits itself with Donald Trump's presidential victory …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
The Weinstein Company files for bankruptcy, releases victims from NDAs, positions private equity firm Lantern Asset Management as stalking horse bidder — Lantern Asset Management will be the bidder for assets after coming to a purchase agreement. — The Weinstein Co. is now seeking the protection of bankruptcy court.
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Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
Google says it will spend $300M over the next three years to support journalism and fight disinformation through the newly announced Google News Initiative — ‘We need to do more’ — Google is announcing new efforts today to support the media industry by fighting misinformation and bolstering journalism …
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Jim Albrecht / The Keyword:
Google debuts Subscribe with Google, which lets users buy subscriptions to news sites using Google Accounts and access them from apps, sites, and search results — If you've ever subscribed to a news site, you know that it can sometimes be an onerous task. This isn't the publisher's fault, it's just the way websites work.
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Fortune:
Two women accuse ex-Tronc chairman Michael Ferro of inappropriate advances after promises of further investment, connections, a partnership, and possible job — Kathryn Minshew finally felt like a weight had lifted. It was September of 2013, and after months of back-and-forth, Michael Ferro …
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Michael Blackmon / BuzzFeed:
Gary Barber, CEO of Hollywood studio MGM, which holds rights to behind the scenes footage of Trump on The Apprentice, has been unexpectedly ousted — During the 2016 election, MGM came under mounting public pressure to release allegedly damning, unaired footage of Trump from The Apprentice.
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Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
Video of speech by alt-right leader Richard Spencer, posted by The Atlantic, was removed from search results by YouTube which said it was borderline hate speech — Less than two weeks after the 2016 election, a prominent alt-right leader addressed more than 200 people gathered …
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Amanda Palleschi / Columbia Journalism Review:
NY Magazine's women's site The Cut has 8M monthly unique visitors, up 40% from 2016, and drives the conversation with a focus on style, self, culture, and power — ON A WEEKEND EVENING IN JANUARY, a relatively obscure women's website called Babe.net published a story that elicited a media frenzy.
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Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Roku says The Roku Channel, its free, ad-supported VOD offering, is set to debut this summer on select Samsung smart TVs — Roku has announced that its ad-supported movie and TV channel will soon be available on third-party smart TVs in the U.S. — The Los Gatos-based company …
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