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Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed News:
Fox Broadcasting Company and National Geographic are investigating Cosmos series host Neil deGrasse Tyson over allegations of sexual misconduct by three women — Fox Broadcasting Company and National Geographic are investigating astrophysicist and Cosmos host Neil deGrasse Tyson …
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Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Ahead of elections in 2019, First Draft launches CrossCheck Nigeria, a collaborative effort with 16 media orgs to debunk misinformation on WhatsApp and Facebook — With elections over in the United States and Brazil, eyes are turning toward misinformation in Nigeria.
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Nieman Lab, First Draft, @pcunliffejones, @poynter and @dpfunke
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
As Sinclair seemed to waver briefly on support of Boris Epshteyn's views, a look at some other political segments that have aired on its 191 stations — For months, Sinclair Broadcast Group fed a steady stream of news stories and commentaries favorable to conservatives and critical …
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Carl Meyer / National Observer:
Vice reporter Ben Makuch loses his case at the Supreme Court of Canada, which upholds an order to turn over his conversations with a source to the police — #87 of 87 articles from the Special Report: — Vice Media reporter Ben Makuch has lost his case at the Supreme Court of Canada …
Tavi Gevinson / Rookie:
Rookie magazine is folding, writes Editor-in-Chief Tavi Gevinson, though the site will remain up for a few more months — It is with a very full heart that I write that this is the last post on Rookie. The site will stay up for at least a few months, the shop will stay up until the end of the year, but the publication is folding.
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Sheila Dang / Reuters:
AT&T says it's considering selling its Hulu stake to help reduce its $183B debt and that WarnerMedia's streaming service will have three price tiers — (Reuters) - AT&T Inc (T.N) said on Thursday it has committed to cutting its heavy debt load next year through a variety of measures …
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Max Read / New York Magazine:
How the “Content Cycle” mirrors the infinite and sustaining water cycle, as content moves from social networks to bloggers to cable TV, and then back to social — On Thursday night, Tucker Carlson, his brow furrowed in a perfect imitation of a human facial expression …
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@max_read, @frankpasquale, @adamgurri, @paulblu, @selectall, @max_read, @sternbergh, TV Tattle, New York Post, The Daily Caller and Fox News Insider
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
State-controlled outlets in autocratic countries find scapegoats other than Trump or avoid mentioning him knowing Trump's sensitivity to bad coverage — Even countries angry at the U.S. avoid insulting the volatile president. — When a tell-all book infuriated President Donald Trump last winter …
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David Bixenspan / Gizmodo:
How the risk of costly copyright litigation affects Internet Archive and lets webmasters remove archived sites without DMCA notices simply by using robots.txt — On the internet, there are certain institutions we have come to rely on daily to keep truth from becoming nebulous or elastic.
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@codepo8, @john_overholt and @ali, more at Techmeme »
The Citizen Lab:
Two Mexican journalists at a newspaper investigating cartels seem to have been targeted by the government via NSO Group's spyware after their colleague's murder — Mexican Journalists Investigating Cartels Targeted with NSO Spyware Following Assassination of Colleague
Business Insider:
Interview with Heather Dietrick, CEO of the Daily Beast, on training at Hearst on the First Amendment, serving as general counsel at Gawker, and taking risks — - Heather Dietrick is the CEO of the Daily Beast. — She was the president of Gawker during the Hulk Hogan lawsuit, which brought down the company.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Facebook is streaming Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly for free starting today in the US in an effort to drive adoption of its Watch Party feature — Facebook is playing the nostalgia card in its latest bid to drive up video viewing — and video ad sales.
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