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Washington Post:
Leaked report prepared for Senate analyzes Russian disinformation that supported Trump across millions of posts on YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, more — The report, a draft of which was obtained by The Washington Post, is the first to analyze the millions of posts provided …
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Bari Weiss / New York Times:
When actor Geoffrey Rush sued Murdoch's Nationwide News over a sexual harassment story, the company publicly identified the alleged victim in a court filing — Why Yael Stone is terrified to talk about Geoffrey Rush. — Ms. Weiss is a writer and editor for the Opinion section. — Yael Stone is scared.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
A branded content section of WSJ's website was hacked on Monday, with a message posted praising YouTuber PewDiePie; he later tweeted a link to the page himself — Popular YouTube creator PewDiePie's ongoing battle to keep his channel's subscriber count No. 1 ahead of India's T-Series took …
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Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
PewDiePie's fanbase are suspected of being behind WSJ hack in which a message was posted claiming the paper had apologized to him for critical coverage — PewDiePie's bro army has hit back at a publisher that hit him first. — The Wall Street Journal's website was compromised …
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@danielpmcdermot and @cnet
TMZ.com:
Colin Kroll, a co-founder of Vine and the CEO and co-founder of HQ Trivia, has died at 34; police source says a drug overdose is suspected — Colin Kroll, the CEO and co-founder of HQ Trivia, has died of an apparent drug overdose ... TMZ has learned. — Law enforcement sources tell TMZ …
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Former far right extremists recall how they were radicalised by YouTube as teenagers, thanks to its algorithm which keeps surfacing extremist content — Former extremists say they were sucked in by propaganda as teenagers, thanks to an algorithm's dark side.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
How National Enquirer's covers for Trump amplified false narratives online and provided a level of national prominence one expert thinks was worth $2.5M-$3M/mo. — The most powerful print publication in America might just be The National Enquirer. It functioned as a dirty-tricks shop …
The Daily Beast:
Mark Penn, a regular contributor to The Hill and pundit on Fox News who frequently defends Trump, had a decades-long business relationship with him — The former Clinton strategist, who has railed against the Mueller probe, said it was minor work and notes that it happened three decades ago.
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Louisiana State University:
Study shows that combination of articles defending journalism and fact-checking increased readers' trust in the media while fact-checking articles alone did not — Baton Rouge, LA - In a first-of-its-kind study from Louisiana State University's Manship School of Mass Communication …
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@michellemanafy, @hawaiidelilah, @ibarguen, @nikkiusher, @brianstelter, @jayrosen_nyu and journals.plos.org
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
How Netflix aims to disrupt films after shaking up TV: opening in theaters briefly to qualify for Oscars and spending big on talent and quantity, ~90 films/year — As hundreds of movie buffs waited in line to see Alfonso Cuarón's “Roma” at the Telluride Film Festival in August …
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Observer, @brentalang, @nytimesarts, @counternotions, @brooksbarnesnyt, @filmsdelover and @nytimesarts
Bryn Elise Sandberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Apple has signed “Fast and Furious” director Justin Lin in a multi-year TV development deal, in a blow to his longtime studio home Sony — He'll leave his longtime studio home of Sony for the tech giant. — Justin Lin is headed to Apple. — In a massive blow to Sony …
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix has named former ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey as its vice president of original content — She will report directly fellow vp originals Cindy Holland and also oversee a large portion of the streamer's overall deals — including working with the Obamas, Shonda Rhimes, Kenya Barris, among others.
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