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Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Facebook's shift to more private sharing will make misinformation harder to track and raises questions about the company's liability for its diffusion — On Wednesday, in what seemed like a major shift, Mark Zuckerberg wrote that he wants to reorient Facebook around private, encrypted …
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NBC 7 San Diego:
Leaked documents show the US government is closely monitoring journalists and immigration advocates tied to the 2018 migrant caravan — The documents detail an intelligence-gathering effort by the United States and Mexican authorities, targeting more than 50 people including journalists, an attorney, and immigration advocates
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Hollywood Reporter:
Leaked texts and sources reveal a three-year entanglement between Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara and an actress seeking roles; WarnerMedia will investigate — Hundreds of leaked text messages between Kevin Tsujihara, actress Charlotte Kirk and partners Brett Ratner and James Packer show …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The DNC says it has decided to exclude Fox News from any of its televised candidate debates in 2019-2020, citing revelations in the recent New Yorker article — The Democratic National Committee has decided to exclude Fox News Channel from televising any of its candidate debates during …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comedy Central has launched its first YouTube channel for original content, Comedy Central Originals, starting with five new shows — Comedy Central is stepping on the gas in its digital-entertainment drive with the launch of its first YouTube channel for originals.
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Recode:
Interview with Laurene Powell Jobs on investing in nonprofit and for-profit media, including a VR production about a border crossing into the US from Mexico — Powell Jobs founded the Emerson Collective, which owns Pop-Up Magazine and has a majority stake in the Atlantic.
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9to5Mac
BBC:
Facebook says it has removed 23 Pages, 74 accounts, 5 Groups, and 35 Instagram accounts that were part of a UK-based, domestic-focused misinformation network — Facebook has removed more than 130 accounts, pages and groups it says were part of a UK-based misinformation network.
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Business Insider and Facebook, more at Techmeme »
Foreign Policy:
Sources: Finnish journalist Jessikka Aro's International Women of Courage Award was rescinded by the State Department because she frequently criticized Trump — Jessikka Aro was to receive a “Women of Courage” prize. Then officials read her Twitter feed.
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Tony Silber / Forbes:
AMI is shuttering Transworld Snowboarding and the print edition of Transworld Skateboarding; the latter's subscribers will receive Men's Journal instead — Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. — Share to facebook — Share to twitter — Share to linkedin
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News:
YouTube has started rolling out a feature, in India, that shows info panels with fact checks on search result pages for topics prone to misinformation — YouTube will start showing “information panels” — boxes of text that provide debunks from YouTube's verified fact-checking partners …
Chris Krewson / Spirited Media:
Spirited Media has sold Denverite to Colorado Public Radio and is in talks with buyers to sell Philadelphia's Billy Penn and Pittsburgh's The Incline — Spirited Media has reached an agreement to sell Denverite to Colorado Public Radio, and the news organization will operate under new management as of March 11th.
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Reuters:
European Commission accepts commitments by NBCU, Sony, Warner, and Sky that will allow non-UK EU consumers to subscribe to and access Sky UK content — The European Commission has accepted commitments offered by top Hollywood film studios and Sky UK on their pay TV services …
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