Mediagazer: Imagining a better web, using the history of radio globally as a guide, and rethinking assumptions about the commercial internet's venture capital-backed rise (Ethan Zuckerman/Columbia Journalism Review)

1:25 PM ET, December 1, 2019

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Prosecutors in Malta have charged Yorgen Fenech, a prominent businessman in the country, with complicity in the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia — Yorgen Fenech entered not guilty plea to charges relating to killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia — A businessman has been charged …

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Ethan Zuckerman / Columbia Journalism Review:

Imagining a better web, using the history of radio globally as a guide, and rethinking assumptions about the commercial internet's venture capital-backed rise — What would social media look like if it served the public interest? — Over the course of a few short years, a technological revolution shook the world.

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The owner of the Daily Mail, DGMT, buys the i newspaper and website for £49.6M from JPI Media, leaving The Scotsman and Yorkshire Post as JPI's biggest titles — The owner of the Daily Mail, DGMT, has bought the i newspaper and website for £49.6m from JPI Media.

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Guardian Media Group appoints Anna Bateson as interim CEO; Bateson has been in charge of reader revenues at the company — David Pemsel has resigned as chief executive of the Premier League, two months before he was due to take up the role. — The 51-year-old has stood down after allegations appeared …

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Joe Tidy / BBC:

BBC asks the UK Conservative party to take down a Facebook ad that uses edited footage of its news reporters and presenters — The BBC has complained to the Conservatives about a Facebook advert that uses edited footage of its news reporters and presenters.

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Joshua Green / Bloomberg:

A look at Courier Newsroom, which is raising $25M and aims to counter right-wing spin via digital “hometown” newspapers with articles targeted to sway voters — In the days after the White House released a readout of Donald Trump's July 25 phone call with the president of Ukraine …

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Graig Graziosi / Columbia Journalism Review:

A long look at the last days of The Vindicator in Youngstown, OH, and how its closure mirrored the closing of the town's GM auto plant and Rust Belt decline — WHEN THE VINDICATOR DIED, I knew it meant I'd have to leave my hometown. Again. — The shuttering of Youngstown …

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Bloomberg:

Sources: Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani is in talks to sell his news media assets, including Network18, to India's Times Group — - Sony already in talks to buy Network18 entertainment stake — Billionaire Mukesh Ambani is in talks to sell his news media assets to India's Times Group …

Discussion: @bloombergquint and @riarevealed

Reuters:

China's new rules, effective Jan. 1, require videos created using AI or VR tech to be clearly marked, make distribution of deepfakes a possible criminal offense — BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese regulators have announced new rules governing video and audio content online …

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