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12:15 PM ET, January 7, 2020

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Washington Post:
Facebook bans deepfakes, but its new policy may not cover simpler forms of deception like with the distorted Pelosi video  —  Facebook has banned users from posting computer-generated, highly manipulated videos, known as deepfakes, seeking to stop the spread of a novel form of misinformation months …
BuzzFeed News:
A look at the worldwide industry of PR and marketing firms, which offer disinformation services including fake accounts, false narratives, and pseudo news sites  —  Peng Kuan Chin pulled out his phone, eager to show the future of online manipulation.  —  Unseen servers began crawling the web for Chinese articles and posts.
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
News media's coverage of the Trump administration's conflict with Iran will be a test of lessons learned from the reporting preceding the 2003 Iraq war  —  Still living down the 2003 Iraq war disgrace, under pressure from multiple sides, and dealing with a truth-challenged administration …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
USA Today debuts Hecho en USA, a project covering Spanish-speaking Americans, with bilingual content online, after NYT en Espanol and Tribune's Hoy shutdowns  —  USA Today is looking to make deeper connections with Spanish speakers by launching a new series in English and Spanish.
John Geddie / Reuters:
Singapore's communications minister says it's a coincidence that the first cases brought under its new fake news law are against political figures and parties  —  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's communications minister said on Monday it was a coincidence that the first few cases brought under …
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
Portland Press Herald cutting Monday edition before weekends is unusual, but it makes sense as it has fewer ads, lower circulation, and Sunday labor is pricey  —  Those of us who have followed the transition of newspapers from print to free digital and, now, to paid digital have long predicted …
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
AT&T TV and AT&T TV Now disappear from Roku's app store as AT&T and Roku negotiate a new contract, the first major service to be pulled from the app store  —  One company has proved that when it comes to streaming TV hardware, Roku is just as vulnerable as the rest.
The Guardian:
Key figures from US media, including Dean Baquet, Ben Smith, Jorge Ramos, and Margaret Sullivan, describe their fears and ideas for covering the 2020 election  —  Key figures from major US newspapers, news sites and TV describe their fears about covering this year's election - and ideas on how to get it right
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
The Sigma Awards for outstanding data journalism will replace the Data Journalism Awards that were earlier maintained by the now-defunct Global Editors Network  —  The Sigma Awards is a new international competition marking the most outstanding examples of data journalism.
Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
News Corp to sell Unruly, the video advertising platform it acquired for around £115M in 2015, to the ad tech company Tremor International  —  Rebekah Brooks will join the board of Tremor International as part of News Corp's deal to offload Unruly, Sky News learns.  —  City editor @MarkKleinmanSky
 
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