Media
Media
Amazon plans charging 2.8 million USD for 30 second ads during NFL games, invests in sports to attract customers to website and Prime service
Wall Street Journal fires chief foreign correspondent Jay Solomon for having business deal with one of his sources, Iranian business man Farhad Azima
Afghanistan TV channel ZAN focuses on women's rights, 54 of 70 employees are female, since 2001 country has gone from one state owned channel to 76 different alternatives
Media channels with higher ratio of original content get more traffic according to study of dataset with 2.5 million French articles from 2013
BBC regrets headline "Three Palestinians killed after deadly stabbing in Jerusalem" describing terror attack where Israeli policewoman was killed and at least four were injured
Saudi Arabia bans hotels and tourist facilities from airing Al Jazeera news channels, violators could be punished with fine of up to USD 26,000
CNN breaks off production relationship with Reza Aslan after he posts profane tweet criticizing Trump's promotion of travel ban following London terror attack
Wall Street Journal loses 44% of readers coming via Google after adding paywall for them too, quadruples share converting from free to paying readers
Facebook to create "hostile environment" for terrorists spreading propaganda, wants to provide service where users feel safe, measures proposed in statement after London attack
SoundCloud bans Richard Spencer's podcast alt-right Radio, content found to violate terms of service after examination initiated by Twitter user
CNN terminates agreement with comedian Kathy Griffin after she participates in photo shoot that featured her holding up bloody head resembling that of Donald Trump
US Library of Congress makes 25 million files accessible online, including books, maps and music
William Anderson: US TV sports giant ESPN declining due to outdated business model focused on advertising and cable subscriptions as well as left-wing views
Fox News co-founder and former CEO Roger Ailes dies at the age of 77
WeChat latest messaging app to be blocked in Russia, has 900 million active users each month of which most are Chinese, Russian authorities believed to be inspired by the Great Firewall
YouTube plans 40 TV series and films, hopes that famous actors will draw advertisers
Video blogger Daddyofive loses custody of two children, published video where child was wrongly accused of bad behavior and punished both physically and emotionally, YouTube account has 800,000 subscribers
4chan's "Operation OKKK" to make media associate the OK sign with white supremacy via memes and the hashtag #NOTok tricks The Independent among others
Russia Today and Sputnik denied access to Emmanuel Macron's campaign meetings after being accused of spreading propaganda, targeted and open discrimination according to Kremlin
Twitter blocks UK government and MI5 from using public API for surveillance, still sells user data to commercial actors
Bill O'Reilly fired from Fox News after sexual harassment allegations, has settled with five women for a total of USD 13 million
Indonesian Marvel illustrator Ardian Syaf fired for including Islamist propaganda in comic book, inspired by protests against Jakarta's Christian governor, references to Quran and date of protest on X-men character and building
Turkish doctor cleared of charges after sharing images comparing Erdoğan to Gollum, defense says reputation of fictional character rescued by arguments for his benevolence after hours of film watching
Evaluation of Infowars content brought up in custody battle between Alex Jones and his ex-wife who claims things said on air disqualify him from caring for children
Chinese government employees make 450 million internet posts per year to distract from unwanted discussions, done outside working hours and without economic compensation, according to Harvard professor Gary King
Snopes says fake news stereotype of right politics spread by uneducated is wrong, left and educated are just as vulnerable to confirmation bias
Facebook blocks 30,000 accounts in France ahead of presidential election to stop misinformation, will run special fact-checking programs in country during end of campaign season in late April and early May
Netflix to invest USD 6 billion to produce content in California, abandons previous strategy of producing in states offering most beneficial tax deals
Facebook develops image recognition tools for automatically blocking revenge porn, similar methods in use to stop distribution of child pornography
Facebook, Mozilla and 20 more organizations invest 14 million USD in fake news filter
Mexican newspaper Norte de Ciudad Juarez shuts down because of security concerns as well as financial difficulties, three journalists from other newspapers killed only in March
US news papers from 412,000 employees in 2001 to 174,000 in 2016, number of internet publishers grew from 67,000 to 206,000 between 2007 and 2016
People following the news more likely to hold negative views on Islam, according to study – widespread representations of Muslims in the news because violence sells likely factor, author says
21-year-old man sentenced to death in Iran for insulting prophet Muhammad in messaging app Line, unclear how information reached authorities since app uses end-to-end encryption
CNN and MSNBC claim to be live while interviewing same guest at same time [video]
Gab.ai will remove features from the iOS app until Apple approves it, according to Andrew Torba
Fox News suspends Andrew Napolitano indefinitely after famous commentator claimed GHCQ spied on Trump on orders from Obama
Legendary New York columnist Jimmy Breslin dead at 88, known for aggressive and unpretentious style and defense of working class people
Tomi Lahren suspended from The Blaze for at least a week after calling pro-life conservatives hypocrites, contract expiring in September 2017 may be terminated prematurely
Hundreds of prominent Twitter accounts hacked, Turkish text and flag displayed as well as Nazi accusations against Netherlands, third party analytics service Twitter Counter believed to have served as back door
Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Journalists care more about each other's opinions than the public, lack incentives to report truthfully, easy for lobbyists to manipulate
CNN cuts congressman's feed as he references FBI statistics saying 30% of domestic terrorists are refugees
Facebook reports BBC to police after journalists notify social media platform of sexualized images of children being shared
Facebook starts flagging "fake news" as disputed, algorithm and user reporting send articles to Snopes and Politifact
Ahmadinejad creates Twitter account eight years after banning the service as president of Iran when it was used to protest his re-election
Tim Pool interviews Swedish journalist Ivar Arpi about the increase in crime in Sweden and media self-censorship [video]
37 French media organizations launch collaborative fact-checking service, has support from Google and Facebook
Donald Trump will not attend White House Correspondents' Dinner, last time sitting president was not present was 1981 when Reagan was recovering from assassination attempt but participated by phone
White House announces harsh measures to curb leaks, will check phones of staff, reminds that encrypted messaging apps are not allowed, warns employees not to leak information about leak crackdown
Tino Sanandaji: US media give sensationalist picture of refugee criminality in Sweden, crime concentrated to ghettoes and stems from decades of immigration, taboo against relevant statistics is biggest problem
Mark Zuckerberg edits his manifesto, removes line about using AI to monitor private communication
Kremlin instructs state media to curb celebrations of Trump, American president receives more media mentions than Russian counterpart but is now feared to be less friendly toward Russia than previously hoped
CNN Español broadcasts on YouTube after being censored from network television in Venezuela
Maduro says CNN not welcome in Venezuela due to having spread fake news and interfered in country's affairs
Disney breaks off partnership with Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg after YouTube star publishes joke perceived as antisemitic
President of Italy's lower house of parliament demands Facebook fight harder against hate speech, disappointed over lack of action after November meeting with company representatives
Media representatives call for boycott of White House Correspondents Dinner which has taken place yearly since 1921
Fake interview with Pope Francis published on fake frontpage of Vatican newspaper, sent anonymously to cardinals and bishops, suspected to be part of conservative uprising against radical pope
Wall Street Journal tightens paywall, will halt exceptions for visitors coming via Google searches, earlier experiments along same lines increased number of subscribers substantially
Twitter implements additional features to report tweets and block new accounts, function "Safe Search" filters out objectionable views
MSNBC host Katy Tur asks Republican senator whether Trump will start killing journalists
Fake news on rise in US mainstream media, The Federalist shows corrections get much less attention on social media
Kremlin demands apology from Fox News after Bill O'Reilly calls Putin killer in Trump interview, unacceptable and insulting according to Russian spokesperson
Red Ice launches new collaboration Norse News with Ingrid & Conrad, to release monthly update on Scandinavian news in English
Der Spiegel defends cover where Trump is depicted with bloody knife and severed head of Statue of Liberty, editor-in-chief says illustration is defense of democracy
Buzzfeed sued by Russian tech company named as having hacked the DNC in controversial reporting on Trump's connection to Russia
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