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11:20 AM ET, January 16, 2018

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Felipe Villamor / New York Times:
Philippines government orders independent news site Rappler, which has been critical of President Rodrigo Duterte, to shut down  —  MANILA — The Philippines ordered the closing on Monday of an independent online news site that has been critical of President Rodrigo Duterte's administration …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
The Editor-in-Chief of Babe's parent company Tab Media, Joshi Herrmann, has defended the site's decision to publish the allegations against Aziz Ansari  —  Aziz Ansari responds to sexual assault accusation  —  Amid all the debate over an anonymous woman's account of a sexual encounter with Aziz Ansari …
Frederic Filloux / Monday Note:
Facebook exits from news after killing notions of the brand, authorship, business model; publishers should focus on products that directly impact their company  —  For Facebook, journalism has been a pain in the neck from day one.  Now, bogged down with the insoluble problems of fake news and bad PR …
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Richard Branson orders Virgin Trains to restock the Daily Mail, saying the decision to stop selling it amounted to censorship  —  Branson says decision was taken without his knowledge and company should not be seen to be ‘censoring’ or ‘moralising’  —  Sir Richard Branson has ordered Virgin Trains …
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
HBO fights streaming rivals like Netflix and Hulu with heavy marketing and a focus on quality over quantity with its original programming  —  As other channels stockpile content, HBO is trimming its development pipeline; 'More is not better.  Only better is better.'
Katharine Viner / The Guardian:
The Guardian has redesigned its website and mobile apps to coincide with the launch of the newspaper's new tabloid format on Monday  —  oday, our newspaper is being printed in a new tabloid format for the first time, a decision we took seven months ago.  We decided then that we also wanted …
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Los Angeles Times editor-in-chief Lewis D'Vorkin, formerly of Forbes, brings in new hires and prepares for a newsroom reorganization  —  New hires from The New York Times and The Washington Post bring new faces to a news organization that has been in flux under Tronc management.
Discussion: LA Observed and @jbenton
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Twitter again disputes claims from a Project Veritas undercover video aimed at the company, saying “We do not proactively review DMs. Period.”  —  “We do not proactively review DMs.  Period.”  —  On Monday, conservative activist and filmmaker James O'Keefe published undercover footage …
James Walker / Press Gazette:
The EU's newly established group on fake news and disinformation met for the first time as it seeks to define and develop a strategy for tackling fake news  —  The European Union's newly established fake news body met for the first time today, but revealed that it has yet to establish a working definition for “fake news”.
Discussion: Associated Press, DW.COM and euronews
Alex Ritman / Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon Studios signs Sharon Horgan, creator of hit TV show Catastrophe, to a two-year overall deal alongside a separate deal with her production company  —  Amazon Studios has also set up a first-look deal with Horgan's Merman banner.  —  With the British comedy show Catastrophe having proven …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
NPR and Edison Research survey: 16% of Americans own a smart speaker today, up 128% YoY; 30% of owners say smart speakers are replacing time spent with TV  —  One in six Americans now own a smart speaker, according to new research out this week from NPR and Edison Research - a figure that's up 128 percent from January, 2017.
Discussion: Forbes, MacStories, The Verge and Engadget
 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
The Young Turks Network Hires Deanna Brown as President
Discussion: @deannabrown and Tubefilter
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Daily Beast reporter Lizzie Crocker resigned from the site this weekend, following revelations she plagiarized a column in the Weekly Standard
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Google says bugs, not partisanship, responsible for it wrongly appending a “Reviewed Claims” fact check to right-leaning news site The Daily Caller
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Press Gazette:
Press freedom groups have written to Theresa May asking her to repeal law forcing papers to pay all court costs, win or lose, unless signed up with regulator
Wall Street Journal:
US government lawyers have subpoenaed approximately 30 third parties for information on AT&T's $85B takeover of Time Warner with trial set to start March 19
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
While most media handled the use of “shithole” with professionalism, fewer were successful in exploring the racist thinking behind it