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Komal Gupta / Livemint: 75 mins ago

WhatsApp has appointed Komal Lahiri as grievance officer to help curb the spread of misinformation and rumors in India, Lahiri will be based in the US

John Leland / New York Times: 4½ hours ago

Seven ways the Village Voice, which laboriously covered local news in NYC, made a difference, from uncovering corruption to giving voice to feminists

Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed: 7 hours ago

Right-wing sites funded by Russia's Internet Research Agency were used to target /r/The_Donald subreddit where the sites' stories were shared thousands of times

Aisha Hassan / Quartz:

Spotify and Ancestry.com team up to offer users playlists based on DNA test results; generator to select tracks from ancestral cultures and listening habits

Hollywood Reporter:

NBC Entertainment head Bob Greenblatt to be replaced by new co-chairmen George Cheeks and Paul Telegdy, effective immediately

Komal Gupta / Livemint:

WhatsApp has appointed Komal Lahiri as grievance officer to help curb the spread of misinformation and rumors in India, Lahiri will be based in the US

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / Jezebel:

Five women describe emotional abuse, manipulation, and gaslighting by Mic writer Jack Smith IV; Mic says it found no evidence of improper behavior by him at Mic

John Leland / New York Times:

Seven ways the Village Voice, which laboriously covered local news in NYC, made a difference, from uncovering corruption to giving voice to feminists

Michael Sheetz / CNBC:

Satellite radio company SiriusXM to acquire music streaming service Pandora in a $3.5B all-stock deal

Alex Sherman / CNBC:

Source: Comcast is willing to sell its 30% stake in streaming service Hulu to Disney

Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast:

A look at how Barstool Sports employees, fans regularly harass female reporters, with founder Dave Portnoy once asking if a woman “kind of deserves to be raped”

Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:

Right-wing sites funded by Russia's Internet Research Agency were used to target /r/The_Donald subreddit where the sites' stories were shared thousands of times

Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News:

Ian Rylett, co-founder of YouTube tween channel SevenAwesomeKids, arrested for allegedly molesting a minor; YouTube demonetized the channel but left it up

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:

In an effort to reach $8M for its ICO, Civil to sell CVL tokens using direct payments after complains about the complexity of the buying process

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

The Guardian's special projects head Mark Rice-Oxley tells journalism seminar mental health should be part of diversity conversations and performance reviews

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