Think you’ve spotted fake news? Feel like you need to report it to someone? In Italy, news consumers are being asked to report fake news to a police agency who will fact check it, and if need be set the record straight. It might limit misinformation, but what effect might it have on freedom of the press?
Daniel Funke, Poynter: “Italians can now report fake news to the police. Here’s why that’s problematic.”
Jason Horowitz, New York Times: “Italy, bracing for electoral season of fake news, demands Facebook’s help”
Fake News awards
Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune: “Trump’s ‘fake news’ awards win the prize for flops”
Paulina Dedaj, Fox News: “President Trump reveals winners of his ‘Fake News’ awards”
Matt Flegenheimer & Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times: “Trump hands out ‘Fake News Awards,’ sans the red carpet”
Matthew Daly, Associated Press: “Arizona’s GOP senators denounce Trump attacks on news media”
Sabrina Siddiqui, The Guardian: “Donald Trump faces backlash as he reveals ‘Fake News Awards’ winners”
Rachel Stoltzfoos, The Federalist: “The media still hasn’t figured out why they’re losing credibility. Here’s a reminder”
Federal government shutdown
Eliana Johnson & Burgess Everett, POLITICO: “How Trump’s TV habits raised the risk of a shutdown”
James Warren, Poynter: “Pundits are predicting shutdown Armageddon, but reality is not quite so stark”
Cristiano Lima, POLITICO: “A guide to Trump’s Fox News-inspired tweets on showdown”
Allison McCartney & Derek Willis, ProPublica: “Reinventing Represent”
Carriage Fees for Facebook?
Rupert Murdoch, NewsCorp: “Statement of Rupert Murdoch, Executive Chairman of News Corp, on carriage fee for trusted publishers”
A.J. Katz, AdWeek: “Rupert Murdoch wants Facebook to pay publishers a fee for ‘trusted’ news content”
Mike Snider, USA Today: “Rupert Murdoch: Facebook should pay media companies for news on social network”
Hadas Gold, CNN: “Rupert Murdoch to Facebook: pay up”
Rob Golum, Bloomberg: “Murdoch pushes Facebook to pay for news to guarantee quality”
Eric Lieberman, The Daily Caller: “Rupert Murdoch: ‘Serious lack of transparency,’ potential ‘political bias’ at Facebook”
Merger would hurt media competition
Henry Chu & Stewart Clarke, Variety: “British competition watchdog says Fox takeover of Sky not in public interest”
Tom Watson, The Guardian: “Now Theresa May can stand up to Rupert Murdoch. But will she?”
Jon Lafayette, Broadcasting & Cable: “Regulator says Fox-Sky deal not in the public interest”
Prashant S. Rao, New York Times: “21stCentury Fox bid for Sky is provisionally rejected by U.K. regulator”
Chris Hughes, Bloomberg: “Rupert Murdoch suffers the friendliest of knock-backs”
Mark Di Stefano, BuzzFeed: “Rupert Murdoch’s attempted takeover of Sky has been provisionally blocked”
It made HuffPost, now it’s gone
Lydia Polgreen, Huffington Post: “Introducing HuffPost Opinion & HuffPost Personal”
Cristiano Lima, POLITICO: “HuffPostshutters unpaid contributor platform”’
Sydney Ember, New York Times: “HuffPost, breaking from its roots, ends unpaid contributions”
Don’t just fly over!
Joshua Benton, Columbia Journalism Review: “Media companies should open up an HQ2”
Kyle Pope, Columbia Journalism Review: “It’s time to rethink how we cover Trump”
Leadership at the Los Angeles Times
The Newsguild: “L.A. Times workers vote overwhelmingly for union”
James Rufus Koren, Los Angeles Times: “Los Angeles Times journalists vote 248-44 to unionize”
Lydia O’Connor, Huffington Post: “The Los Angeles Times votes to unionize”
Tom Kludt, CNN: “Los Angeles Times employees vote to form union”
Sarah Rabil & Benjamin Mullin, Wall Street Journal: “Los Angeles Times publisher Ross Levinsohn to go on unpaid leave of absence”
Meg James, Los Angeles Times: “L.A. Times Publisher Ross Levinsohn to take unpaid leave of absence”
Ricardo Lopez, Variety: “L.A. Times publisher placed on unpaid leave amid sexual harassment investigation”
Associated Press: “LA Times CEO Ross Levinsohn under investigation after report of ‘frat house’ behavior”
David Folkenflik, NPR: “Accusations of ‘frat house’ behavior trail ‘LA Times’ publisher’s career”
Benjamin Mullin, Wall Street Journal: “Troncand Axios are in talks for a news partnership”
James Warren, Poynter: “Coast to coast Mr. Fix-It: Jim Kirk to oversee New York Daily News newsroom”
The new ‘stage’ parent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR854-Cr-Ds
Taylor Lorenz, The Atlantic: “Raising a social-media star”