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1. Hyperpartisan Facebook Pages Are Publishing False And Misleading Information At An Alarming Rate (Craig SIlverman, Lauren Strapagiel, Hamza Shaban, Ellie Hall, and Jeremy Singer-Vine / BuzzFeed)
2. USA Today Network Releases Its First Branded VR News Show ‘VRtually There’ (USA Today)
3. 360 Photos and Videos are Coming to Facebook’s Instant Articles (Sarah Perez / TechCrunch)
4. AT&T Discussed Idea of Takeover in Time Warner Meetings (Ed Hammond, Alex Sherman, and Scott Moritz / Bloomberg)
5. NBCUniversal is Doubling Its Bet on BuzzFeed by Investing Another $200 Million (Peter Kafka / Recode)
6. Facebook-Thirsty Publishers Turn to Celebrities to Worm Into the News Feed (Max WIllens / Digiday)