Mediagazer: Sources: Twitter is working on an anti-harassment tool to let users filter posts using keywords (Sarah Frier/Bloomberg)

5:20 PM ET, August 26, 2016

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Sources: Spotify retaliates against artists who give exclusives to rivals by demoting their songs in search results and excluding tracks from promoted playlists — Service said to tell labels it may keep tracks off playlists — Apple Music emerges as largest challenge to streaming leader

Discussion: Business Insider, AppleInsider, @lucas_shaw, Billboard, Engadget, The Verge, The Next Web and Daring Fireball

Ben Sisario / New York Times:

Frank Ocean's exclusive, independent release of new album highlights tensions among artists, music labels, and digital services — The shoo-in for No. 1 on Billboard's next album chart is Frank Ocean's “Blonde,” which has charmed critics and enthralled fans who had waited four years since his last record.

Discussion: Fast Company, Pitchfork, Variety, MacRumors, AppleInsider, @1000timesyes, @forbestech, @ennisnyt, @leftsentthis, @forbes, hypebot, Complex, @judystakee, @anildash, The Verge, 9to5Mac, The FADER, Complex, Business Insider, The FADER, Engadget, The Drum, Complex, hypebot, Fast Company and Fortune

Peter Kafka / Recode:

Spotify calls report that it demotes songs in search due to artists' exclusives with rivals “unequivocally false” — Spotify doesn't like exclusives. But it says it won't bury Frank Ocean and other acts in its search results. — Spotify doesn't like it when big-name acts take their music to Apple or Tidal first.

Discussion: Daring Fireball

Alex Spence / Politico:

After the US election, alt-right website Breitbart News intends to launch in France, seeing a business opportunity in the rise of nationalist politics — LONDON — Stephen Bannon intends to get Donald Trump into the White House — and then he's set on conquering Europe.

Facebook Newsroom:

Facebook will now select stories and excerpts automatically for Trending topic pages, show topics instead of story descriptions in Trending section — Today, we're making some changes to the Trending feature on Facebook that will make the product more automated and will no longer require people …

Discussion: Recode, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Engadget, @dseetharaman, @anildash and Mashable

Ken Doctor / Politico:

Sources: Tronc mulls a third purchase offer from Gannett, at more than $18 per share, and moves forward with a formal counteroffer — It's apparently no longer a question of whether to sell or not, but for how much. — It's apparently no longer a question of whether to sell or not, but for how much.

Discussion: Deadline, @politico_media, The Wrap, @pkafka, @markcaro, @jonchesto, @kdoctor, @kdoctor, @alexweprin and FishbowlNY

Alexios Mantzarlis / Poynter:

Study: frequent readers of partisan news sites are more likely to hold misperceptions even if they're aware of evidence — Reading lots of partisan news online makes you more likely to hold inaccurate beliefs even if you are aware of the prevailing evidence, according to a study published …

Discussion: @edkelley16, @heddingkj, @poynter, @lmoliva_, @wpmediainsights, @samrat, @brikeilarcnn, @_hgz_, Wiley Online Library, @journalismfest, @msidealab, @mantzarlis, @mediashiftorg, @poynter and Cision

Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:

Sources: Twitter is working on an anti-harassment tool to let users filter posts using keywords — Abuse has led to depature of several high-profile users — New solution is similar to Instagram's keyword-based filter — Twitter Inc. is working on a keyword-based tool that will let people filter …

Discussion: @sarahfrier, The Hill, Gizmodo, New York Magazine, @digiphile, @sarahfrier, @kurtwagner8, @willoremus, MacRumors, The Verge, @kcoxdc, @oliverdarcy, @kantrowitz, Engadget, @torbahax, CNET, @nicholasadeleon, @caseynewton and Consumerist

Juliette Garside / Guardian:

Draft rules for EU would let publishers demand payment from Google and Facebook for article extracts in services like Google News — Measures are part of a series of planned European commission changes designed to strengthen rights of creators and publishers

Discussion: Editor & Publisher, IT ProPortal, @jeffjarvis and @mathewi

Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:

After Ailes, it remains unclear if prized anchor Megyn Kelly will renew her contract with Fox; if Bill O'Reilly stays on, one source says, Kelly is likely to go — Within its subterranean newsroom, staffers and executives have a new fear: will they be able to convince Megyn Kelly to re-sign …

Discussion: Washington Post, @nycsouthpaw, Politicus USA, AOL, @gabrielsherman, @sarahlellison, @eisingerj, @eugene_scott, @maghielse, @jyarow, @joelcifer, @sarahlellison, @neil_irwin, @brianstelter, @brianstelter, @thetowncrier and Washington Post

Jon Ralston / Ralston Reports:

Reporters for Adelson's Las Vegas Review-Journal were told to ask candidates a not-for-publication question about public funding for Raiders stadium — Reporters for Sheldon Adelson's newspaper have been told to ask candidates if they support public money for the stadium proposed …

Discussion: Deadspin, Mediaite, Awful Announcing, @ralstonreports, @ralstonreports and @jayrosen_nyu

Sahil Patel / Digiday:

NBCUniversal's partnership with BuzzFeed for Olympics Snapchat coverage garnered 35M viewers over two weeks, with 2.2B views and 230M minutes of consumption — NBCUniversal decided to turn over the keys to its Snapchat account to BuzzFeed for the Olympics.

Discussion: Strategist, @joelcifer, @mattjroper, @hearstcorp, @andrewgauthier, @peretti, @poynter, @digiday, @tomgara and @niemanlab

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

NYT is launching digital-first teams to cover gender, education, and climate change as part of a strategy to disentangle itself from the daily print bureaucracy — The New York Times appears to be getting further away from its print roots in a bid to cover the news on a variety of platforms.