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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Gallup poll: trust in mass media falls to 32%, eight points lower than in 2015, with only 14% of Republicans trusting it; overall level is lowest since 1972 — The American public's trust in the media in 2016 has fallen to its lowest point since at least 1972, according to a new Gallup poll released Wednesday.
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Gallup, @brianstelter, @laynier, @asgucciardi, @arifleischer, Washington Post, @sarahcuda, The Daily Caller, Talking New Media, @djgeoffe, @jayrosen_nyu, @charlesmblow, @znakit and CNNMoney
Kelly Liyakasa / AdExchanger:
Google and AppNexus sever ties with ComboTag, the partner company behind Adblock Plus' ad exchange — Google has severed its relationship with ComboTag, the Israeli startup that sourced buyers for Adblock Plus' recently launched Acceptable Ads Platform. — “We were just as surprised …
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Fast Company, Ad Age, Business Insider and Boing Boing
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Aoife White / Bloomberg:
EU publishes proposals for new copyright rules, which would allow news publishers to demand payment from aggregators like Google News — Copyright plan may curb online use of news articles, content — EU also seeks to bolster rights of music performers, authors
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook's VP of product management Adam Mosseri says the company is actively working on tech to prevent fake news stories from showing up in Trending section — Following the controversial firing of the editorial team who managed the Trending Topics that appear next to Facebook's News Feed …
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VentureBeat, New York Magazine, @s_m_i, TechCrunch, @jayrosen_nyu, @joshconstine, @mathewi and The Next Web
Rebecca Stewart / The Drum:
Google launches YouTube Player for Publishers in Europe as part of Digital News Initiative, giving publishers more control over pre-roll and mid-roll ads — As part of its charm offensive on media owners, Google has unveiled YouTube Player for Publishers, a new video offering specifically tailored to the needs of the news industry.
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Google Europe Blog, Journalism.co.uk and Fortune
Jason Leopold / VICE News:
VICE files FOIA lawsuit against IRS, demands it turn over audits of Trump's tax returns, and against FBI, seeking info on two controversial campaign comments — For more than a year, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has claimed that he would “love” to release his tax returns …
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The Wrap, Scripting News and CNN
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
News literacy is an urgent mission during a fact-challenged presidential election, which has obscured the line between truth, opinion, propaganda, and fiction — Veteran journalist Alan Miller tells the story of the high school students who, years after the fact, didn't know that Osama bin Laden had been killed.
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@adamjohnsonnyc, @mrdanzak, @kubremner, @sulliview, @jgkoomey, Vocativ and The FJP
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
Spotify hits 40M paid subscribers, up 10M in five months, compared to Apple Music's growth of about 4M over roughly the same period — Spotify today confirmed it has reached the 40 million paid subscriber milestone. — In a tweet shared by Spotify's official Twitter account today …
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VentureBeat, The FADER, SlashGear, Music Ally, Android Central, MacRumors, Consequence of Sound, Recode and Fast Company
NorthJersey.com:
After purchasing North Jersey Media Group in July, Gannett to make 200+ staffers redundant — North Jersey Media Group announced Wednesday an ambitious restructuring designed to make its newsroom and sales department more responsive to the growing digital demands of readers and advertisers.
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FishbowlNY, Folio, @joepompeo, @mattfriedmannj, @dracioppi, @giambusso, @jareddiamond, @rizzotk, @mattfriedmannj and @mattkatz00
Rafat Ali / Skift:
Travel news site Skift expands into food and drink coverage, will host and distribute Chefs+Tech newsletter written by veteran journalist Kristen Hawley — The future of dining out, as told by the Chefs+Tech weekly newsletter. — Skift Take: Chefs+Tech is a natural expansion of the Skift umbrella …
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@erichippeau, @chefstech, @kh, @rafat, @dangillmor and @luke_beatty, Thanks:@steverubel
Julia Love / Reuters:
Sources: joint venture between Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment readying NOW Music+ streaming app for UK, priced at £5.99/month — Two major record labels are rolling out a low-priced music streaming service in the United Kingdom, a rare foray by record companies directly …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
New weekly newspaper in London, City Matters, will cover Fleet Street and plans initial circulation of 20K with staff of five journalists — A new ‘hyperlocal’ weekly newspaper is to launch covering the City of London. — City Matters will fill a local news gap for the area which currently has no dedicated title.
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@city_matters and HoldTheFrontPage
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