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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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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Adblock Plus launches a marketplace for Acceptable Ads, will get 6% revenue from ads, and publishers will receive 80%
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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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TechCrunch, Digital Single Market, Google Europe Blog, PCMag UK, Music Ally, Engadget, BBC, The Irish Times, Wall Street Journal, Politico and Wall Street Journal
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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, @s_m_i, New York Magazine, TechCrunch, @jayrosen_nyu, @mathewi, @joshconstine and The Next Web
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
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
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, Android Central, SlashGear, Music Ally, MacRumors, Consequence of Sound, Fast Company and Recode
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
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, @jgkoomey, @kubremner, @sulliview, Vocativ and The FJP
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
Politico:
More details emerge about CNN commentator Corey Lewandowski's involvement with Trump's presidential campaign: he is advising its top officials — Ousted Trump campaign manager playing a widening role behind the scenes. — Among the Trump campaign staffers and VIPs mingling in a back room …
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
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
New Twitter app launches on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Xbox One, as the site prepares to stream its first NFL game on Thursday — Twitter also built apps for Amazon and Xbox. — On Thursday, Twitter will stream its first NFL game, a Thursday Night Football matchup between the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets.
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VentureBeat, Ad Age, Variety, Adweek, Pocket-lint, @pkafka, Fortune and CNET
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Fact-checking debates in real-time is a burden moderators are not as well suited to handle as seasoned staffers at Politifact or The Washington Post — Presidential debate moderators often go into hiding as they prepare to carry out their thankless jobs. But Fox News' Chris Wallace caused …
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@mlcalderone
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Presidential debate moderators must keep control, assert truth in real time, ask follow-up questions, and more
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The Atlantic and www.wnyc.org
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, Washington Post, CNNMoney, @sarahcuda, The Daily Caller, @charlesmblow, @jayrosen_nyu, @znakit, Talking New Media and @djgeoffe
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