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8:30 PM ET, September 14, 2016

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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%
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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Mark Scott / New York Times:
New EU proposals would make VOD content from services including Netflix, Amazon Prime, and BBC iPlayer more readily available across all member states
Discussion: Variety
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 …
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 …
Discussion: 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.
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: @city_matters and HoldTheFrontPage
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 …
Discussion: @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
Discussion: 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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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
UK Parliamentary committee finds ex-News of the World editor Colin Myler and legal manager Tom Crone in contempt over phone hacking evidence given to government
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Time Warner leads $12M Series B round for You.i TV, a Canadian firm that helps TV brands build video apps for various devices
Discussion: Globe and Mail
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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