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9:05 AM ET, September 15, 2016

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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.
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 …
Anthony Crupi / Ad Age:
Rio Olympics brought $250M profit to NBC Universal due to 20% increase in ad sales, CEO Steve Burke says, despite ratings 15% lower than London Olympics  —  While the ratings for the 2016 Summer Olympics didn't quite measure up to NBC's early projections, the Peacock still managed to strut away …
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.
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.
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
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.
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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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Verizon and Hearst combine Complex Media, RatedRed.com, and Seriously.TV into digital video joint venture Complex Networks, with Rich Antoniello as CEO  —  Verizon and Hearst have named their digital-video networks joint venture Complex Networks, and they have put Rich Antoniello, formerly CEO of Complex, in charge of the operation.
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 …
Discussion: The Verge
 
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Kelly Liyakasa / AdExchanger:
Google and AppNexus sever ties with ComboTag, the partner company behind Adblock Plus' ad exchange
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
Politico:
More details emerge about CNN commentator Corey Lewandowski's involvement with Trump's presidential campaign: he is advising its top officials
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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