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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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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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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 …
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Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Pandora updates $5/month Pandora One ad-free subscription service as Pandora Plus, gets unlimited skips, replays, and offline mode — Pandora's free service is also getting some new features — As expected, Pandora has launched Pandora Plus, a rebranded and improved version of its $5-a-month Pandora One offering.
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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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@sopandeb, The Wrap, @hillaryclinton, @davidaxelrod, Scripting News and CNN
John Koblin / New York Times:
Fox News co-presidents Bill Shine and Jack Abernethy sign multi-year contracts, signaling that the network won't change its voice in the wake of Ailes' ouster — Fox News already doubled down on its leadership team last month when it announced that Roger Ailes's major deputies were being elevated into top positions at the network.
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CNNMoney, @antillaview, @brianstelter, @brianstelter and @prashantrao
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, @jgkoomey, @sulliview, Vocativ and The FJP
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
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, Talking New Media, @erikwemple, @moneyries, Folio, @joepompeo, @mattfriedmannj, @dracioppi, @giambusso, @nycjamescobb, @jareddiamond, @rizzotk, @mattfriedmannj and @mattkatz00
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.
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@katebracco, VideoInk, Hollywood Reporter, Multichannel News and NetNewsCheck Latest
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 …
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