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Facebook says it overestimated average video viewing time metric by 60%-80% for 2 years, according to information Publicis Media says it obtained from Facebook — Social network miscalculated the average time users spent watching videos on its platform — Big ad buyers and marketers …
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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
USA Today suspends columnist Glenn Reynolds for one month — USA Today has suspended the column of a conservative commentator for one month after he called for drivers to “run ... down” demonstrators protesting police shootings in Charlotte, North Carolina Wednesday night.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Conservative columnist Glenn Reynolds, aka Instapundit, temporarily suspended from Twitter after tweeting “Run them down” in reference to protesters on I-277 — As protests in Charlotte descended into chaos and violent outbreaks on Wednesday night, a conservative columnist …
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Kif Leswing / Business Insider:
Yahoo confirms data from 500M+ accounts was stolen in 2014 by “state-sponsored actor”; info includes email addresses, hashed passwords, security questions, more — Yahoo on Thursday revealed a massive data breach of its services. — Yahoo “has confirmed that a copy …
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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Inside the final days of Roger Ailes at Fox News: an army of lawyers and advisers, the internal investigation, and power shifts among the Murdochs — For 20 years, Roger Ailes did as he pleased at Fox News. Then former anchor Gretchen Carlson sued him for sexual harassment …
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CNBC:
Sources: Twitter may receive formal bid shortly, suitors said to include Salesforce and Google — Twitter has received expressions of interest from several technology companies and may receive a formal bid shortly, sources said. — The social media company is engaged in conversations …
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Sources: The Guardian US lost $15.85M on revenue of $15.5M in 12 months ending April 2016 — The Guardian's U.S. operation took in $15.5 million in revenue but suffered a $15.85 million net loss in the 12 months ending April 2016, POLITICO has learned. It initially believed …
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Keegan Hamilton / VICE News:
Contrasting scenarios in Tulsa and Charlotte after police shootings highlight the differences in government approaches to public access to police video — Two officer-involved shootings of black men this week — one in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and another in Charlotte, North Carolina …
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Paul Szoldra / Business Insider:
Security journalist Brian Krebs' site, KrebsOnSecurity, hit by record cyberattack; site will be “offline for a while” — Cloud hosting giant Akamai Technologies has dumped journalist Brian Krebs from its servers after his website came under a “record” cyberattack.
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Ian Burrell / The Drum:
The Lad Bible, one of the UK's fastest growing news sites, hires 16-year-old paid apprentices to bolster editorial operation and help plan strategy — The Lad Bible, one of the UK's fastest-growing news and entertainment publishers, has begun to hire 16-year-olds and place them at the heart of its editorial operation.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
CityLab names Robert Bole as general manager, expands staff in push to double audience and revenue — The world reached a huge milestone in 2008 when, for the first time in history, the majority of the human race began living in cities. — Three years later, The Atlantic reached a milestone of its own.
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