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Politico:
The New York Times refuses demand from Trump attorneys to retract article in which two women accuse Trump of touching them inappropriately — The New York Times Thursday refused a request from lawyers for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to retract a story in which two women describe instances …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Donald Trump's threats to sue media outlets highlight the need for a federal anti-SLAPP act imposing penalties on frivolous lawsuits — A message to the U.S. Congress: Pass a federal anti-SLAPP statute. — Donald Trump is spending the waning days of his buckling presidential campaign complaining about unfairness in the media.
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Techdirt
Reuters:
A Reuters review of state and federal court records suggests that Donald Trump has not sued a newspaper for libel since 1984
A Reuters review of state and federal court records suggests that Donald Trump has not sued a newspaper for libel since 1984
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
The Committee to Protect Journalists has passed a resolution declaring that a Trump presidency represents a threat to press freedom unknown in modern history
The Committee to Protect Journalists has passed a resolution declaring that a Trump presidency represents a threat to press freedom unknown in modern history
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Financial Times:
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff on Twitter bid: “In this case we've walked away. It wasn't the right fit for us”; Twitter shares down over 5% on news — CEO Benioff says messaging platform is not ‘right fit’ for his cloud company — The boss of Salesforce.com has ruled out his company …
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Matt Bai / Yahoo:
Competitive pressure and the notion that everything belongs in the public domain are leading some news sites to recklessly publish stolen private data — In 1972, a group of burglars working for the Republican Party broke into Democratic headquarters in the dead of night …
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PR Newswire:
Twitter's average minute audience for 6th week of Thursday Night Football was 300K viewers — Twitter today announced the live streaming results of their week six matchup of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, featuring the San Diego Chargers beating the Denver Broncos 21-13.
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@anthonynoto and @twitterpr
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Fox Business host Lou Dobbs, with 792K Twitter followers, publicized the address and phone number of a Trump accuser, then apologizes — Fox Business News anchor Lou Dobbs publicized the address and phone number of Jessica Leeds, one of the women who accused Donald Trump of groping her, to his 792,000 followers on Thursday morning.
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Interview with new Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg, on the shift from writer to editor, hiring plans, mentoring staffers, and the historic Clinton endorsement — The Atlantic's new editor talks about his plans for the magazine, Donald Trump and the future of the Middle East.
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@blakehounshell, @jackshafer, @hadas_gold, @amyspiro, @jakesherman and FishbowlDC
Jemima Kiss / Guardian:
Google News rolls out “fact check” tag for stories on web and mobile apps, starting in the US and UK — Launched today, fact check will now appear as a label among news search results alongside other labels such as opinion, local source and highly cited
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Journalism.co.uk, Nieman Lab, SocialTimes, Wall Street Journal, Google, Engadget, Fortune, @brucebartlett, Android Police, FishbowlDC, Glamour, The Verge, The Next Web, Press Gazette, BetaNews, TechCrunch, Search Engine Land, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, @kvox, @nxthompson, @billadairduke and 9to5Google
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
How UK's Sun uses Facebook to grow audience, boost traffic, and build brand recognition after paywall, dropped last November, left it with low search rankings — National tabloid The Sun has learned a lot since dropping its paywall last November. For starters, the News UK-owned title …
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@digiday and @girlfromafrica
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
French legislature gives preliminary approval to 2% tax on ad revenue from video platforms like YouTube, in order to help finance local content — PARIS - The lower house of the French legislature passed a bill to levy a 2% tax on the advertising revenues of online video platforms, including YouTube and Dailymotion.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Pandora adds iMessage extension that lets users send 30-second song samples that recipients can tap to launch artist stations based on shared track — Tucked away inside Pandora's rebranded app, launched yesterday, the company was hiding its first iMessage app, too.
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Q&A with newly named Group Nine CEO Ben Lerer, on media consolidation, long-form video content, expanding into new verticals, more — Three months ago, Thrillist CEO Ben Lerer declared on the Digiday podcast that his company would be on TV within a year.
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