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Washington Post:
Analysis finds ads for big brands placed on politically extreme and derogatory content across the web, highlighting broader issues with programmatic advertising — Follow The Post's tech blog, The Switch, where technology and policy connect. — As the owner of a small business in liberal Massachusetts …
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YouTube's advertiser exodus highlights the perils of programmatic advertising on a platform with 400 hours of content uploaded every minute — When Google acquired YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 billion, it was considered a pricey gamble, one made with the belief that an online service known …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
InfoWars' Alex Jones apologizes to Pizzagate restaurant's owner a day before becoming exposed to punitive damages in potential libel suit under Texas law — Alex Jones, the conspiracy-loving media personality, apologized Friday for his role in promoting “Pizzagate,” the baseless viral story …
Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Sources: Fox News fires comptroller after 19 years following complaints of racist comments and behavior — Fox News has fired longtime comptroller Judy Slater after an internal investigation concluded she had engaged in a pattern of racist comments and behavior, TheWrap has learned.
Washington Post:
Journalism ethics lecture by Washington Post's Martin Baron: “We owe it to the public to steer society clear of the world that George Orwell imagined” — Executive Editor Martin Baron delivered the Oweida Lecture in Journalism Ethics to students and faculty at Penn State University.
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@sambrook, @sulliview and Politico
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Sources: Comcast has acquired rights from cable network owners to offer their channels nationwide — Agreements give cable giant option to offer channels online — Comcast said to have no immediate plans to go beyond territory — Comcast Corp. has acquired rights from cable network owners …
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Digital Trends, Light Reading, Engadget, Fast Company, TVSpy, @gerryfsmith, @gerryfsmith and Multichannel News
Salvador Hernandez / BuzzFeed:
FBI agents posed as documentary filmmakers to infiltrate militia in 2014 Nevada standoff — The name for the fake documentary was America Reloaded. — FBI agents posed as documentary filmmakers to talk to militia members during an armed standoff in the Nevada desert …
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@rcfp, @caitlinvogus, @morganloewcbs5, Infowars, @freedomofpress, @trevortimm, @evanchill, @scribandotcom and @patrickcfile
Steven Millward / Tech in Asia:
Taiwan's The News Lens, now with 6M readers across four editions in Chinese and English, adds a lifestyle sub-brand after securing Series B round — While the media industry flails and self-flagellates over fake news and the inscrutable powers of the Facebook newsfeed …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Some independent publishers that moved to Medium in 2016, like The Establishment and Film School Rejects, are doubtful of subscription model's revenue potential — Late last summer, Kelley Calkins and her team began discussions with Medium to take their burgeoning company in a new direction.
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The Register, @rafat, @kelseymsutton, @raju, @lollardfish, @rejects, @rejects, @willoremus and @poynter
Reuters:
British hedge fund firm Brevan Howard has been granted an injunction to prevent Reuters from publishing a story it says is based on confidential information — Brevan Howard Asset Management, a British hedge fund firm, has been granted an injunction to prevent Reuters publishing a story it says is based on confidential information.
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@jsadinolfi, @katekelly, @cgrantwsj, @talkingbiznews, Talking Biz News, @ldelevingne and @iron_emu
Reuters:
Sources: AMC Networks is planning commercial-free streaming service for about $4.99-$6.99/month for people who subscribe to AMC via cable TV — AMC Networks Inc, whose shows include “The Walking Dead,” is planning to launch a commercial-free online video streaming service aimed at millennial TV subscribers …
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Engadget, Variety and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Sources: Facebook, Amazon, Twitter and YouTube are bidding to stream NFL's Thursday night football games next season — These streams are the highest-profile sports rights currently on the market. — The NFL is selling the rights to stream its “Thursday Night Football” games next season …
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Variety, ProFootballTalk, @edmundlee, Consumerist and @vij
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