Top News:
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Facebook, Craig Newmark, Mozilla, Betaworks, others help launch $14M global News Integrity Initiative administered by CUNY to improve online news literacy — A global coalition of tech leaders, academic institutions, nonprofits and funders, including Facebook, Mozilla and Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark …
Business Insider:
AOL and Yahoo will be renamed Oath after the Verizon deal closes — When Verizon merges Yahoo with AOL after its acquisition of Yahoo closes, the newly created division will get a new name. — That new name is Oath, sources tell Business Insider. — In a deal that was announced in July …
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@timarmstrongaol, @stevekovach, @michaelbolen, New York Magazine, @b_fung, @oliverdarcy, @jeffyoung, @maxnisen, @mikeisaac, @sfiegerman, @mekosoff, Mashable, Engadget and Axios, more at Techmeme »
Peter Kafka / Recode:
YouTube to start letting outside firms like DoubleVerify and comScore audit its efforts to avoid controversial ad placements — In an interview with Recode, Philipp Schindler, Google's top business exec, walks a fine line. — A top Google executive says the company's YouTube ad controversy …
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Bloomberg, Ad Age, New York Times, Digiday, Mashable, The Guardian, TVWeek.com, Business Insider, The Next Web, @pkafka, Gizmodo and @pkafka, more at Techmeme »
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Reuters appeared to retract a story about Jared Kushner being in Iraq, issued a tweet saying the story was wrong then deleted it — Jared Kushner has a lot on his plate right now. As a senior advisor (and son-in-law) to President Trump, Kushner is heading the new White House Office of American Innovation …
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Mediaite, New York Times, CNN, The Inquisitr News, Associated Press, Just Security, Washington Post, @maggienyt, New York Magazine, KTLA, The Week and Axios
Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Fox News contributor Julie Roginsky files sexual harassment suit against the network, Roger Ailes, and its current co-president Bill Shine — Fox News contributor Julie Roginsky has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the network, former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes and current co-president Bill Shine.
Politico:
Playbook: April Ryan, White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks, joins CNN as a political analyst — IT'S OPENING DAY! The Washington Nationals face off against the Miami Marlins at 1:05 p.m. at Nationals Park. Email us and let us know who is playing hooky!
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@aprildryan, Deadline, The Hill, The Wrap and @lkherman
Poynter:
Tow Center's 25K word report details the issues with increasing social media platform influence on news publishers, suggests avenues to explore for remedies — Facebook and other platform companies publishing news are forces for bad journalism not good, despite some well-intended efforts lately to help media companies.
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The Guardian, Columbia Journalism Review, @mtaibbi, @lauraelizdavis, @emilybell and @benedictevans
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Gizmodo Media Group's Executive Managing Editor Katie Drummond is joining Joshua Topolsky's The Outline as its first executive editor — She's reuniting with Outline CEO Josh Topolsky — The Outline, a startup that promises to take a novel approach to digital publishing, has a new editorial boss …
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@kevinroose, @raju, @carlfranzen, @johnjcook, @ashleyfeinberg, @katiedrumm, @williamturton and @joshuatopolsky
Jeff Baumgartner / Broadcasting & Cable:
Roku introduces audience guarantees for TV advertisers that are based on Nielsen ratings, about 2 years after Roku and Nielsen partnered to measure demographics — Roku to base guarantees on Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings, tap into currency used for traditional TV advertising
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@adage and @jpoggi, more at Techmeme »
Kerry Myers / Columbia Journalism Review:
A critique of criminal justice reporting by Kerry Myers, a former inmate and editor of the Louisiana State Penitentiary's award-winning publication The Angolite — This column was published in partnership with The Marshall Project. — It is interesting to follow what journalists write and say about criminal justice.
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@daviduberti, @cjr and @brucebartlett
James Titcomb / Telegraph:
COO Anthony Noto says Twitter is seeking deals with pay-TV companies to let subscribers watch live channels in Twitter app — Twitter is seeking to ink deals with pay-TV companies that would let subscribers watch live channels over the social network as part of a major video push.
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Forbes and @jamestitcomb
Amanda Hess / New York Times:
In S-Town, the new Serial podcast spinoff, journalist Brian Reed illuminates the reportorial experience of following through on tempting tips — In 2014, the true-crime podcast “Serial” began like this: A tipster asked a radio journalist to investigate a murder.
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The Guardian, @iraglass, @thisamerlife, @nytimes and New Yorker