Mediagazer: French startup Brut, which creates video distributed on Facebook and other platforms, partners with public broadcaster France Télévisions and eyes US expansion (Ingrid Cobben/Nieman Lab)

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Ingrid Cobben / Nieman Lab:

French startup Brut, which creates video distributed on Facebook and other platforms, partners with public broadcaster France Télévisions and eyes US expansion — Brut — think a French version of NowThis — has had success reaching a younger demographic and is now partnering …

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Facebook is publishing full-page ads in Germany's biggest papers advising readers how to detect fake news, amid mounting government pressure to curb its spread — Angela Merkel pressuring social media company to do more — Facebook Inc. published full-page ads in Germany's biggest …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

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