Mediagazer: Spotify and Hulu partner to offer both services in a bundle to US students for $4.99/month, will offer other bundles to more customers in future (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

11:40 AM ET, September 7, 2017

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Alex Stamos / Facebook:

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Washington Post:

Facebook says it sold ~$100K of ads on politically divisive topics to Russia-linked accounts from 6/15-5/17; sources say FB told Congress ads targeted voters — Representatives of Facebook told congressional investigators Wednesday that it has discovered it sold ads during the U.S. presidential election …

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Spotify and Hulu partner to offer both services in a bundle to US students for $4.99/month, will offer other bundles to more customers in future — Hulu and Spotify announced a partnership today that will see the two companies working together to market entertainment bundles offering …

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Shannon Bond / Financial Times:

Quartz publishes its first sponsored print book, launches management and lifestyle brands, and adds second daily newsletter as it increases push for advertising — Quartz, the Atlantic Media-owned business news site, is increasing its push for advertising, at a time when other publishers …

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

Scribd partners with New York Times to offer US students a $1.87/week bundle and will share any revenue — Scribd, the San Francisco-based startup that wants to be the Netflix for text, has a new plan to lure more subscribers: Give them The New York Times. — This morning, Scribd announced a new two-for-one deal for students.

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