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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Snap partners with four college papers for Campus Publisher Story section in Discover tab, will split revenue, and says it'll add 24 more over next three months — Student papers from Berkeley, Texas A&M, Wisconsin and Syracuse are coming to Snapchat. — Snapchat is partnering with a new set of publishers: College newspapers.
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Fast Company, Business Insider, Axios and Mashable
Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Facebook is willing to spend $1B through 2018 on original video for its platform, a dramatic increase on its current video deals — Social-media giant could spend as much as $1 billion to cultivate original shows for its platform — Facebook Inc. FB .65% is loosening its purse strings …
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Sen. Mark Warner and experts raise idea of regulating political ad spending on Facebook similar to broadcast radio and TV — Facebook is facing a new push to reveal how its vast power is being used after it disclosed that roughly $100,000 worth of political ads were purchased on its platform …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Facebook needs to acknowledge its power, including through paid-for disinformation, during the US election
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@radiofreetom, CNNMoney, @pierre, @brianstelter, Meduza, @jayrosen_nyu and New York Magazine
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
The Economist is increasingly using Asian chat app Line, which can drive as much traffic as Facebook, by posting a diverse range of stories to its ~1M followers — Since starting to post to the popular Asian app Line in January 2016, The Economist has grown its following to nearly 1 million in several countries.
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Matt Stevens / New York Times:
CBS says Hillary Clinton will appear on Colbert's Late Show on 9/19 to promote her new book, What Happened, and talk about her 2016 campaign — “What happened,” you ask? — Whether or not you will have read Hillary Clinton's upcoming book of that title by Sept. 19, she will take to television …
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Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Ethics experts says Breitbart paying Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who runs Trump's voter fraud panel, breaks federal conflict of interest rules — “If you're getting paid by somebody to write about your official duties, that seems to me a clear problem," an ethics expert says.
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Mediaite and Washington Post
Taylor Soper / GeekWire:
TraceMe, founded by NFL star Russell Wilson, raises $9M led by Madrona, with Jeff Bezos participating, to connect celebrities with superfans via in-app content — As Russell Wilson describes the ethos of his new startup, it feels like you're inside his Seahawks huddle, driving down the field in the fourth quarter.
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Thomas Ricker / The Verge:
Spotify announces its first music festival in London, called Who We Be, on November 30, as a celebration of rap and grime — Who We Be? Spotify. — Just a few days after Apple killed off its annual London music festival, in steps Spotify with its first live music event for the UK.
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TechCrunch, Engadget, @thefader, Noisey, Music Week, Metro.co.uk, MacRumors, hypebot and 9to5Mac
Sami Main / Adweek:
Disney to relaunch its retro kid-focused Mickey Mouse Club show, now called Club Mickey Mouse, exclusively on Facebook and Instagram over a seven week period — Club Mickey Mouse is made by, and for, Gen Z — You won't find the latest iteration of the Mickey Mouse Club on TV.
BBC:
UK's Trinity Mirror, publisher of Daily Mirror, says it is in talks to acquire all publishing assets of Daily Express owner Northern & Shell — The owner of the Daily Mirror has said it is in talks to buy the owner of the Daily Express and Daily Star. — Trinity Mirror hopes to buy …
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Freelancers sue Ebony magazine, claiming $70,000 in unpaid work — Ebony, a monthly lifestyle magazine targeting African-Americans, was first published in November 1945. Take a look at some of the covers from the magazine's long history. — A group of 38 Ebony freelancers filed a lawsuit …
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@adriennewrites and The Fashion Law
David Kamp / Vanity Fair:
A tribute to Graydon Carter, a natural mentor with a gift for endless invention, who made Vanity Fair a trusted, authoritative voice — “This is the best job you're ever going to have.” — Oh, bittersweet day: the Grexit is upon us. Among those of us who have worked with Graydon Carter for a long time …
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Disney's Iger: ESPN streaming service arriving in spring may include a la carte pricing like iTunes; main entertainment service will include 5 original movies — LOS ANGELES — Disney's two planned streaming services took clearer shape on Thursday, as the entertainment giant vowed to bring …
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CNBC and Business Insider
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