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4:40 PM ET, September 25, 2017

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Washington Post:
Sources: on Nov. 19, 9 days after Zuckerberg downplayed fake news' role in election, Obama appealed to him to take threat of political disinformation seriously  —  Nine days after Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg dismissed as “crazy” the idea that fake news on his company's social network played …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Knight Foundation announces $2.5M in funding to support projects at seven organizations, new commission to tackle declining trust in media, with $2M in support  —  A lot more resources are going into addressing the problem of the American public's withering trust in media institutions.
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Lauren Easton / Associated Press:
Associated Press announces $245K from Knight Foundation for fact-checking initiative, will hire journalists, integrate local fact checks, analyze consumer data  —  The Associated Press announced today an effort to enhance its fact-checking and ability to debunk misinformation with $245,000 …
Discussion: @raju and Poynter
Lorelei Marfil / WWD:
Fashion and street style photographers form an “unofficial union” to protest lack of pay from the commercial use of their pics by brands, influencers, bloggers  —  The #NoFreePhotos initiative kicked off earlier this week.  —  Out and about at Paris Men's Fashion Week
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
A profile of Old Town Media, the new company from three ex-Politico executives which wants to build media platforms and help companies with projects  —  The company is a little difficult to describe, but its mission is less so: to help a wide variety of news organizations develop new ideas …
Discussion: @janebsinger
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
How newsrooms in New Orleans and Clear Health Costs crowdsourced medical bills to reveal healthcare cost differences and shady billing practices by providers  —  “We think of this as a perfect use case for journalism — finding real, good information and displaying it back to the public."
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube debuts new marketing tools, new ad tech that can target using Google Maps and app install data, and offline ad impact measurement tools with Nielsen  —  YouTube today introduced a series of new tools for marketers, one of the more notable being “Director Mix,” a technology that allows …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Mashable has had extensive talks with European media company ProSiebenSat.1 about a sale  —  Site known for tech and pop-culture stories is pursuing a possible sale  —  The new-media company Mashable is about to test how much “pivoting to video” pays off.
Discussion: Variety
Talking New Media:
Former TheAtlantic.com editor JJ Gould to succeed Eric Bates as New Republic editor; Bates to continue as editor-at-large  —  Gould will succeed Eric Bates who has resigned from his post as editor but will continue with the magazine as editor-at-large  —  New York, NY — September 25 …
Discussion: MediaPost
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Nielsen sues to block comScore from offering new audience measurement service, alleging it will use Nielsen's data in violation of an agreement between them  —  Nielsen Holdings filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to block rival ComScore from offering a new service, Extended TV, that will provide TV audience data.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:   Nielsen partners with ad tech company Clypd to offer ad buyers audience segments that are more nuanced than just age and gender
 
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Free Speech Project debuts with funding from Knight Foundation to track incidents challenging speech in US, amid rise in state laws curbing speech and dissent
Davis Winborne / Columbia Missourian:
The brutal treatment of journalists by St. Louis police was a direct attack on constitutionally protected work
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Tim Swanson / Great Wall of Numbers:
How shady exchange and ICO practices, conflicts of interest in journalism, and other serious issues in cryptocurrencies are largely ignored by the media
Ariel Stulberg / Columbia Journalism Review:
Analysis of 25 top newspapers shows diversity in paywall strategy as owners seek balance between subscriptions and ad revenue; none adopt hard paywall
Ann-Derrick Gaillot / The Outline:
Profile of John Ruskin, also known as Nardwuar, a Canadian music journalist who has spent 30 years in radio and is now reaching a larger audience on YouTube