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5:25 AM ET, September 29, 2017

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Twitter:
Twitter finds Russia Today purchased $274K in ads and promoted 1,823 tweets in US in 2016, and pledges to work with FEC and Congress on political ad disclosure  —  Earlier this summer we outlined some of our work to combat bots and networks of manipulation on Twitter.
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CNNMoney:
Sources: Russian Internet Research Agency linked to one fake Twitter account and one fake Facebook account using “blacktivist” name; FB account had 360K likes  —  Russia bought Black Lives Matter ad on Facebook  —  A social media campaign calling itself “Blacktivist” …
Tony Romm / Recode:
Twitter told Congressional investigators it found ~200 Russia-linked accounts with 22 directly matching the 470 accounts Facebook identified  —  The company met with House and Senate investigators who are probing Russian interference in the 2016 election.  —  Twitter has found roughly 200 …
New York Times:
Twitter comes under Congressional scrutiny as Russia-linked accounts found to tweet about NFL protests, spread misinformation, and share anti-Clinton stories
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Apple says iPhone 7 and 8 don't have FM radio chips, after FCC chairman Ajit Pai urges Apple to activate iPhone FM radio chips to help after natural disasters  —  Amidst renewed pressure from the National Association of Broadcasters, FCC chairman Ajit Pai has now issued a statement urging Apple …
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Podcast startup Anchor raises $10M Series A led by GV for its audio broadcasting app, which makes it easy for creators to record and distribute audio  —  A recent spate of investments in the podcast space continues today with news that Anchor has raised $10 million in a series A round of funding led by Google's venture capital arm, GV.
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
News Corp's Wall Street Journal is ending print editions in Europe and Asia, with final print edition in Europe on Friday, and in Asia a week later  —  Reduction of paper's print presence comes amid broad reorganization of the Journal's editorial structure  —  The Wall Street Journal …
Discussion: The Guardian and Bloomberg
Katie Roof / TechCrunch:
Roku shares close at $23.50, up 67.86% from IPO price of $14, valuing the firm at ~$2.2B  —  Content streaming company Roku saw its shares surge 67.86% on its first day of trading.  —  After pricing its IPO at $14 and then opening the day at $15.78, Roku shares closed at $23.50.
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
YouTube now requires accounts linking to sites like Patreon or sites selling merchandise to sign up to YouTube Partner Program  —  YouTube is adding new requirements for users who link out to crowdfunding campaigns or other external sites in their videos.  Users must now join …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
NowThis launches its Newsroom project, a Twitter-based breaking news reporting service run by Reported.ly's P. Kim Bui and Andy Carvin  —  “To us, it's a workspace — a place where a group of NowThis journalists can help the public better understand how emerging news stories develop while giving …
Mic:
The Onion's Editor-in-Chief Cole Bolton and executive editor Ben Berkley resign; source says moves are due to tensions over site's direction under Univision  —  Two top editors at the Onion, a satirical news site, have resigned and will leave the company next month, the company confirmed to Mic.
Discussion: @tomgara
Bloomberg:
AT&T, CenturyLink, industry associations ask US Supreme Court to overturn Obama-era net neutrality rules barring ISPs from slowing or blocking rivals' content  —  Appeal adds to pressure on rule that FCC might weaken  —  Rule bars service providers from slowing some web traffic
 
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Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:
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Ken Doctor / TheStreet:
Source: New York Times, FT, and WSJ are not participating in Facebook's news subscriptions initiative; Washington Post, Economist, Tronc, Hearst are signed up
Discussion: Nieman Lab
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Snap announces sponsored 3D World Lenses, with Warner Bros and Bud Light as launch partners
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