Mediagazer: Some overseas publishers are increasingly targeting US readers via Facebook, making money in niches, using cheaper labor and sometimes plagiarized content (Craig Silverman/BuzzFeed)

6:20 AM ET, October 2, 2017

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Jonathan Kandell / New York Times:

S.I. Newhouse Jr., Publishing Icon Who Ran Condé Nast, Dies at 89 — S.I. Newhouse Jr., who as the owner of The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Architectural Digest and other magazines wielded vast influence over American culture, fashion and social taste, died on Sunday at his home, a family spokesman said.

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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:

Some overseas publishers are increasingly targeting US readers via Facebook, making money in niches, using cheaper labor and sometimes plagiarized content — Thanks to the rise of platforms like Facebook and Google, a growing amount of information being created for Americans is coming from overseas.

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

Projects supporting local journalism are increasing, showing that funders, foundations, and news consumers are taking the crisis in local news seriously — The situation is sickeningly familiar to anyone who works on — or reads — a metropolitan daily newspaper, whether it's in New Orleans …

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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:

The Center for Cooperative Media catalogs 44 ongoing collaborations across 500+ newsrooms, mostly in the US but also in Europe — Among the cool collaborative journalism projects of the last couple years: the Panama Papers, Electionland. The Center for Cooperative Media …

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Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:

Google ends controversial “first click free” policy, won't demote paywalled news sites in search results, and will offer new tools to help sell subscriptions — Search engine drops controversial ‘first-click free’ program — Company won't demote paywalled news sites in search results

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:

FBI does not have to reveal the name of a vendor that unlocked San Bernardino shooter's iPhone, judge rules in FOIA lawsuit filed by Vice, USA Today, and AP — A federal judge has ruled that the FBI does not have to make public how much it paid last year to unlock an iPhone used …

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Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:

Mark Zuckerberg's “both sides” argument is a flimsy defense of Facebook's failure to limit the spread of systematic misinformation during 2016 election — Responding to President Trump's tweet this week that “Facebook was always anti-Trump,” Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Netflix to invest a minimum of CAD $500M over five years to produce original programs in Canada; at least CAD $25M will be for French-language content — Todd's Most Recent Stories — Amazon's ‘Thursday Night Football’ Debut Tackles 372,000 Average Viewers, Topping Twitter's 2016 Numbers

Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:

Facebook says it will disclose the contents of 3,000+ Russian-linked US political ads to Congress on Monday, has no plans to publicly release — Facebook says it will give Congress copies of 3,000 Russian-bought political ads on Monday, giving lawmakers a clearer picture …

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Bill Shea / Crain's Detroit Business:

Founders of The Athletic, a network of ad-free paywalled sports sites with $48/year subscriptions, say they need 10,000-12,000 subs per city to be profitable — - The Athletic Detroit launched in June — Co-founder says site could be profitable within a year — Paywall site is hiring major journalists

Tim Wu / Knight First Amendment Institute:

The First Amendment fails to protect speech from new tactics like information flooding and online harassment, especially when government aligns with trolls — The First Amendment was a dead letter for much of American history. Unfortunately, there is reason to fear it is entering a new period of political irrelevance.

Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:

A look at Apple's video content strategy: slow and deliberate approach led by experienced ex-TV execs who pass on most scripts and bid on high profile shows — The world's biggest company is officially taking meetings as everyone from Jennifer Aniston to Steven Spielberg salivates over selling the first big show.