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NY AG says the FCC has ignored multiple requests for logs and records amid NY's investigation of the flood of fake net neutrality comments to the federal agency

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Tony Romm / Recode:

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Snapchat debuts new ad formats allowing advertisers to post Promoted Stories in Stories tab and AR Trial Ads for placing interactive objects in a camera view — Snap Inc's stock tanked after missing revenue expectations by $30 million last quarter, so Snapchat is looking to win over businesses with immersive new ads formats.

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Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:

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Sahil Patel / Digiday:

AJ+ looks to serialized content on YouTube to increase retention; average video view duration has increased by about 3 minutes in the last three months — Al Jazeera's AJ+ was one of the first distributed media brands to quickly build an audience off the back of Facebook with short …

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism:

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