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Gaby Del Valle / The Outline:
Memo: Newsweek fires EIC Bob Roe, news director Ken Li; reporters Katz, Saul, who were investigating parent company's finances, also fired, according to report — Editors and reporters are being fired, and current staffers speculate Newsweek's ties to a mysterious cult are to blame.
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Lawrence Bonk / Mediaite:
Newsweek senior writer Matthew Cooper resigns in protest of firings and installation of editors seeking clicks and retweets over accuracy and fairness — What the heck is going on over at Newsweek? In a staff meeting, held earlier today, editors announced that the publication was firing …
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The Daily Beast, Los Angeles Times, The Hill and Chicago Tribune
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Las Vegas Review-Journal killed story in 1998 about Steve Wynn sex misconduct claims and ordered its author to delete it from the newspaper's system — Cocktail waitresses at The Mirage sued over sexual discrimination in the 1990's. Jim Laurie Las Vegas Review-Journal — A 1998 fax.
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Washington Post, @reviewjournal, Jezebel, @ralstonreports, The Daily Beast, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, The Week and The Hill
Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Sources: Facebook in talks with media buyers to expand Watch to more individual creators with a revenue split from ads, similar to YouTube — - Facebook has talked to media buyers about expanding Watch to more individual creators and creating an advertising system where everyone would get a split of revenue, similar to YouTube.
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Engadget, MarketWatch and VideoInk, more at Techmeme »
David Ingram / Reuters:
Seattle's Ethics and Elections Commission says Facebook violated election ad law, orders Facebook to disclose political ad spend info during 2017 city elections — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Seattle's election authority said on Monday that Facebook Inc is in violation of a city law …
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The Stranger …, TechCrunch, Associated Press, CNET, @elijsanders, @byrosenberg, The Hill and GeekWire
Ricardo Lopez / Variety:
Sources: Viacom close to acquiring annual online video conference Vidcon, which will be an independent division of Viacom and retain leadership team, offices — Viacom is close to acquiring VidCon, Variety has learned from individuals with knowledge of the transaction.
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Steve Erickson / Los Angeles Magazine:
MSNBC's roster of female reporters, anchors, and commentators has grown organically, driven by talent, contrasts sharply with CNN and Fox's male-dominated faces — Rachel Maddow and other talented reporters have transformed the media landscape in the Trump era
Felice J. Freyer / Association of Health Care …:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services threatened to ban a reporter from the agency's phone news conferences after he refused to alter a story — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services threatened to ban a reporter from participating in the federal agency's telephone news conferences …
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@joanmccarter, @jocelynguyer, @ivanoransky, @jhweissmann and Washington Post
WARC:
Report: total UK ad spend on mobile, including display, search, and other formats like SMS, was higher than TV spend for the first time in Q3 2017 — LONDON: The UK's ad market reached a new milestone during the third quarter of 2017 as almost one in four pounds spent on advertising went to mobile …
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@benedictevans, @ianmaude, Digital TV Europe, The Drum and Mobile Marketing Magazine
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Audible's new strategy: purchase audiobook rights from agents prior to the sale of other publishing rights and add bonus material to some titles — Audible's pursuit of more audiobook publishing rights could squeeze traditional book publishers in the fastest-growing segment of the market
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
New Jersey governor signs executive order requiring ISPs to follow neutrality rules if they sell internet services to state agencies, in effect on July 1 — ISPs can't block or throttle traffic if they sell broadband to state agencies. — New Jersey is enforcing net neutrality …
Vanessa Thorpe / The Guardian:
BBC's public funding method makes it accountable for widespread failings like pay inequality, which is a result of sexism compounded by budget cuts — Carrie Gracie's claim of pay inequality has exposed injustice at the broadcaster, and revealed just how poorly it compares to the commercial rivals it seeks to emulate
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