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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Tim Cook says that some well-crafted privacy regulations may be necessary; Zuckerberg acknowledged Facebook may need to be regulated in CNN interview this week — Apple's CEO says the Cambridge Analytica controversy is “dire” — Apple CEO Tim Cook, long an staunch advocate for consumer privacy …
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
A week after Cambridge Analytica and despite #deletefacebook, Facebook app installs did not drop, no big advertisers quit, and analysts recommend buying the dip — As Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal spiraled into chaos this week, a frantic hail of notes from Wall Street analysts …
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Andy Kroll / Mother Jones:
Sources on how Cambridge Analytica milked Mercer-backed GOP candidates, including Cruz campaign, which paid $5.8M and compared the firm to a Ponzi scheme — 1. “I can't stand lying to you every day” — In the late summer of 2015, Chris Wilson, the director of research, analytics …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Facebook has been contacting ad agencies and trade bodies to reassure them that customer data is being protected in light of Cambridge Analytica news — Social-media giant plans marketing outreach to reassure users of safety on its platform and prevent more advertisers from dropping out
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Hannah Summers / The Guardian:
Eighteen investigators, including some from the UK's Information Commissioner's Office, raid Cambridge Analytica's London offices after search warrant granted — Records held by the London-based company to be secured amid allegations it may have illegally acquired data
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Helen Branswell / STAT:
The death of local newspapers and absence of their archives could make monitoring disease outbreaks, their causes, and their progress more difficult — aia Majumder was on Twitter earlier this month when she saw a map that terrified her. — The map recorded the number of local newspapers in each county across the United States.
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Felix Salmon / Nota bene:
Magazine covers featuring Adwoa Aboah and Lena Waithe represent a look forward and diversity but both photos were taken by 60-something white superstars — When you take over a storied magazine, your first cover is important: it's a public statement of who you are, what you stand for, what you hope to achieve.
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Matthew Schneier / New York Times:
Bill Cunningham's memoir, discovered posthumously and out in September with Penguin Press, chronicles his love of fashion and career despite family disapproval — The beloved fashion and society photographer Bill Cunningham, who worked for The New York Times for nearly 40 years, left behind an enormous archive valued at $1 million.
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David Beard / Poynter:
Interview with S. Mitra Kalita, CNN Digital's VP for programming, on the continued importance of home pages and content strategy that fits users' schedules — A decreasing presence in the Facebook algorithm and data concerns. The often toxic environment of Twitter. The surfacing of fake news in Google searches.
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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Tumblr confirms 84 accounts linked to Internet Research Agency and has begun emailing users who interacted with them; accounts were ID'd and deleted last fall — Tumblr has confirmed that Kremlin trolls were active on its platform during the 2016 US presidential elections.
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Daniel Holloway / Variety:
PBS files countersuit against former host Davis Smiley, providing details about alleged sexual misconduct that led to his show's cancellation — PBS on Friday filed a countersuit against former talk-show host Tavis Smiley, seeking $1.9 million in salary and providing detail about the alleged misconduct …
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Oli Coleman / Page Six:
BET Network removed WaPo journalist from conference after she published about Michelle Obama's talk; BET claimed talk was private, also posted selections online — Talk about going Postal. — The BET Network booted a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist from its conference for publishing …
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