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6:35 PM ET, March 27, 2018

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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress “within a matter of weeks”  —  Zuckerberg says he's open to testifying before Congress  —  After repeated calls for him to do so, Mark Zuckerberg has decided he will testify before Congress.
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Shona Ghosh / Business Insider:
Facebook says Zuckerberg won't answer UK politicians' questions over data scandal, will send CTO Mike Schroepfer and chief product officer Chris Cox instead  —  - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has refused calls from British politicians to appear before a parliamentary inquiry and explain …
Sara Salinas / CNBC:
FTC says it has an open non-public probe into Facebook's privacy practices; a violation of consent decree signed in 2011 could carry a penalty of $40K/violation
Charles V. Bagli / New York Times:
Fair housing groups sue Facebook, saying its ad targeting tools still allow discrimination against certain groups, including disabled veterans, single mothers  —  Fair housing groups filed a lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday saying that Facebook continues to discriminate against certain groups …
BuzzFeed:
The FBI has a report written by ex-British agent Christopher Steele claiming that RT founder Mikhail Lesin's death was not an accident and that he was killed  —  The author of the famous Trump dossier provided a secret report to the FBI asserting that RT founder Mikhail Lesin was bludgeoned …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
By attacking Parkland students, some mainstream voices on political right are adopting conspiracy mongering and bad-faith arguments from outlets like Infowars  —  Six months ago, the conservative radio host and blogger Erick Erickson wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times, inspiringly titled “How to Find Common Ground.”
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Turner Sports is launching Bleacher Report Live, a sports streaming service carrying thousands of live sporting events, in April; pricing to be announced  —  ‘Queer Eye’ Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix March 26, 2018  —  Get the Magazine  —  The most trusted provider of news and information to the entertainment industry.
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Aaron Rich, brother of slain DNC staffer Seth Rich, files lawsuit against The Washington Times and number of others for spreading conspiracy theories  —  This is why the Seth Rich conspiracy won't disappear  —  The brother of Seth Rich, the slain Democratic National Committee staffer whose …
Joe Nocera / Bloomberg:
Heath Freeman, the 37-year-old president of Alden Global Capital, the firm which recently purchased the Boston Herald, is the Gordon Gekko of newspapers  —  The reality is even worse: This raider sinks decimated newsrooms' revenue into bad investments.  —  Heath Freeman, the 37-year-old …
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
American Media Inc., publisher of The National Enquirer, has created a ~100 page magazine devoted to fawning coverage of Trump ally Prince Mohammed bin Salman  —  A nearly 100-page magazine published by Donald Trump's allies at American Media Inc. is providing a different kind of celebrity gossip …
 
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Michael Safi / The Guardian:
Three journalists have been killed in India after being mowed down by cars in what their families said were deliberate attacks
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Sources: publishers express concern at GroupM request to sign data protection contract that could force them to share audience data with agency group
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New York Times' advertising chief talks about Surfacing, an ongoing special editorial project on subcultures that is underwritten by a commercial partner
 

 
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