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Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
The Economist and the Financial Times both say they worked with Cambridge Analytica briefly for market research; source says goal was to gain US subscribers — An Economist spokesperson said the company did not know whether it benefited from misused Facebook data.
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Financial Times and Talking Biz News
The Guardian:
Walmart announces it will remove Cosmopolitan magazine from checkout aisles but not from entire store, following pressure from conservative lobby groups — National Center on Sexual Exploitation calls Walmart a ‘trailblazer in corporate responsibility’ for pulling magazine from checkout aisles
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Facebook says it will stop using data from third-party aggregators, like Experian and Acxiom, to supplement its own data for ad targeting — Facebook says it's going to stop using data from third-party data providers like Experian and Acxiom. — Facebook is going to limit how much data …
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Ad Age, @whatthebit, @pkafka and The Daily Caller
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Jethro Mullen / CNNMoney:
Playboy magazine has announced it is leaving Facebook, citing the social network's handling of user data — Zuckerberg says he's open to testifying before Congress — Playboy says it's leaving Facebook over the social network's handling of user data. — The move was announced late Tuesday …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress “within a matter of weeks”
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Washington Post:
Ecuador has barred Julian Assange from using the internet from its embassy in London, saying he violated an agreement not to interfere in international affairs — LONDON — Julian Assange, the controversial founder of WikiLeaks, has been barred from using the Internet at the Ecuadoran Embassy in London …
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@comunicacionec, Yanis Varoufakis, BBC, NPR, Common Dreams, The Guardian, Motherboard, Business Insider, The Guardian, Gizmodo, Engadget, Mediaite and Politico, more at Techmeme »
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix appoints Susan Rice, ex-US National Security adviser and ambassador to the United Nations in the Obama administration, to its board of directors — Netflix appointed Susan Rice, former U.S. National Security adviser and ambassador to the United Nations in the Obama administration, to its board of directors.
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Hollywood Reporter, Netflix Media Center, Quartz, TechCrunch, RedState, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and Mediaite
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Pandora takes on Spotify with dozens of personalized playlists built using its Music Genome to fit users' moods, activities, and genres — Just ahead of Spotify's public debut planned for early April, Pandora is punching its rival where it hurts: personalized playlists.
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Pandora Blog and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
eMarketer:
eMarketer forecast: US TV ad spend will slip 0.5% YoY to $69.9B in 2018, will be less than 25% of total ad spend by 2022; digital to rise 18.7% YoY to $107.3B — TV ad spending will continue its decline this year, according to eMarketer's latest US advertising forecast.
Discussion:
Recode, TVWeek.com, BGR, Adweek, TechCrunch, FierceCable and Forbes
Peter White / Deadline:
BBC publishes annual content strategy, says it risks being “squeezed out” of the global market by competitors like Amazon and Netflix amid market consolidation — The BBC has warned that it risks being squeezed out of an “ever more competitive global market” …
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bbc.co.uk, The Guardian and Press Gazette
David Agren / The Guardian:
In a rare conviction, two Mexican police officers have been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the murder of journalist Moisés Sánchez — Two officers sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted in the killing of newspaper owner Moisés Sánchez in Veracruz
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Breitbart
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Profile of the West End Phoenix, a non-profit and ad-free community newspaper founded by the rock star Dave Bidni, which covers Toronto's West End neighborhood — Almost six months ago, a Canadian rock star started a community paper. Amazingly, that's the least interesting thing about West End Phoenix.
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Render Media, which ran Cooking Panda and politics site Opposing Views, is closing down, citing changes to Facebook's branded content guidelines and algorithms — Render Media, the digital media publisher behind Cooking Panda and Opposing Views, blamed changes to Facebook's branded content guidelines
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