Mediagazer: Facebook is building a Custom Audiences certification tool that will require a written pledge from advertisers that they have user consent for ad targeting data (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

5:45 PM ET, April 2, 2018

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Ezra Klein / Vox:

Zuckerberg says it will take a few years for the company to resolve its current issues and that it spent too little time thinking about the risks of its tools — “We will dig through this hole, but it will take a few years.” — It's been a tough year for Facebook.

Oleksiy Kuzmenko / bellingcat:

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Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:

As advertisers ditch Laura Ingraham's show following call from Parkland survivor David Hogg, media critics are divided on whether it's the right way to protest — More businesses seem willing to yank their advertising dollars from platforms that are involved in controversies.

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The Wrap:

At least 18 companies have pulled advertising from Laura Ingraham's Fox News show, including Hulu, Nestle, TripAdvisor, Honda, Office Depot, and Liberty Mutual — Liberty Mutual CEO David Long says Fox News host's “comments are inconsistent with our values as a company”

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Business Insider:
Twitter accounts linked to Russian influence operations have rallied behind Fox News host Laura Ingraham as advertisers ditch her show

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New York Times:

DOJ is investigating Live Nation for possible antitrust violations after complaints it pressured venues into using its subsidiary Ticketmaster or lose big shows — In 2010, when the Justice Department allowed the two most dominant companies in the live music business — Live Nation and Ticketmaster …

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Theodore Schleifer / Recode:

Profile of Spotify's CFO Barry McCarthy as the company prepares for its unusual direct listing on NYSE this Tuesday — Spotify's CFO pushed for this week's direct listing, which could change life for Wall Street and for big tech startups. — When Spotify goes public Tuesday …

Discussion: New York Times and Business Insider

Monmouth University Polling Institute:

Poll: 75% of Americans believe major news outlets report “fake news”, 65% say “fake news” applies to editorial decisions, 83% think outsiders plant fake stories — Trump less trusted than CNN, MSNBC, and Fox as info source — West Long Branch, NJ - The news about …

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Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:

Sources: CBS plans an all-stock offer for Viacom, below current market valuation; CEO Les Moonves to propose staying at helm at least 2 years — (Reuters) - CBS Corp (CBS.N) plans to make an all-stock offer for Viacom Inc (VIAB.O) that values the U.S. media company below its current market valuation …

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

YouTube debuts TrueView for reach, a shorter, skippable ad format, which lets advertisers show ads as short as 6 seconds that can be skipped after 5 — YouTube today is introducing a new way for advertisers to maximize reach from their shorter ads. The change arrives around two years …

Discussion: Inside AdWords, Variety, Tubefilter, Marketing Land and AdExchanger

Jia Tolentino / New Yorker:

Teen Boss, a quarterly magazine for 8-15 year-old girls focusing on making money and building brands, reinforces female ambition as smiling and social — The magazine Teen Boss, styled as Teen Bo$$!, débuted in September of last year. It publishes quarterly, like an earnings report.

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Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:

Q&A: Julie Reynolds, formerly at a Digital First Media owned paper, on covering DFM's owner Alden Capital and the NewsGuild labor union's #NewsMatters project — FOR TWO YEARS, JULIE REYNOLDS has cranked out stories about Alden Global Capital, the secretive New York hedge fund …

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