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Rob Leathern / Facebook:
Facebook rolls out “Paid for by” disclosure labels on Facebook and Instagram for political ads in US, including issues ads that deal with 20 specific subjects — As we announced last month, we're making big changes to the way ads with political content work on Facebook to help prevent abuse, especially during elections.
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Twitter:
Twitter to add badges and disclaimers for US federal political advertisers and require certification and account elements “consistent with online presence” — We believe transparency is key for both the people using our service and advertisers to feel confident in our platform.
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Anna Hensel / VentureBeat:
Facebook launches its archive of political ads, containing ads for political candidates and “issue ads” starting in May 2018 — Facebook's new archive for U.S. political ads — created to give users more information about who is advertising on Facebook and who they are trying to target — went live today.
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Nathan Bomey / USA Today:
Elon Musk unleashes barrage of criticism aimed at “big media companies” in at least 19 tweets and says he plans to launch a site to assess journalists — Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, ripped the news media for what he described as irresponsible reporting …
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Elon Musk's bad-faith bluster shows how little the tech barons understand about journalism; suggestions to crowdsource truth are plainly naive — When it comes to media criticism, comparing Elon Musk to Donald Trump is very unfair — to Trump. — BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief
New York Times:
Sources: Harvey Weinstein is expected to surrender to authorities in New York on Friday to face charges in connection with at least one accuser, Lucia Evans — Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, is expected to surrender to investigators on Friday after a monthslong inquiry …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Sources: federal prosecutors in Manhattan expand investigation into Harvey Weinstein to include allegations that he may have violated federal stalking laws
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The Daily Beast's EIC John Avlon is moving to CNN as a full-time senior political analyst and anchor, replaced by Noah Shachtman, moving from executive editor — How do you improve the Daily Beast? — “I want us to lean harder into who we are,” says Noah Shachtman of the Daily Beast.
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Abigail Abrams / Fortune:
Netflix market value reaches $149B, surpassing Comcast's $147B, and approaching Disney's $153B; the company's stock has gone up 70% since January — Netflix passed Comcast in market value on Wednesday, signaling another win for the streaming service as it continues to compete with traditional television.
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Janko Rottgers / Variety:
Vevo is shuttering its Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile apps and website to refocus on YouTube following resignation of several execs and significant layoffs — Major-label owned Vevo is giving up on plans to build its own music video platform outside of YouTube's control …
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Garrett Camp:
Sixteen years after it started, StumbleUpon to shut down and transition its accounts to content discovery platform Mix.com over the next couple of months — Sixteen years ago, we started StumbleUpon to help people discover new webpages. The idea was simple: click a button to find a cool webpage.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Some publishers sit out meetings with Google about GDPR, citing its public silence on how it will use the data it expects publishers to give it access to — Google is set to have meetings today with media trade associations and various publishing company representatives to address their concerns …
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Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Twitter plans to roll out a site dedicated to teaching smaller publishers how to produce and monetize content, including videos, for Twitter — Twitter plans to roll out a website in the next couple weeks to teach smaller publishers how to produce content, including live and on-demand videos …
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