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Gwyneth Paltrow says Goop magazine's partnership with Conde Nast ended because of the latter's higher fact-checking standards; Goop is now hiring a fact-checker — Goop doesn't exactly have the best track record when it comes to recommending alternative ~* wellness *~ treatments.
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How one minor moderation move by Twitter was equated with the old concept of “shadow banning”, fueling some conservatives' claims of censorship and oppression — The concept of the “shadowban” has existed practically since the inception of the web forum.
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Donald Trump criticizes Twitter for “shadow banning prominent Republicans”, says “we” will look into what he calls a “discriminatory and illegal practice”
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Twitter CEO addresses claims about some Republican leaders not appearing in search auto-suggestions, points to a thread that offers explanation and vows changes
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The Facebook stock drop foreshadows a potentially less profitable future as it relies more on video formats like Stories with a lighter ad load than News Feed — These days, everything seems to be going wrong for Facebook. The social networking giant is still reeling from the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal.


Sources: DOJ probing whether TV station owners like Sinclair and Tribune broke antitrust law when sales teams talked with each other, possibly hiking ad rates — The DOJ's antitrust probe focused on communications of broadcasters' ad ales teams — The Justice Department …
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Snap launches Snapchat Storytellers, a pilot program to pair brands with 5 of the app's most popular content makers, including Mplatco, Cyrene Q and Shonduras — Snapchat is arriving very late to the game of courting influencers. Now it hopes to boost ad spend by connecting businesses …


Amazon's advertising business hit nearly $2.2B in sales for Q2, up 132% YoY and on pace to do $4B-$5B this year, overshooting projections — Amazon's advertising business continued its ascent last quarter, hitting $2.2 billion in revenue, a growth rate outpacing even optimistic forecasts for the company.
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Facebook releases some of Canada-based AggregateIQ's targeted Brexit campaign ad data and ads in response to a Parliament committee investigating disinformation — The UK parliament has provided another telling glimpse behind the curtain of Facebook's unregulated ad platform by publishing data …
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NYT lawyer warns judges prosecuting Julian Assange for publishing leaked documents on the 2016 election would make distinguishing between NYT and WikiLeaks hard — ANAHEIM, Calif. (CN) - Prosecuting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing leaked documents related to the 2016 presidential election …
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Ben Berkowitz has been named editor-in-chief of Storyful and will begin in August — New York, NY (July 24, 2018) - Ben Berkowitz has been named Editor-in-Chief of Storyful, the leader in discovering, validating and acquiring social media and insights for global media organizations.


U.S. federal court rejects a challenge to FCC's UHF discount rule because the consumer group bringing the suit didn't have legal standing to sue — This is a story about a federal rule that has been around for 33 years. It was repealed, then reinstated, and a U.S. court of appeals panel …
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Spotify adds 8M paid subscribers in Q2, up 40% YoY, for a total of 83M subscribers and 180M MAUs, with revenue of €1.27B, up 26% YoY, and operating loss of €90M — For its second ever earnings report, Spotify said it now has 83 million paid subscribers, up 8 million …
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The Pentagon under Defense Secretary James Mattis has curbed media access and refused to answer questions about conflict zones, eroding trust — Defense Secretary James Mattis has not briefed reporters on-camera in the Pentagon since April, while his chief spokeswoman has not done so since May.


Economist Group plans to sell CQ Roll Call for an undisclosed sum to Fiscal Note, a startup that analyzes government filings and legislation — The Economist Group plans to sell CQ Roll Call to technology and data startup FiscalNote, with the acquisition expected to close later this year, the companies announced Wednesday.
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