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Sources: Facebook has alerted Congress to new coordinated political influence campaign, with dozens of inauthentic accounts and pages, ahead of midterms — WASHINGTON — Facebook is preparing to announce that it has identified a coordinated political influence campaign …
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Heloise Wood / The Bookseller:
Simon & Schuster US CEO Carolyn Reidy releases statement of support for Leslie Moonves, saying description of him in New Yorker story is “not recognisable” — Simon & Schuster US president and c.e.o. Carolyn Reidy has spoken out in support of CBS head Leslie Moonves following …
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Deadline:
Filing in NAI suit accuses CBS CEO Les Moonves and others of destroying evidence by using TigerText messaging; CBS says execs followed security team's advice — Less than 24 hours after the CBS Board of Directors let Les Moonves stay in his job despite sexual misconduct allegations …
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Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
When accused of sexual misconduct or harassment, men from Les Moonves to Tom Brokaw and Al Franken have been backed by women that “know them”
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Patrick Shanley / Hollywood Reporter:
Colbert reacts to Moonves news: “Accountability is meaningless, unless it's for everybody, whether it's the leader of a network or the leader of the free world”
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Washington Post:
A profile of New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger, following his tussle with Trump over the President's characterization of their July 20 meeting — The new reporter was sharp, humble and eager to learn. Arthur had snazzier shoes than his colleagues at the Oregonian …
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Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Press freedom organizations say Trump's rhetoric on “fake news” has been adopted by dictators globally and led to a bigger clampdown on journalists — Press freedom advocates highlighted fresh examples on Monday showing how they believe President Donald Trump's anti-media rhetoric …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Blockchain journalism startup Civil and Splice Newsroom launch $1M fund with aim of creating 100 media startups in Asia over the next three years — Here's some news about tangible money. — Civil, the earnestly hopeful, sometimes scorned, promise-filled blockchain-crypto journalism startup that's managed …
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Axios:
Sources: Yahoo Finance is launching a full-day live video streaming network by the end of the year, that will include market and global financial news updates — Yahoo Finance is launching a full-day live video streaming network by the end of the year, three sources familiar with the plans tell Axios.
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Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google says it's working with news organizations, including ProPublica, to surface data from data journalism projects in search results — Google today announced that it is working with a number of news organizations to surface more data from their data journalism projects in its search results.
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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
For the past 19 months, renowned investigative journalist Bob Woodward has been quietly working on a book about Trump, due to be released on September 11 — In the worldwide capital of leaks and anonymous dishing that is Washington, secrets can be almost impossible to keep.
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Trey Williams / The Wrap:
MoviePass raises its monthly subscription fee to $15 and will limit access to blockbuster films during their first two weeks in theaters — As MoviePass faces an uphill battle to stay afloat, the subscription moviegoing service on Tuesday announced that it would raise its monthly price …
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Ian Burrell / The Drum:
“We see no potential” in competing against Facebook or Google, says Monocle editor Andrew Tuck as he explains the magazine's policy of shunning social media — As media strategies go, declaring “we do no social media whatsoever” is about as unorthodox as, say …
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani had a series of bizarre cable appearances on Monday, in a bid to play down a coming NYT story; he later claimed he “shut it down” — Throughout Monday, President Donald Trump's lawyer and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani went on a chaotic media tour …
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Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Snopes Managing Editor Brooke Binkowski has been fired from the site, but she isn't sure why, after conflicting explanations from CEO David Mikkelson — First, Brooke Binkowski was burned out. — Then, she was told that she had been fired because of some unspecified complaints.
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