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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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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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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
The New York Times names Clifford Levy as metropolitan editor, succeeding Susan Chira, who filled in when Wendell Jamieson resigned after probe into misconduct — The New York Times said on Tuesday that Clifford J. Levy, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and a leader …
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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
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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”
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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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Max Seddon / Financial Times:
28 staff members at Russia's edition of Forbes lobby to stop the appointment of a new editor and say the deletion of an article from print version violated law — Staff at Russia's edition of Forbes magazine are in open revolt against their publisher over claims of censorship and have appealed …
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@maxseddon, @dmitryzaksafp and Talking Biz News
Julia Alexander / Polygon:
Social media has shifted from a distraction where comedians found success to a political conversation where old jokes can lead to the end of careers — How jokes became ammo during the social media platform's shift from distraction to political warzone — How do you make a dead baby float? You take your foot off its head.
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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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Booth Moore / Hollywood Reporter:
Condé Nast CEO Bob Sauerberg says Anna Wintour is staying at the company, despite rumors she would retire amid company restructuring — The speculation is over, at least for now. — Will she or won't she? The fashion industry has been waiting with baited breath to see if Anna Wintour …
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Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Sources: three top executives leaving National Geographic Partners, the joint venture between 21st Century Fox and National Geographic Society, due to a reorg — National Geographic Partners is undergoing a reorganization under new CEO Gary E. Knell, and shedding top executives in the process.
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The Wrap
Maria Armental / Wall Street Journal:
Baidu's video streaming service iQiyi says its Q2 loss more than doubled to ~$316.9M on ~$932.5M revenue and reported 66.2M paid subscribers as of June 30 — Driving Baidu's growth is artificial intelligence — Baidu Inc.'s BIDU -1.68% revenue reached a record $3.93 billion in the June quarter …
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
After Billboard CEO John Amato was forced to resign, staff members say concerns remain about culture; parent company Valence says it's trying to fix issues — During a recent lunch hour, staff members of the music trade publication Billboard were summoned to a conference room in the magazine's Midtown Manhattan office.
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
McClatchy Q2 earnings signal continued tough times for newspapers: loss of $20.4M on revenue of $204M, ad revenue falls to $107M from $125M last year — Unsurprisingly, McClatchy added a new chapter to the hard-luck story of the company and the legacy newspaper industry with its second quarter financial results, announced Friday.
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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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