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9:15 AM ET, August 14, 2018

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Richard Martin / Reuters:
Facebook buys exclusive rights to show major Spanish soccer league La Liga in the Indian subcontinent for the next three seasons for free  —  BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain's top flight soccer division La Liga announced on Tuesday a landmark deal with Facebook which will allow viewers …
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Profile of Josh Russell, an amateur troll hunter who has helped journalists and social networks identify Russian disinformation online  —  Bloomington, Indiana (CNN)When it comes to hobbies, Josh Russell concedes he gets a little obsessive.  No matter his interest, be it videogames …
AAJA Voices:
An overview of seven pay studies from unions at US media organizations: on average, men and white people make significantly more than women and people of color  —  The tumult would spread to every newspaper in the industry, but it began with whispers within the confined spaces of the women's bathrooms …
Discussion: Washington Post
Graeme Mcmillan / The Verge:
Comcast's Xfinity X1 partnership with Netflix and Amazon presages a future of streaming bundles, which would be similar to the cable TV subscription model  —  As Xfinity's distribution deals expand, disruptors are taking up the same models as past cable companies
Discussion: @umanoid and @thinkhero
Robyn Urback / CBC News:
Toronto Sun photographer Stan Behal was assaulted by an anti-fascist protestor at a rally in Toronto on Saturday but there has been little publicity about it  —  The altercation happened on camera, in front of police, with dozens of onlookers  —  A member of the news media was assaulted by a protester in Toronto this past weekend.
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
White House counsel Don McGahn granted new communications chief Bill Shine an ethics waiver to meet with former colleagues at Fox News  —  It is “in the public interest” for the White House's top communicator to be excused from federal ethics laws so he can meet with Fox News, according to President Donald Trump's top lawyer.
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Washington Post:
Sources: when Trump expressed worries that Bill Shine could be at risk because of investigation into Ailes conduct, Rupert Murdoch rang Trump to reassure him
Cale Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company:
Thrillist staff on strike today have had their work Slack accounts and email addresses deactivated, in apparent act of retaliation by Group Nine Media  —  Today, staff at the website Thrillist didn't go to work.  This planned action was a protest over the company's failed collective bargaining attempts …
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Naomi Colvin:
Courage Foundation director Naomi Colvin resigns after trustees try to remove Barrett Brown as a beneficiary over his “adversarial” remarks about WikiLeaks
David Beard / Poynter:
A look at LA Times' efforts to revamp its food section after beloved critic Jonathan Gold's death: recruiting permanent food editor, new voices, more  —  The Poynter Institute's Morning Mediawire breaks down and delivers the most important stories you need to start your day.
Discussion: LA Observed and WANE-TV
Todd Spangler / Variety:
BuzzFeed Senior VP of agency strategy Matt Trotta is leaving to join interactive-content startup Playbuzz as GM of North America  —  Matt Trotta is jumping from one buzz to another: The former BuzzFeed senior VP of agency strategy has joined interactive-content startup Playbuzz as GM of North America.
New York Times:
Despite complaints from a Sandy Hook parent, Automattic has not taken down content from conspiracy theorists, citing Wordpress.com's content policy  —  Leonard Pozner says he spends hours every day trying to erase online conspiracy theories that the death of his 6-year-old son Noah at the Sandy Hook Elementary School was a hoax.
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Ren LaForme / Poynter:
Study: after Google's switch to mobile-first indexing, 71% of 10K publishers saw increased traffic, with desktop referrals falling 8%, mobile rising 10%  —  A shift in the way Google views and ranks web pages may be sending more traffic to news publishers in a continuation of a trend that started early last year.
Discussion: @poynter and @poynter
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Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio says Trump would not have won election if it was not for Murdoch-run businesses like Fox News and The New York Post
 
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Report: Facebook's Campbell Brown told The Australian that Zuckerberg doesn't care about publishers, Facebook not interested in discussing traffic and referrals
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix says its CFO David Wells, who led the service's international expansion to 190 countries, is leaving the company after 14 years
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

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