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9:45 AM ET, August 21, 2018

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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
A look at Facebook's plans to avert interference in the midterms, including putting people from various teams in a physical war room, a first for a US election  —  Is it enough?  —  Two weeks ago, on a hastily scheduled conference call with journalists, Facebook executives announced …
Discussion: @profgalloway
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Netflix is testing bypassing iTunes payment method in 33 countries, redirecting users to the mobile web version to log payment details directly with Netflix  —  Netflix is one of the highest-grossing apps on the iOS App Store, but it looks like the video streaming giant is contemplating …
Stephanie Akin / Roll Call:
Legislation tracking company FiscalNote has finalized its $180M acquisition of CQ Roll Call; The Economist Group now has 18% stake in FiscalNote  —  FiscalNote, a rapidly growing Washington-based company that uses technology to track and analyze legislation around the world …
Discussion: @kcoxdc
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Newly launched Magnet Companies, which will invest in and buy digital media businesses, is the latest prominent media venture set up as a holding company  —  On Aug. 2, a trio of longtime digital media executives, including former HuffPost CEO Betsy Morgan and former AwesomenessTV president Brett Bouttier …
Megan Keller / The Hill:
New York Times reporter Kenneth P. Vogel shared a voicemail of a man threatening him with an AK47 and calling him an “enemy of the people”  —  New York Times reporter Kenneth P. Vogel on Monday shared a voicemail of a man threatening him and calling him an “enemy of the people.”
CBS News:
CBS Corporation could be forced to pay CEO Les Moonves $200M+ if he leaves before the end of his contract in 2021  —  CBS Corporation could be forced to pay CEO Les Moonves upwards of $200 million if he leaves before the end of his contract in 2021.  Moonves took home nearly $70 million …
Discussion: Ad Age
Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios:
CoinDesk, a site which tracks news and info about digital currency like bitcoin, generated $20M in revenue in the first seven months of 2018 and is profitable  —  CoinDesk is the hottest digital media startup that most people haven't heard of, generating around $20 million in revenue through the first seven months of 2018.
Discussion: @jonrussell
Kashmir Hill / Jezebel:
While journalists generalize when writing about complex issues, NYT's omission of Mary Stone Ross from its deep dive on CA privacy law is odd given her key role  —  The New York Times Magazine recently published a lengthy cover story on “The Unlikely Activists Who Took On Silicon Valley …
NLGJA:
New York Times Assistant Managing Editor Carolyn Ryan named inaugural recipient of the NLGJA Leadership Award  —  WASHINGTON, DC - Today NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists announces that The New York Times Assistant Managing Editor Carolyn Ryan is the inaugural recipient of the new NLGJA Leadership Award.
Discussion: Poynter
Sara Salinas / CNBC:
Media research firm Magid: 35% of Millennials share passwords for streaming services like Netflix, vs. 19% of Generation X subscribers and 13% of Baby Boomers  —  - An estimated 35 percent of millennials share passwords for streaming services.  That's compared with 19 percent of Generation X subscribers and 13 percent of Baby Boomers.
Discussion: Tubefilter and Fortune
Todd Spangler / Variety:
CBS streaming service CBS All Access' limited ads tier is now available on Amazon Prime Video Channels for $5.99 per month  —  The limited-commercials tier of CBS All Access, CBS's subscription VOD and live TV service, is now available on Amazon's Prime Video Channels.
 
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Turkey lifts travel ban on German journalist who could not leave the country as she awaited trial following her release from eight months of detention
Max Willens / Digiday:
Food site Munchies, owned by Vice and Fremantle Media, signs deal with developer Triple Five Media to create Munchies-branded food court in New Jersey
Discussion: Eater
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Scott Nover / The Atlantic:
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Discussion: TVNewser
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
New York Times international news editor Sewell Chan is joining the Los Angeles Times as deputy managing editor
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
While Boston Globe-led wave of editorials was mostly symbolic, more practical collaboration is needed from joint reporting to rebuffing attacks on 1st Amendment