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Facebook removes 652 Pages, groups, and accounts on Facebook and Instagram after a FireEye tip led it to investigate inauthentic behavior out of Iran and Russia — Today we removed multiple Pages, groups and accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram.
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Michael Barthel / Pew Research Center:
Pew Research says audiences for nearly every major section of the US news media fell in 2017, with radio the only exception — Every year since 2004, Pew Research Center has issued an annual assessment of the state of the news media that tracks key audience and economic indicators for a variety …
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Bros. TV has poached Jessica Jones creator and showrunner Melissa Rosenberg from Netflix with an eight-figure deal — Melissa Rosenberg will depart the Netflix Marvel drama after season three to create and develop new projects for the indie studio. — Melissa Rosenberg is on the move.
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
In an internal McClatchy memo, CEO Craig Forman announces some furloughs, a freeze of some open jobs, and staff reductions of about 3.5%, or about 140 people — McClatchy, the publisher of more than two dozen daily newspapers across the country, will reduce its staff by approximately three …
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Memo: Business Insider's politics, news, and military/defense teams being moved to Insider team, as Business Insider refocuses on business beat — Business Insider has over the past three years expanded outside of its core business coverage to general interest news, and now it's reorganizing to reflect that shift.
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Patricia Hernandez / The Verge:
Google launches experimental feature for Assistant users in the US that shares stories from Solutions Journalism Network when asked “tell me something good” — Good news, literally — Trying to keep up with the news might be aspirational, but these days, it can also be depressing.
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Charisse Jones / USA Today:
Walmart partners with Rakuten Kobo to launch Walmart eBooks, with a catalog of 6M+ titles and a $9.99/month Audible-like subscription service for audiobooks — Walmart ratcheted up its battle with Amazon, planting a stake on the e-commerce giant's turf by selling e-books for the first time.
The New York Times Company:
The New York Times has promoted Middle East correspondent Ben Hubbard to Beirut bureau chief — Ben Hubbard has walked through a mass protest in Egypt with a GoPro on his head, covered bullfights on the Gulf of Oman, and discussed the theological fine points of beheading with clerics in Saudi Arabia.
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Mic forms Mic Productions, focused on developing and selling longer-form video projects to streaming platforms and TV networks — Starting with Facebook Watch, millennial-focused news publisher Mic is going long by producing exclusive and licensed shows for streaming video platforms.
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News:
Interview with Jack Dorsey on harassment, Hannity, and bias: “I think an impartial product, impartial policy, and impartial enforcement can exist” — Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey doesn't have all the answers. For one, he's not sure whether you should delete your old tweets.
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The Argus:
Q&A with the founders of Byline Festival, a UK gathering run by journalists that brings the press, writers, musicians, and comedians together — Byline is the festival set up by journalists, for journalists. With far more than just music on offer, there is plenty to discuss, debate and dance to over the weekend.
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Facebook suspended and then reinstated the English-language page for Venezuela's Telesur, with about 500K followers, giving conflicting reasons for suspension — On August 13, Facebook shut down the English-language page of Telesur, blocking access for roughly half a million followers …
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