Top News:
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Publishers are losing a key ally at Facebook as its Head of News Products, Alex Hardiman, is leaving to join The Atlantic as chief business and product officer — One of Facebook's big hires to improve its relations with publishers is leaving for The Atlantic.
Discussion:
The Atlantic
Robert Mitchell / Variety:
Facebook announces the international rollout of Facebook Watch, which first launched in the US a year ago this month, starting on Thursday — Facebook has announced the international rollout of Facebook Watch, its video destination for episodic content, which first launched in the U.S. a year ago this month.
Discussion:
TechCrunch, VentureBeat and AdExchanger, more at Techmeme »
BuzzFeed News:
Leaked Skype chats and documents show Russia secretly funded group of seemingly independent news websites in Eastern Europe to publish Kremlin propaganda — TALLINN, Estonia — The Russian government discreetly funded a group of seemingly independent news websites in Eastern Europe to pump …
Discussion:
The Hill, @apolyakova and @mog7546
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Netflix has hired Vernā Myers in the newly-created role of VP, Inclusion Strategy, tasking her with diversifying the company — Netflix has hired Vernā Myers in the newly-created role of vice president, inclusion strategy. — Myers has spent the past two decades at the head …
Discussion:
Multichannel News, more at Techmeme »
Fergus Bell / popupnews:
During the final days of the Swedish election, a pop-up newsroom with 100+ journalists will operate to track misinformation and design solutions — Over the last five days of Sweden's election more than a hundred journalists will come together to design and implement a newsroom that will track misinformation.
Discussion:
@popup_eu, @mattcooke_uk and @charliebeckett
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
HBO quietly removed erotic movies and TV shows earlier this summer, says the decision to move away from adult content preceded its AT&T deal in June — HBO's popular drama series “The Deuce” is set in Times Square in the 1970s before the New York neighborhood was purged of its X-rated movie houses and adult book stores.
Discussion:
Vanity Fair, Slate, The A.V. Club and TV Tattle
New York Times:
Barnes & Noble's board says former CEO Demos Parneros was fired last month for sexual harassment and bullying, adding to earlier allegations of policy violation — When Barnes & Noble fired its chief executive, Demos Parneros last month, the bookseller was mysteriously quiet about why.
The Information:
Sources: Amazon is planning to launch a free, ad-supported video service for its ~48M Fire TV streaming video device users that is being developed by IMDb — Amazon.com is planning to launch a free, advertising-supported video service for the estimated 48 million people who use …
Discussion:
Adweek, Axios, The Next Web, @skuranda, @mattnavarra, Fast Company, Fortune, The Verge and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Twitter says it removed a further 486 accounts for engaging in “coordinated manipulation”, following the removal of 284 last week — Following last week's suspension of 284 accounts for “engaging in coordinated manipulation,” Twitter announced today that it's kicked …
Discussion:
MediaPost, The Daily Caller, Fortune and Engadget
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Progress News Network to launch a daily, 2.5 minute Facebook exclusive newscast aimed at 35+ year-olds on September 4; revenue focus to begin after the midterms — A group of media professionals is launching Progress News Network (PNN), a daily 2.5 minute newscast slated to reach 35-40+ year-olds …
Discussion:
Tubefilter
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Quartz launches a twice-weekly cryptocurrency newsletter Quartz Private Key at $15 per month or $150 annually — Newsletter will cost $15 per month, or $150 annually — Quartz is the latest media company attempting to cash in on the growing enthusiasm for cryptocurrency.
Discussion:
Poynter, Quartz, SludgeFeed, @joelight and @rafat
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Bing announces Bing Spotlight, an AI-powered news aggregator of developing news stories in search results, includes headlines, timelines, and social media posts — There's an avalanche of news these days, and Microsoft wants to help make sense of it all. It today announced Bing Spotlight …
Discussion:
On MSFT, PCWorld, Search Engine Land, Search Engine Land, LJ infoDOCKET and Neowin
James Vincent / The Verge:
Trump accuses Google of rigging its search results to suppress positive news about him and says the situation “will be addressed” — The president said that Google had “rigged” its search results to suppress positive coverage — The perceived leftwing bias of big tech companies …
Discussion:
Wired, New York Post, Washington Post, Slate, Daily Wire, @ap, Bloomberg, @evan_mcmullin, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post and BuzzFeed News, more at Techmeme »
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