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Source: before Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance, US intelligence intercepted communications of Saudi officials discussing plans to capture him — ISTANBUL — As Jamal Khashoggi prepared to enter the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, a squad of men from Saudi Arabia who investigators suspect played …
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Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Press freedom advocates are worried about Trump's weak statements on the Khashoggi case, which they feel will endanger journalists working overseas — Press advocates worry that Saudi Arabia will conclude that the U.S. is uninterested in the disappearance of a writer for one of its most famous newspapers.
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Snapchat launches Snap Originals, 12 daily scripted original shows for its Discover section, with each episode lasting four or five minutes — Snapchat needs reasons for teens to come back every day as it struggles to grow amidst competition from Instagram, so it's capitalizing on its Los Angeles roots.
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Chantal Fernandez / The Business of Fashion:
Teen Vogue has named Lindsay Peoples Wagner, fashion editor at New York Magazine and The Cut, as its new editor-in-chief starting October 18 — Condé Nast has named a successor to Phillip Picardi, who is exiting the publisher this month to lead Out Magazine.
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Chloe Aiello / CNBC:
21st Century Fox Vice Chair Chase Carey said media companies would continue to consolidate as they battled Google and Netflix over content — - Media consolidation will continue as companies compete for unique franchises and greater scale, 21st Century Fox Vice Chair Chase Carey says.
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The Trust Project, which encourages publishers to tag articles with indicators like author expertise, adds partners including Toronto Star, El País, and SkyNews — The Trust Project, which launched last November as an effort to provide more clarity around who's behind news by labeling articles with …
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Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:
Employees at Facebook's fact-checking partner in the Philippines, online news site Rappler, say they're struggling to “clean up Facebook's mess” — MANILA — The fictional news stories pop up on Facebook faster than Paterno Esmaquel II and his co-workers can stamp them out.
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
STAT, the medical news site that shares an owner with The Boston Globe, is focusing on big group subscriptions and may launch a more specialized product in 2019 — Is man flu real? Is jet lag worse when you're traveling east? Does smoking pot make you stupid?
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Chris Hoffman / How-To Geek:
Microsoft's Bing sometimes surfaces and suggests racist and anti-Semitic content and suggests search terms like “Evil Jew” — If you use Bing's image search, you're going to see the worst filth you can imagine. Bing suggests racist terms and shows horrifying images.
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
A look at the podcast empires of conservative writer Ben Shapiro and liberal production company Crooked Media, as they both expand into TV — LOS ANGELES — In a drab office building across from a used-car lot in the San Fernando Valley, the host of the nation's most popular conservative podcast …
Fox Business:
Memo: CBS has interviewed 150+ people in its internal sexual harassment probe, with some sources saying it could be drawing to a close soon — CBS has interviewed more than 150 people in its sexual harassment probe of top talent and executives, and it's imploring any additional people …
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New York Times:
In Indian film and media, #metoo claims lead to a major Bollywood studio dissolving, an editor relieved of his management role at The Hindustan Times, and more — MUMBAI, India — After a year of fits and starts, India's #MeToo movement has leapt forward over the past week …
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