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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Washington Post fact-checks Trump's USA Today opinion piece on Medicare-For-All, finds most sentences contain a “misleading statement or falsehood” — President Trump wrote an opinion article for USA Today on Oct. 10 regarding proposals to expand Medicare to all Americans …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Social media accounts of major news organizations continue to broadcast Trump's falsehoods without clearly informing readers that they are misleading — At a rally on Wednesday night, President Trump accused Hillary Clinton of conspiring with Russia to try to swing the 2016 election.
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
USA Today editorial page editor Bill Sternberg says Trump's healthcare op-ed was fact-checked and Trump was given wide leeway to express his opinion
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Washington Post:
Facebook removes 800+ US-based accounts and pages, some with 100K+ followers, that were spamming people with political messages for profit — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Thursday it has purged more than 800 U.S publishers and accounts for flooding users with politically-oriented content …
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Johnston Press, which owns almost 200 regional newspapers and has spent 18 months trying to refinance its £220M debt, has put itself up for sale — Struggling publisher seeks offers after lengthy refinancing talks with bondholders — Johnston Press, which has titles include the i newspaper …
New York Times:
Walmart announces joint venture with NY-based interactive storytelling startup Eko to develop original content; sources say investment is worth $250M — Walmart is going Hollywood. — The world's largest retailer, in a constant battle with its rival Amazon, said this week that it was teaming …
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TechCrunch, The Wrap, eko, @edmundlee, @opherv and MediaPost, more at Techmeme »
Doug Ferguson / Associated Press:
The PGA Championship will remain with CBS Sports in 2020 and pick up ESPN and ESPN+ as partners for weekday rounds, in an 11-year agreement — The PGA Championship will remain with CBS Sports and pick up a powerful partner in ESPN for weekday rounds as part of an 11-year agreement …
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Dani Deahl / The Verge:
Genius partners with Apple Music to show lyrics and annotations for thousands of selected songs and makes Apple Music the official music player for Genius — Music encyclopedia and lyrics database Genius has announced a partnership with Apple Music, pairing the website's lyrics with songs.
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Genius, Fast Company, SlashGear, How-To Geek, Variety and @ws, more at Techmeme »
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
After Khashoggi's disappearance, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong and NYT have withdrawn from Saudi Arabia's investment conference; others are weighing issue — The headline on a recent story in The Post confirms the enormity of the ongoing international crisis for Saudi Arabia …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi was working on launching a nonprofit, pro-democracy advocacy organization when he disappeared
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Civil Media has had difficulty raising money with a weak demand for its blockchain tokens and lack of major news partners — Startup is falling short of its funding goal, as major news organizations pass on partnerships and one of its co-founders criticizes company
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@jeffjarvis, Civil, Columbia Journalism Review, @rafat, @rafat, @rafat, @kwerb, @dicktofel, @jeffjarvis, @vivian, @ahcastor, @coindesk, @benmullin, @jbenton and CNN
Esther Wang / Jezebel:
Writer Stephen Elliott sues Moira Donegan, creator of the Shitty Media Men list, saying his inclusion on the list made him depressed and hurt his book sales — On Wednesday, Stephen Elliott filed a lawsuit against Moira Donegan, the creator of the Shitty Media Men list …
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The Cut and @russellbrandom
Politico:
Fox stops airing Trump rallies in full as they increase in frequency and ratings drop; a White House official said officials would “look into” this trend — In a crucial period with the midterms less than a month away, some in the White House are worried that the president is losing a megaphone to his base.
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Washington Post, @kimmasters, @joycewhitevance, Contemptor, Mediaite, Splinter and The Week
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS announces that Joanna Coles, formerly the chief content officer for Hearst Magazines, is joining CBS This Morning as a part-time creative adviser — Joanna Coles, the veteran magazine editor and former chief content officer of Hearst Magazines, is coming aboard “CBS This Morning” as a creative adviser.
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TVNewser, The Wrap, @cbsnews and Hollywood Reporter
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Interview with Wolfgang Blau, president of Condé Nast, on his EU meeting, the importance of machine language translation, GDPR, Facebook, Google, and more — Wolfgang Blau, president of Condé Nast International, is steering the global publisher toward organizing around brands rather than separate countries.
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@micschl, @ilamont, @jinnovationcity, @gilbane, @wblau, @insidepages and Variety
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New York Magazine:
New York Mag relaunches Intelligencer, bringing together the Daily Intelligencer and Select All brands with expanded coverage and 2038, a limited-run podcast — Welcome to the new Intelligencer. We're adding a lot of things to the site today, and we'll get to those in a minute …
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