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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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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 — USA Today defended the column, saying it had fact-checked the president's claims. — USA Today on Wednesday published an opinion piece credited …
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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.
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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 …
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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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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New York Times:
Walmart is creating a joint venture with New York-based “interactive storytelling” startup Eko; sources say the investment with Eko is worth $250M — Walmart is going Hollywood. — The world's largest retailer, in a constant battle with its rival Amazon …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
After Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance, the NYT withdraws as a media partner of Saudi Arabia's investment conference as CNN, CNBC, and FBN evaluate the matter — 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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Washington Post:
Facebook says it is removing over 800 US publishers and accounts, some with 100,000+ followers, for spamming users with political content — 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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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Manhattan prosecutors charge IBT and Christian Media with defrauding lenders of ~$10M to keep Newsweek afloat — Prosecutors say $10 million scheme provided funds to help keep company afloat — Newsweek's former parent company has been charged by Manhattan prosecutors with carrying …
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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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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Study: GDPR reduced the number of ad trackers used on EU visitors; Google may have slightly increased its European marketshare as smaller ad entities lose reach — An analysis of the impact of Europe's new data protection framework, GDPR, on the adtech industry suggests the regulation …
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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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