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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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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Like WaPo with Arc, Vox is licensing its publishing platform, Chorus, starting with the Chicago Sun-Times, including access to Concert, Vox's ad marketplace — “The joke in the industry is everybody doesn't like the CMS or they write in some other tool.” Vox Media aims to change that punchline for other publishers.
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Chicago Sun-Times and Vox Media
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After Khashoggi's disappearance, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong and NYT have withdrawn from Saudi Arabia's investment conference; others are weighing issue — The headline on a recent story in The Post confirms the enormity of the ongoing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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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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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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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”
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Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Thrillist writers and editors win a minimum starting salary of $50K after 15 months of union negotiations with owner Group Nine Media — Thrillist writers and editors came away from the negotiating table with a raise and more in labor talks that took more than a year and included a work stoppage.
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Hollywood Reporter and Variety
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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ESPN MediaZone U.S., @ourand_sbj, Awful Announcing and Cord Cutters News
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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@cbsnews, TVNewser, Hollywood Reporter and The Wrap
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, @ws, SlashGear, How-To Geek and KnowTechie, more at Techmeme »
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Tencent Music is postponing its IPO until at least November because of the selloff in global markets — Music streamer and underwriters worried global market selloff would hurt pricing — Tencent Music Entertainment Group is postponing its initial public offering until …
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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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Evan Hensleigh / Economist:
The Economist to publish the data behind its stories on GitHub to allow researchers and journalists to check and build upon reporting — How the Economist is opening the data behind our reporting — Journalists at The Economist have worked with data since our very first issue in 1843.
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@vafisherphd, @linleyann and @janzilinsky
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, @opherv, eko, @edmundlee, The Wrap and MediaPost, more at Techmeme »
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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