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Jamal Khashoggi / Washington Post:
Arab governments have been given free rein to silence the media, stifling the hope from the Arab Spring and depriving people of the ability to discuss issues — I received this column from Jamal Khashoggi's translator and assistant the day after Jamal was reported missing in Istanbul.
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David Hearst / Middle East Eye:
Source who listened to the audio recording of Jamal Khashoggi's final moments says he was not interrogated but tortured for seven minutes before dying — Middle East Eye publishes first details of audio tape acquired by Turkish investigators probing what happened to Saudi journalist
Amanda Darrach / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the struggle to verify evidence in the Khashoggi case when the only sources of information have track records of political bias — Media gather around Saudi Arabia's consulate on October 15, 2018 (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP) — Since October 2, when Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Inside The Washington Post as staffers wrestle with news about Jamal Khashoggi, the second major international incident involving a Post journalist since 2015
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New York Times:
Three of the suspects in the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi have links to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's security detail
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Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Washington Post told contributing writer Ed Rogers to stop lobbying for Saudis or stop column; his firm, BGR, dropped the kingdom as a client, losing $80K/month
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
A close look at the suit against Facebook on video metrics and a look back at many statements from publishers pivoting to video as Facebook touted the medium — “It will probably be all video.” — In June 2016, Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook's VP for Europe, the Middle East and Africa …
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Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Advertisers allege in suit that Facebook didn't disclose key video metric error for over a year and that scale of miscalculation was far worse than understood
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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
In the last year, Craig Newmark has donated $50M to news outlets and a journalism school, mostly centred in NY which he says he will continue to focus on — SAN FRANCISCO — Craig Newmark, so often accused of destroying journalism, is now doing his best to revive it.
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Craig Newmark donates $2.5M to New York Public Radio to help finance the expansion of WNYC and local news site Gothamist — THE WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL BOARD posed a good question Tuesday night: “Why is the Trump administration cleaning up Saudi Arabia's mess?”
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Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic:
How one company spent between $1.2M and $4.6M over five months to get 45M+ impressions on Facebook political issue ads, without saying who's paying for the ads — Meet the liberal group that's running a new breed of digital campaign. — Over just two weeks in September …
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
How a loophole in Facebook's political ad review system, letting verified buyers put anything in the “paid for by” field, has been weaponized in a Virginia race
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Wall Street Journal:
Profile of Kris Goldsmith, an Army veteran who catalogues questionable Facebook Pages, some with millions of followers and links to Russia and Iran — Kris Goldsmith has become the cybersleuth for the Vietnam Veterans of America, hunting fake Facebook pages that sow discord and often have roots overseas
Sophie Haigney / New York Times:
Brooklyn's art and tech center Eyebeam is offering commissions from $500 to $5,000 for artists creating journalistic work, supported by Newmark Philanthropies — The Brooklyn-based art and technology center Eyebeam has begun a grant program that will finance artists producing journalistic work …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Tastemade, the lifestyle and food digital studio and network, raises $35M Series E from investors including Amazon and Liberty Media — Tastemade, the lifestyle and food digital network and studio, closed $35 million in Series E funding, with ecommerce giant Amazon joining the mix for the latest round.
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Dave Zohrob / Chartable:
An in-depth analysis of how the Apple Podcasts top charts are being manipulated, and how that affects the podcast ecosystem, which relies on Apple's directory — How did an unknown show about real estate beat out Serial, Dr. Death, and The Daily? — Something weird has been happening on the Apple podcast charts lately.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
US Treasury employee Natalie Edwards has been arrested for allegedly leaking reports to a journalist about financial transactions of Paul Manafort and others — - A U.S. Treasury employee has been arrested and charged with leaking to a reporter multple reports about suspicious financial …
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