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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
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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 — ISTANBUL — One of the suspects identified by Turkey in the disappearance of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi was a frequent companion of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman …
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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
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 and Middle East Eye
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
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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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 — Facebook knew of problems with how it measured viewership of video ads for more than a year before it revealed them in 2016, according to a complaint filed by advertisers.
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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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@rasmus_kleis and @tommy_robb
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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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Lauren Johnson / Business Insider:
MTV partners with Bunim/Murray Productions to create three seasons of The Real World exclusively for Facebook Watch, expected to launch spring 2019 — - Viacom's MTV Studios and Bunim/Murray Productions are co-producing three seasons of Real World specifically for Facebook Watch.
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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
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@dnvolz, @zeynep, @jaketapper, @mattyglesias, @kevinroose and @craigsilverman, more at Techmeme »
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw:
Prosecutors believe arrested Treasury employee Natalie Edwards was a source for BuzzFeed News — Based on quotes from articles that are included in the complaint, the prosecutors believe this person was a source for BuzzFeed News. https://www.justice.gov/...
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@perlberg
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Profile of Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes, who has emerged as a right-wing pundit, appearing on Fox News, while leading a group involved in violent clashes — For an hour or so, he railed about socialism and political correctness to an audience of New York establishment Republicans.
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@talibkweli, @bevysmith, @winter, @maragay, Jezebel, @sarajbenincasa, @splcenter, @slpng_giants and PinkNews
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Scribd and The New York Times partner to launch a dual subscription package for $12.99 per month — E-book service Scribd has teamed up with the New York Times for a new joint subscription offering: Subscribers of the new Scribd and New York Times bundle get unlimited access to the Times' website …
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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-media network and studio, closed $35 million in Series E funding, with ecommerce giant Amazon joining the mix for the latest round.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Nate Silver says media understanding of probabilities is “very poor” ahead of midterms, and is reminiscent of coverage during 2016 elections — NEW YORK — After the roller-coaster ride of 2016's election night, have journalists and political junkies learned not to let conventional wisdom substitute for hard knowledge?
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Arizona ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio is suing The New York Times and its editorial board member Michelle Cottle for $147.5M in damages over an opinion piece — Joe Arpaio, the controversial former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, has filed a libel suit against The New York Times and a member of its editorial board.
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 …