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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump calls Saudi Arabia's account of Khashoggi's killing “the worst cover-up ever”, says he'll wait to assign blame until US officials return from Turkey — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia's account of the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi was “the worst cover-up ever.”
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Alex Crawford / Sky News:
Source: Jamal Khashoggi's remains have been found in the garden of the Saudi Consul General's home in Istanbul — Body parts belonging to murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi have been found, according to Sky sources. — Sources have told Sky News the writer had been “cut up” and his face “disfigured”.
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
President Erdogan addresses Turkish Parliament on Jamal Khashoggi's murder, says Saudi team planned killing and proposes trials to be held in Istanbul — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, having promised to reveal the “naked truth” of a Saudi plot to kill the journalist Jamal Khashoggi …
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Investigation reveals a network of 125+ Android apps and websites that are part of a massive ad fraud scheme; the apps were installed an estimated 115M+ times — Last April, Steven Schoen received an email from someone named Natalie Andrea who said she worked for a company called We Purchase Apps.
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Per Bjorke / Google Online Security Blog:
Google has removed some apps and blacklisted sites from its ad network, acting on data from BuzzFeed, estimates value of affected Google ad spend is under $10M — Fighting invalid traffic is essential for the long-term sustainability of the digital advertising ecosystem.
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@ivankozik, @joshuaumww, @backlon, @_wilfredh, Geek News Central, The Verge and Marketing Land
John McCarthy / The Drum:
The remaining 13 reporters at Jimmy Wales' Wikitribune have left the site; co-founder Orit Kopel says they're now searching for a more “community oriented” team — WikiTribune, the ambitious community-driven newsbrand backed by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales …
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The Verge, Press Gazette, @oritkopel and @jayrosen_nyu
Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Sources: Apple plans to offer TV subscription service in 100+ countries, debuting in US in first half of next year, will offer free shows to Apple device owners — Apple is planning to launch its upcoming TV subscription service in more than 100 countries, three people familiar with the company's plans told The Information.
Claire Newell / Telegraph:
UK appeals court stops The Telegraph from revealing allegations of sexual harassment and racial abuse of staff by an unnamed businessman, citing NDAs — A leading businessman has been granted an injunction against The Telegraph to prevent this newspaper revealing alleged sexual harassment and racial abuse of staff.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Right are a bigger threat to freedom of speech than the Left, as it is conservatives who are using the courts to mount an assault on journalists and critics — Angry men go to court to silence their critics. — One minor sordid subplot of the Trump era has been the ugly custody battle …
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@jasonmillerindc, @nytopinion and @dangillmor
Arti Kulkarni / Facebook:
Facebook spent $12M+ on ads related to its election integrity efforts and getting out the vote, issues report on US groups that paid for political ads since May — Today we're introducing the Ad Archive Report for ads in the US related to politics and issues of national importance.
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PR Newswire:
The Times of India and South China Morning Post partner to share select content; Times of India will be SCMP's primary partner in India for content syndication — Times Bridge, the global investments and partnerships arm of The Times Group, India's oldest and largest media company …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
A look at the people behind the immigration issue around Brownsville, Texas, and how news cycles and politicians amplify and often ignore complicated stories — BROWNSVILLE, Tex. — After long hours at his day job, Sergio Cordova was driving home to pick up supplies and clothing for the tired …
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@kimmasters and @itscaitlinhd
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney says Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull, who is the president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, will retire next year — The president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios will step down next year and stay on as an adviser. — Ed Catmull, who co-founded Pixar with Steve Jobs …
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@rothgar, @thrmattbelloni and @animated_antic
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Verizon reports Q3 revenues for its media arm Oath dropped 6.9% YoY to $1.8B, says the unit will not meet its goal of $10B revenue by 2020 — Verizon says its media arm, Oath, which consists of AOL, HuffPost, Yahoo and other digital brands, is struggling to drive revenue.
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