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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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@craigsilverman, Beyond Search, @mjb_sf, @craigsilverman, @profcarroll, @dangillmor and Axios, more at Techmeme »
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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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@_wilfredh, @ivankozik, @joshuaumww, @backlon, Geek News Central, Marketing Land and The Verge
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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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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
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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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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.
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, @jayrosen_nyu, @oritkopel and The Times & The Sunday Times
Karl Bode / Techdirt:
Telling journalists to hide informed opinions on social media, as VandeHei of Axios has done, creates its own kind of bias and withholds valuable context — For years we've talked about the journalistic perils of what journalism professor Jay Rosen calls the “view from nowhere,” …
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NBC News and @markharrisnyc
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Ezra Klein and Jay Rosen discuss the culture of the political press, how to cover Trump's untruths, and the power of news audiences — A difficult conversation about the state of political journalism. — I'm a political journalist. I've been a political journalist for 15 years.
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 …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Hulu adds Starz as a premium add-on for $8.99/month, the same price that Starz costs as a standalone or from other streaming services — Sarah Perez @sarahintampa / 7 hours — Following news of Hulu's plans to move towards skinnier bundles, including those consisting of premium add-ons …
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Deadline, The Verge, Variety, Adweek and Multichannel News
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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