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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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@_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
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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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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