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Josh Stearns / DemocracyFund:
NewsMatch launches its annual fundraiser for news nonprofits, matching small donations and adding support including $1M from the Facebook Journalism Project — Something remarkable starts today. Across the country 155 newsrooms are banding together for a year-end campaign to stand up for journalism that strengthens democracy.
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Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
Blockchain-powered network Civil's token sale failed because people buy into blockchain to make money and don't necessarily want to use it to “fix” journalism — Hype around the technology has led to incomprehensible applications of it. — Civil Media Company was introduced earlier …
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Jeremy B. Merrill / ProPublica:
Investigation finds that 12 Facebook campaigns masked sponsorship of political issue ads, exposing a gap in enforcement of Facebook's disclosure policy — A Facebook ad in October urged political conservatives to support the Trump administration's rollback of fuel emission standards …
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Makena Kelly / The Verge:
No federal rules regulate Facebook political ads; efforts like Honest Ads Act stalled after Facebook launched its own rules and Sen. McConnell questioned bill
No federal rules regulate Facebook political ads; efforts like Honest Ads Act stalled after Facebook launched its own rules and Sen. McConnell questioned bill
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Politico:
Sources: Jeff Zucker doesn't want CNN hiring ex administration officials complicit in spreading falsehoods after criticism for hiring officials who signed NDAs — Network president Jeff Zucker has told people that he's not interested in hiring former officials he perceives as complicit in spreading falsehoods.
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Vanity Fair, @mmfa, @jasonschwartz, @davidfolkenflik, @ericboehlert, @ronbryn, @jayrosen_nyu, @vanityfair, @eugene_scott, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Pallavi Gogoi / Washington Post:
NPR's chief business editor, Pallavi Gogoi, says she was raped by Indian MP M.J. Akbar, then EIC of Asian Age, and recounts months of verbal and emotional abuse — Pallavi Gogoi is the chief business editor for NPR. — Editor's Note: We reached out to Sandeep Kapur, M.J. Akbar's lawyer …
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Alex Weprin / MediaPost:
Roku beefs up live news on its Roku Channel, with ad-supported content from Verizon's Oath, including Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, and HuffPost — Roku is beefing up its live news offerings on its Roku Channel, ahead of the midterm elections. The company is adding live …
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Claire Atkinson / NBC News:
Lachlan Murdoch, likely CEO of New Fox, says he doesn't make editorial decisions and won't apologize for Fox News: “I'm not embarrassed by what they do at all” — “I'm not embarrassed by what they do at all,” Murdoch said of the channel, adding that it was not his role to steer the coverage of Fox's media companies.
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The Marshall Project:
Bill Keller to step down in 2019 as editor-in-chief of The Marshall Project, will move to the board of directors after a replacement is appointed — Bill Keller today told his colleagues he will step down next year as Editor-in-Chief of The Marshall Project, the nonprofit criminal justice newsroom …
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Sources: Insider Inc., parent of Business Insider, is asking all employees to sign contracts with confidentiality, non-disparagement, and arbitration clauses — Insider Inc., the parent company of Business Insider, has asked all of its employees to sign a new contract saying they can never speak ill of the news outlet.
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@kadhimshubber, @markdistef, @public_justice, @mattdpearce and Talking Biz News
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Recode to be folded into Vox.com starting early next year with no expected layoffs; current EIC Dan Frommer will be replaced by Jason del Rey in the interim — Facing declining traffic to its website, Recode will relaunch as a section of Vox early next year
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
HBO channels, now controlled by AT&T, go dark on Dish and Sling TV in a carriage dispute; Dish blames AT&T's takeover of HBO and other Time Warner properties — Dish Network customers, including those who subscribe to SlingTV, have lost access to HBO channels and Cinemax …
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Susette Brooks / Report For America:
Report for America sets a goal of placing 10 reporters in California in 2019 and 20 in 2020, supported by grants from the Annenberg and McClatchy foundations — The Crucial Effort Supported By Grants from the Annenberg Foundation and McClatchy Foundation and a Collaboration with the USC Annenberg School …
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