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Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
After The Intercept's inquiry, Facebook deletes “white genocide conspiracy theory” as a pre-defined ad targeting category with an estimated 168K users — Apparently fueled by anti-Semitism and the bogus narrative that outside forces are scheming to exterminate the white race …
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BuzzFeed News:
Twitter apologizes after “Kill all Jews” appeared as a trending topic in many New Yorkers' local trending sections following the vandalism of Brooklyn synagogue — On Friday morning, the Twitter trending topic “Kill all Jews” appeared in many New Yorkers' local trending sections.
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Motherboard, @robmanuel, @profcarroll, The Next Web, @jordanuhl, @bostonjoan, The Wrap and Boing Boing, more at Techmeme »
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Forbes cuts ties with sports business columnist and deletes post arguing WNBA players should earn higher salaries after the NBA voiced concerns to editors — Forbes magazine cut ties with a contributing columnist and sports economics professor last week after a dispute over his piece about WNBA player salaries.
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Pamela Druckerman / New York Times:
A look at the breakdown of media independence in Hungary where the prime minister and his allies control 500+ titles and critical outlets are denied credentials — Viktor Orban didn't like what the press was reporting, so he took it over. — BUDAPEST — If you're wondering what attacks …
Jason Schreier / Kotaku:
UK-based Trusted Reviews apologizes for sharing Red Dead Redemption 2 info from a corporate document and donates £1M+ to charity, likely under legal threat — The British website TrustedReviews today pulled an article, apologized to publisher Take-Two Games, and said it was donating 1 million pounds …
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Trusted Reviews, @tha_rami, @crecenteb, @simoncarless, @kezamacdonald, @kyleorl, Kotaku, RockstarINTEL, ScreenRant, Variety and The Verge
Media Matters for America:
Study: The New York Times and Washington Post have run 115 total news stories on the migrant caravan in the last three weeks, front page 9 of last 10 days — President Donald Trump has taken Fox News' advice and successfully turned the network's fearmongering about an “invasion” …
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@jbenton, The Daily Beast and USA Today
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Pew study: of four UK newspapers, The Guardian is most trusted among people 18-29; 40% never listen to radio news, and 19% say they never watch TV news — Survey suggests Britons under 30 seek out reliable news websites associated with traditional outlets — The Guardian is the most …
Bloomberg:
Sources: McClatchy, AIM Media, and Donerail Group have submitted bids for Tribune Publishing — By By Nabila Ahmed , By Kiel Porter , and By Gerry Smith — Aim Media is also said to have submitted offer for publisher — Potential buyers have been circling newspaper chain for months
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Cedarville News, WhatsOnThorold, Axios, @raju and Chicago Business
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Report: live-streaming TV services' viewing hours grew 212% YoY; connected TVs, such as those using devices like Roku or Apple TV, account for 56% of time spent — Live streaming TV services, like Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, Hulu with Live TV, and others, are gaining steam in the U.S …
Washington Post:
Profile of Gab co-founder Andrew Torba, days after Gab went offline and its CTO and co-founder Ekrem Buyukkaya quit citing “attacks from the American press” — Like many young entrepreneurs drawn to California's technological gold rush, Andrew Torba brought a familiar mix of smarts …
Kenneth Li / Reuters:
AT&T calls Dish dropping HBO a “tactical decision,” accuses Dish of collaborating with DOJ to block the Time Warner merger as DOJ prepares for December appeal — (Reuters) - AT&T Inc's WarnerMedia has accused the U.S. Department of Justice of “collaborating” …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Washington Post announces Press Freedom Partnership in coordination with CPJ, Reporters without Borders, and others to champion independent press — New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the Reliable Sources newsletter. You can sign up for free right here.