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The Philippines says it will charge news site Rappler and founder Maria Ressa for tax evasion; Rappler accuses government of trying to silence critical coverage — SHANGHAI — The Philippine government said on Friday that it would charge a veteran journalist and her online news start-up with tax evasion …
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Federal prosecutors have evidence of Trump's participation in American Media Inc.'s payoffs of Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, a violation of election laws — New link at Wall Street Journal
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Pew: of 4,500 US adults, 34% regularly let their child watch YouTube, with 47% saying they do occasionally; 61% say their kids encountered unsuitable videos — Survey shows that most parents let their children watch the Google-owned video site, amid concern it is profiting from advertisements targeting minors
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Meredith sells Fortune magazine to Thai businessman Chatchaval Jiaravanon for $150M — The sale to Chatchaval Jiaravanon gives the business publication a new owner for the second time this year — Meredith Corp. MDP -4.70% said Thai businessman Chatchaval Jiaravanon has agreed …
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MoffettNathanson data shows 1M+ people cancelled cable and satellite TV packages last quarter but ~75% of households still pay for traditional TV, per Nielsen — More than 1 million people ditched their cable and satellite TV packages last quarter, the most ever in a quarterly earnings period …


Turkish President says an audio recording of the dying moments of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been shared with US, Saudi Arabia, Britain, France, and Germany — ANKARA — An audio recording tracking the dying moments of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul …
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Leaked audio and screenshots show Axios dismiss criticism after it used a clip of Trump saying he would end birthright citizenship as a promo for its HBO show — “They hate ya cause they ain't ya,” one employee wrote. — Their weekly staff meeting had become a crisis debriefing …
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Medium CEO Ev Williams says he will be raising more money; Medium has raised $132M, has 90M MAUs, and publishes 20K articles per day — - Ev Williams needs more money for Medium, which he says is still not profitable. — Medium has received $132 million from investors so far.
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Tribune Publishing, which bought The Virginian-Pilot in May, to offer buyouts to full-time, non-unionized workers who have been with the company for 10+ years — Days after reporting a losing third quarter and as it entertains bids to buy its newspapers, Tribune Publishing is planning …
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The New York Times is digitizing its 5M-7M photo archive using Google AI to recognize text describing the photos and will use Google's storage services — Google's computer brains are helping The New York Times turn a historic archive of more than 5 million photos into digital data that'll appear …
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News Corp. reported mixed Q1 results with net income of $128M, up 47% YoY, on $2.52B in revenue, up 23% YoY but shy of estimates of $2.54B; ad revenue fell 7% — - News Corp. reported fiscal first-quarter earnings Wednesday that beat analysts' expectations for earnings but missed on revenue.
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Post-GDPR, some brands are pushing ad agencies to take more responsibility for data breaches, asking agencies to agree to pay fines in case of a breach — The risk of millions of dollars in fines adds a new flashpoint to brands' relations with shops — New data privacy rules are pushing marketers …
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